Palm oil

Details: Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00; Written by editor

Thanks again for holding big brands like Mondelez and Procter & Gamble accountable for sourcing palm oil from bad producers. Now let's take this fight to Twitter and publicly call out P&G right before its biggest annual meeting -- we know bad social media publicity is poison right before a big party!

P&G claims to be a sustainability leader, but the truth is: the palm oil it buys for Head & Shoulders shampoo, Crest toothpaste or Tide detergent is linked to Indigenous land grabs, deforestation and fueling the climate crisis. The last thing its CEO wants for P&G's annual meeting in October is noise and bad publicity …

…so, let’s give them *exactly that*. More than 67,000 SumOfUs members have already signed the petition urging P&G to stop sourcing bad palm oil from producers that bulldoze the last rainforest on Earth where orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers roam free. Now let's ramp up the pressure and send P&G a massive tweet storm calling out its bad palm oil habit!

A, tweet P&G and demand it stops sourcing dirty palm oil.

P&G says it has a strong non-deforestation policy and is committed to protect people and the planet, but... a closer look quickly reveals that what it’s doing is the bare minimum, lacking thorough monitoring throughout the entire palm oil supply chain, and a commitment to respect Indigenous peoples and workers rights.

As a market leader in personal care and household products, P&G needs to up its game and stop procrastinating: Its palm oil supply chain is *infested* with bad producers, from rogue plantation operators razing the “orangutan capital of the world” to agribusiness giants that are involved in Indigenous land grabs.

Let’s use the momentum of P&G’s upcoming annual meeting on October 11, and plaster its twitter feed with our campaign message!

Send your tweet

Thanks for all that you do,
Rosa, Fatah and the team at SumOfUs

More information:

P&G: No more rainforest-killing palm oil, SumOfUs, September 2022
“WE ARE THE STEWARDS OF OUR LAND.”, Rainforest Action Network, November 4 2021
Major Brands Fail to Halt Deforestation and Restore Forests in Leuser’s Tripa Peatland, Rainforest Action Network, August 10 2022

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