PALM OIL - Products on American shelves that contain Palm Oil HOW TO RESEARCH & RATE the palm oil within a product you are currently using Consumer pressure is instrumental in making companies think about their practices and change what they do. You as an individual can have a huge influence on changing bad practice. If you want to be part of the movement to put pressure on these companies then the below information is a great tool to help you with this… step 1 : read ingredients on label – refer to the link on our notes pages which gives you the alternate names for palm oil facebook/notes/palm-oil-products-on-australian-shelves-that-contain-palm-oil/palm-oil-in-disguise/580896398600869 if you see any ingredients on this list – go to step 3 step 2 : go to the company website and have a read of their mission statements or environmental policy or about section or company philosophy. You are looking to see if you can see a statement on palm oil, not just a general eco or green statement but a specific mention of palm oil use or non use. If no mention then the ingredient will probably be derived from palm oil unless otherwise specified but you can explore further, go to step 3 step 3 : email the manufacturer/company and ask if they use any ingredients which are derived from palm oil. If they reply with no they don’t use palm oil derived ingredients go to step 4. If they reply with yes they use palm oil derived ingredients but only from sustainable sources or that they only source their palm oil from members of the RSPO then go to step 5 If they do not reply send your email once a week until they do. If they keep ignoring you and you have the ability to call them, then phone your enquiry through If they do not reply and you cant call them stop using their product and find a palm oil free alternative - facebook/notes/palm-oil-products-on-australian-shelves-that-contain-palm-oil/palm-oil-free-these-companies-or-products-do-not-contain-palm-oil/584069374950238 Step 4 : list the ingredients you would like the derivations of, be concise and polite, don’t suggest to them what other derivatives are possible just get them to give you the answers. If they reply with.. ….“we are unable to give you that information”, then stop using their product and find a palm oil free alternative - facebook/notes/palm-oil-products-on-australian-shelves-that-contain-palm-oil/palm-oil-free-these-companies-or-products-do-not-contain-palm-oil/584069374950238 ….the specific alternate derivative sources and they ARE non palm, reply with a ‘congratulations’ for creating a product which does not contain palm oil derived ingredients and suggest to them that it would be beneficial to them to make a statement on their website and/or name the derivation in brackets after each ingredient which can be derived from palm oil. …they have found out they do use palm oil but only from sustainable sources or that they only source their palm oil from members of the RSPO then go to step 5. ..if they reply with they use un sustainable palm oil then reply with “ thank you for that information but I will no longer be buying any of your products until you source your palm oil from 100% CSPO producers.” And find an alternate products at this link here facebook/notes/palm-oil-products-on-australian-shelves-that-contain-palm-oil/palm-oil-free-these-companies-or-products-do-not-contain-palm-oil/584069374950238 Step 5 : Reply & ask them to specify how much of the palm oil they source is Certified Sustainable Palm Oil, and whether that is Greenpalm, Mass Balance or Segregated? If they reply with … …”we only use a small amount of palm oil or palm oil derived ingredients.” then reply with “many companies say they have minimal usage of palm oil derived ingredients, but combine all the companies together who do use a ‘small %’ of palm oil derived ingredients and you begin to see the problem for the rainforests of Indonesia & Malaysia so can you please specify how many tons you use per annum?” ..if they reply with “we only use 100% Certified Sustainable Palm Oil” then maybe ask them “why is their product not displaying the official RSPO certification logo? There are very few members of the RSPO who are 100% CSPO so I would have thought that it would only be beneficial for you to use the RSPO logo. Can you please tell us which CSPO supplier you source your palm oil from?” …if they reply with “we intend to source 100% segregated CSPO by 2015” then say “that is a good goal but what prevents you from shifting to it sooner and when was that decision made?” (you find a few companies having made this a goal years ago but no closer to achieving this to this date) …if they reply with “we purchase GreenPalm which ensures our Palm Oil is certified” then please reply with “This is not the case, there are different supply chains of Palm Oil. Segregated (traceable certified CSPO). Mass Balance (a mix of CSPO with unsustainable). Book and Claim (eg: GreenPalm). We ask you to understand GreenPalm by referring you to this link to explain what it means as it does not mean environmentally friendly goo.gl/HVUZg What date do you intend to source 100% segregated CSPO by? Step 6 : Once you have gone as far as you can possibly go then please cut & paste your email conversation trail to us via palmoilinvestigations@gmail so that we have the exact words from the company and we will try to investigate further. Thank you for wanting to help with investigating products and companies which contain palm oil.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:08:02 +0000
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