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Colgate agrees to stop buying dirty palm oil - but P&G is still dodging the issue

Posted by Richardg — 24 March 2014 at 6:53pm - Comments
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Orangutan in Tanjung Puting National Park

Great news: Colgate just agreed to stop buying palm oil from forest destroyers. Not only is this a win for fans of dental hygiene (and let's face it, no one wants orangutan breath) but it leaves Procter & Gamble more isolated than ever.

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Protect forests or destroy forests? Time to take a side

Posted by Richardg — 7 March 2014 at 1:40pm - Comments

It's been over a week since we asked Procter & Gamble to stop buying palm oil from forest destroyers. The company's not budging - so this morning we asked staff at their advertising agency to take a side.

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Deforestation or Dandruff? Time to take sides at Saatchi’s

Last edited 7 March 2014 at 12:15pm

Greenpeace construct division lobby outside P&G's ad agency

7 March, 2014

 Friday 7th March, London – Today a team of Greenpeace volunteers set up a division lobby at the entrance to Saatchi and Saatchi’s London offices. The advertising agency promote Head & Shoulders shampoo for Procter & Gamble, which buys its palm oil from companies destroying Indonesia’s rainforest. Staff arriving at the office were forced to choose between the ‘protect forests’ entrance and the ‘destroy forests’ entrance to their work place, with the results being tabulated by Greenpeace as a poll of the advertising agency’s views on the matter.

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Thousands demand Head and Shoulders comes clean about its dirty palm oil

Posted by Richardg — 28 February 2014 at 7:00pm - Comments
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Two days ago, we revealed that the maker of Head & Shoulders, Procter & Gamble, was buying palm oil from companies trashing Indonesia's rainforests. It thinks this is sustainable. It's not. 

When we put our allegations to P&G, it claimed to be "committed to the sustainable sourcing of palm oil" and "strongly opposed to irresponsible deforestation".

This photo was taken less than a week ago.

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