Rainforest

KFC campaign spreads across the world

Posted by efreeman — 5 November 2012 at 4:30pm - Comments

Volunteers in Los Angeles march against KFC

Pressure mounts on KFC to stop trashing rainforests for packaging as the campaign spreads across the world. With two KFC national divisions now declaring they will rule out Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), how much longer will KFC's global headquarters hold out against the public outcry?

Article tagged as: APP, forests, KFC, rainforest

KFC: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Posted by ianduff — 15 June 2012 at 5:08pm - Comments

For KFC it’s all "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" as they continue to deny the simple truth that they have been using paper made by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) for their packaging. The company still won’t explain how rainforest fibre has been found in its products, nor admit that a UK supplier, St Neots, has been using paper from APP, a company notorious for pulping Indonesian rainforest, including habitat for the endangered Sumatran tiger.

Article tagged as: APP, forests, indonesia, KFC, rainforest

Time for KFC to come clean on APP!

Posted by ianduff — 12 June 2012 at 4:51pm - Comments

Greenpeace activists campaigning at a KFC restaurant

Since we launched the campaign three weeks ago to get KFC to cut deforestation out of its supply chain, there is little evidence that the Colonel is serious about cleaning up his act. The company continues to deny it has a problem, so we think the time has come to show you just how misleading KFC’s public statement is.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, indonesia, KFC, rainforest

Tesco drove Amazon deforestation through its beef sourcing

Posted by Fran G — 6 June 2012 at 9:40am - Comments

Cattle Farm in the Amazon

The cattle industry is known to be the biggest cause of deforestation globally and it has now come to light that Tesco has driven this problem through its beef sourcing.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, forests, rainforest

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