Forests
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 January 2020 07:40
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While Australia’s bushfires rage on, Costco is happily bulldozing the world’s largest forest in Canada to make toilet paper.
In just a few days, Costco’s bosses want to show off profits to investors at its annual shareholder meeting. This is your chance to turn this meeting into a PR nightmare for the company.
Can you chip in to fly a campaigner to Costco’s investors’ meeting and stop the destruction of forests for toilet paper?
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Costco is bulldozing the world’s largest remaining forests.
Why? To make luxury toilet paper.
Loggers are sawing the forest down at a terrifying rate. The boreal forest covers over half of Canada and it’s home to hundreds of indigenous communities and billions of animals. But instead of bird song and the buzzing of insects, all you can hear is the howling of chainsaws.
Costco bosses are desperate to keep this under wraps. They need next week's annual shareholder meeting to go down without hiccups.
That’s where you come in. With your donation, we can get our team of Boreal activists there, at the meeting. We’ll put ourselves in front of every TV camera -- and every shareholder entering the room. Costco won’t stand a chance at hiding its forest-destroying ways. But to get the team there is expensive and I’m worried that without your help, this huge moment could pass us by.
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Donate CA$91 nowDonate CA$137 nowDonate CA$183 nowDonate another amountToilet paper is the number one biggest seller for Costco. But in its hunger for profit, Costco uses wood from mature forests and tries to claim it’s “sustainable”.
A, if we don’t save the boreal forest from Costco's greed, we don’t have a fighting chance against climate change. The carbon released when these forests are destroyed is devastating -- producing toilet paper from virgin wood is worse than driving gas-guzzling SUVs.
So far, Costco is refusing to use mostly recycled materials. You and I know that’s not only ludicrously greedy, but reckless for the planet we all call home. You can bet many of Costco’s shareholders won’t be feeling proud of this reputation. They don’t want the company to be infamous for its eco-destruction -- they just need a push from you to take a stand.
You can make that happen. Your donation will get me and other dedicated Boreal activists to the meeting. Shareholders and execs won’t be able to hide from the truth of their grotty business. They’ll know their reputation -- and profits -- are under threat.
Can you send an urgent donation so we can crash Costco’s AGM?
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Donate CA$91 nowDonate CA$137 nowDonate CA$183 nowDonate another amountWe know when we come together we can make corporations do the right thing. When 400,000 members like you took action, we forced Starbucks to start using 100% recycled paper cups.
And members like you forced McDonald's to commit to a deforestation-free palm oil policy. When we expose the ugly side of corporate giants -- like Costco -- they take action to protect their brand. And in doing so we score a massive victory for our planet, and the animals we share it with.
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Thanks for all that you do,
Amelia and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
The Issue with Tissue: How Americans Are Flushing Forests Down the Toilet, Natural Resources Defense Council. 20 February 2019. Wiped out: America's love of luxury toilet paper is destroying Canadian forests, The Guardian. 1 March 2019.SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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