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Caught Red Handed: Nestlé, Sinar Mas and palm oil

Last edited 17 March 2010 at 8:33am
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17 March, 2010

Greenpeace has tracked down the palm oil being used in Nestlé products, including Kit Kats, and exposed how they are using palm oil from Indonesia's largest palm oil producer, Sinar Mas. This company is clearing orang-utan habitats and breaking Indonesian law in order to expand production.

Our report provides evidence of how Nestlé's supplier Sinar Mas is destroying Indonesia's last remaining rainforests and the habitat of orang-utans - a species on the brink of extinction.

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Nestlé and palm oil

Last edited 12 March 2010 at 2:56pm

Today is the start of international action by Greenpeace to expose Nestlé’s role in the destruction of the last remaining forests and peatlands of Indonesia.

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It's likely that many of you don’t know your employer is involved in destroying these rainforests, so we want to give you this opportunity to find out more about it. After you've read the evidence and watched the slideshow detailing the chain of destruction, if you have any questions or comments, post them below and we'll answer them.

And come back here at 11am to see the global premiere of Nestlé's new Kit Kat advertising campaign... or at least the one we think it should be.

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Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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Palm oil: once you pop, you can't stop

Posted by jamie — 8 November 2007 at 10:55am - Comments

Vast oil palm plantations are destroying rainforests and peatlands in South East Asia

KitKat, Flora and Pringles are among the brands linked to destruction of forests and peatlands for palm oil © Greenpeace/Oka Budhi

If, as you read this, you're tucking into a KitKat or dipping into a tube of Pringles, you might be interested to know that they feature in our new report about the impact of the palm oil industry on tropical rainforests and climate change. Along with Flora margarine, these products contain palm oil which is linked to the destruction of forests and peatlands in Indonesia. As the report shows, it's a recipe for disaster.

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Household brands accused of "cooking the climate" as British government prepares for climate summit

Last edited 8 November 2007 at 9:36am
8 November, 2007

KitKat, Pringles and Flora all implicated; palm oil industry "out of control"

A month before a major UN climate summit in Bali, new research reveals how a handful of the UK's best known brands are complicit in the destruction of Indonesia's peat swamp forests. These peatlands now account for a massive 4% of the world's total annual greenhouse gas emissions. (1)

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