Please sign and share this: https://change.org/en-AU/petitions/mcdonald-s-australia-tell-mcdonald-s-what-you-think-of-palm-oil McDonalds Australia has admitted to using Palm Oil in their products. Of course, McDonalds puts a positive spin on it, claiming that it sources its Palm Oil from Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and source the majority of (our) palm oil from RSPO members. and that the RSPO promotes palm oil production practices that help to reduce deforestation, preserve biodiversity and respect the livelihoods of rural communities. However, Greenpeace UK has this to say about the RSPO: Industry efforts to bring this deforestation under control have come through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). It was set up in 2001 to establish clear ethical and ecological standards for producing palm oil, and its members include high-street names like Unilever, Cadburys, Nestlé and Tesco, as well as palm oil traders such as Cargill and ADM. Together, these companies represent 40 per cent of global palm oil trade. But since then, forest destruction has continued. Many RSPO members are taking no steps to avoid the worst practices associated with the industry, such as large-scale forest clearance and taking land from local people without their consent. On top of this, the RSPO actually risks creating the illusion of sustainable palm oil, justifying the expansion of the palm oil industry. Our investigations - detailed in our report Cooking The Climate - found evidence that RSPO members are still relying on palm oil suppliers who destroy rainforests and convert peatlands for their plantations. One member - Duta Palma, an Indonesian palm oil refiner - has rights to establish plantations on land which theoretically is protected by law. There is no such thing as Sustainable Palm Oil, just as there is no such thing as Sustainable Fossil Fuels, the two concepts are completely incompatible. If you sell cocaine, you are supporting drug cartels. If you use Palm Oil in your products, you are supporting the murder of Orang-utans and many other wonderful lifeforms in the forests of Asia, no matter how sustainable you may think the practice. McDonalds, you are destroying the rainforests of Malaysia. As much as you try to wash your hands of it they are covered in the blood of Orang-utans and every other animal whose home you have destroyed to cook a two dollar burger. If you care about the future of these gentle creature, I beg of you, tell McDonalds what you think View the petition
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:40:52 +0000
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