Comments on: Tell Unilever To Stop Buying Palm Oil From Rainforest Destroyers http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/ The voice of The Sietch community Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:22:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Sietch Blog » Why Greenpeace Is Exploring Indonesia’s Last Forest Frontier http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/comment-page-1/#comment-85948 The Sietch Blog » Why Greenpeace Is Exploring Indonesia’s Last Forest Frontier Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:46:29 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/?p=3498#comment-85948 [...] In Papua New Guinea, the focus was on illegal logging but now we’ve moved on to one of the biggest threats facing Indonesia’s forests: the ever-expanding palm oil industry. Other writers on this blog have already covered both the problems with palm oil and some of our earlier work on the subject. [...] [...] In Papua New Guinea, the focus was on illegal logging but now we’ve moved on to one of the biggest threats facing Indonesia’s forests: the ever-expanding palm oil industry. Other writers on this blog have already covered both the problems with palm oil and some of our earlier work on the subject. [...]

]]> By: Amanda Enright http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/comment-page-1/#comment-83339 Amanda Enright Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:12:30 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/?p=3498#comment-83339 Initially I naively thought these Roundtables were trying to change practices to be sustainable but now I think you are right. They are there simply to give the appearance of doing the right thing. The Roundtable for Responsible Soy has also been labelled as 'corporate greenwash' by NGO's. They warn "agribusiness is responsible for the devastation of our soils, deforestation, contamination of rivers and aquifers, biodiversity loss, and the plunder the natural and cultural heritage which once supported our communities". They stress that the soya industry is inherently unsustainable and warn that that any certification of 'sustainable soya' will be nothing other than 'corporate greenwash'. Initially I naively thought these Roundtables were trying to change practices to be sustainable but now I think you are right. They are there simply to give the appearance of doing the right thing.

The Roundtable for Responsible Soy has also been labelled as ‘corporate greenwash’ by NGO’s. They warn “agribusiness is responsible for the devastation of our soils, deforestation, contamination of rivers and aquifers, biodiversity loss, and the plunder the natural and cultural heritage which once supported our communities”. They stress that the soya industry is inherently unsustainable and warn that that any certification of ’sustainable soya’ will be nothing other than ‘corporate greenwash’.

]]> By: keithf http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/comment-page-1/#comment-83312 keithf Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:17:14 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/?p=3498#comment-83312 Of course the e-mails could be bounced by a full mailbox. The Round Table is an industry body who have arranged things so they have to change nothing while pretending they are doing something (well, they are : destroying rainforest, heating up the Earth, killing native tribal people, polluting and eroding the soil...) K. Of course the e-mails could be bounced by a full mailbox.

The Round Table is an industry body who have arranged things so they have to change nothing while pretending they are doing something (well, they are : destroying rainforest, heating up the Earth, killing native tribal people, polluting and eroding the soil…)

K.

]]> By: Amanda Enright http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/comment-page-1/#comment-83279 Amanda Enright Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:23:23 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/?p=3498#comment-83279 Sorry - please remove the apostrophies from the addresses first! I removed all the apostrophies when I copied the email addresses into the story but they must have automatically been put back in. Please try to resend the email without apostrophies!! Amanda Sorry – please remove the apostrophies from the addresses first!

I removed all the apostrophies when I copied the email addresses into the story but they must have automatically been put back in.

Please try to resend the email without apostrophies!!
Amanda

]]> By: Richelle http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/04/26/tell-unilever-to-stop-buying-palm-oil-from-rainforest-destroyers/comment-page-1/#comment-83253 Richelle Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:30:47 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/?p=3498#comment-83253 I wrote a letter to all the unilever people but each and every email could not be delivered ??? what, did these people change their addresses so we can't complain to them? I wrote a letter to all the unilever people but each and every email could not be delivered ??? what, did these people change their addresses so we can’t complain to them?

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