Greenpeace claims sweet victory over Nestle

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Age (Australia)

Greenpeace claims sweet victory over Nestle
STUART WASHINGTON
May 17, 2010 - 2:35PM

Environment group Greenpeace has claimed social media led to its success in a campaign that linked global food giant Nestle's chocolate bar KitKat to deforestation in Indonesian rainforests and the destruction of orang-utan habitats.

Today in Malaysia, Nestle announced a partnership with not-for-profit organisation The Forest Trust (TFT), promising to adhere to responsible sourcing guidelines for palm oil.

In a Greenpeace report titled Caught Red-handed, launched on March 17, Greenpeace exposed Nestle's use of Indonesian logging company Sinar Mas and subsidiaries including Asia Pulp and Paper to obtain palm oil.

Palm oil is used as an ingredient in Nestle chocolate products, including its well known KitKat chocolate bars.

Greenpeace said Sinar Mas was implicated in rainforest destruction and the destruction of orang-utan habitats as it planted plantations for palm oil and pulp.




Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/greenpeace-claims-sweet-victory-over-nestle-20100517-v8i1.html

[panader0]

1. No more Kit Kats for me.

Isn't palm oil bad for you anyway? I thought it was one of those oils that don't digest at 98 degrees. Like cottonseed oil.

[swilton]

2. Palm Oil

Is a key ingredient in not only Kit Kats but much of the global north's processed food industry. It helps in the preservation of packaged foods sold in candies and crackers. A hydrogenated oil, it contributes to the obesity problems in those same countries. Nestle is not the only culprit and Indonesia is not the only victim. Many of the states of the global south are cutting down their mango forests and other habitats for endangered species in order to grow the palm trees that supply the processed food industries of the global north.

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. IN A RELATED STORY... tried some kit kats at local korean BBQ... didn't taste no palm oil

uh oh.... HAIRBALL.... oh come on, it is a joke