Feature story - February 11, 2007
On Monday, February 12 four activists locked themselves together inside Kimberly-Clark’s Canadian headquarters in Toronto. They announced that they would stay put until K-C’s Vice President of Environment, Ken Strassner, agreed to meet with Greenpeace. The activists were later arrested by local police, charged with mischief and released.
Greenpeace activists locked together in the Canadian headquarters of Kimberly-Clark near Toronto. The activists are demanding that the tissue giant meet with Greenpeace to discuss K-C's destruction of ancient forests.
See a slideshow from the action
Hear messages left by the activists from inside K-C's
offices
As the four entered the office and locked down, others
broadcastchainsaw noises and dumped woodchips in the corridors to
highlight thecompany's ongoing destruction of Canada's magnificent
Boreal Forest andto further disrupt operations in the office.
Despite growing pressure from Kimberly-Clark's customers and
investors in the form of contract cancellations and shareholder
resolutions; blockades in Canada, the U.S., and Europe; and the
letters and phone calls of tens of thousands of you around the
world, Kimberly-Clark has refused to stop making Kleenex out of
clearcut ancient forests. And since April last year, Ken Strassner
has refused to meet with Greenpeace, or even to return our letters
or calls.
Take action!
Call or
email
Ken Strassner now.As Vice President of
Environment, it's his job to make sure that his company is
sustainable. By refusing to address K-C's destruction of ancient
forests, or even to meet with Greenpeace, he's not doing too
well!
You can also call his boss, CEO Thomas Falk, and tell him to
take action. If Ken Strassner won't deal with this problem, then
the man at the top should step in and do something!
To read the press release from today's action, click here.
Take action now! Send a message to Kimberly-Clark
Call or email Ken Strassner now. As vice president of environment at Kimberly-Clark, it’s his job to make sure that his company is sustainable. By refusing to address K-C’s destruction of ancient forests, or even to meet with Greenpeace, he’s not doing too well!