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News & Stories - Greenpeace Aotearoa

  • Ranchers herd cattle on a farm in Xinguara, Para state, Brazil, in October 2021. Photo: Jonne Roriz / Bloomberg via Getty Images
    Press release
    Climate Change Forests

    Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges

    Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the…

    Amanda Larsson •
    18 April 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Forests

    ‘Anchor Rainforest Killer’ palm kernel protest continues in New Plymouth

    Greenpeace Taranaki protest against Anchor Butter palm kernel connection continues despite police intervention.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    6 April 2025
  • Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming Forests

    Palm kernel: what’s the problem?

    Palm kernel expeller or PKE is a rainforest-destroying animal feed that’s fed to dairy cows when there is not enough grass to feed them. Greenpeace is campaigning for Fonterra to…

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    4 April 2025
    5 min read
  • Orangutan in Central Kalimantan. © Ulet  Ifansasti / Greenpeace
    Press release
    Food&Farming Forests

    NZ dairy linked to deforestation inside Attenborough orangutan documentary wildlife reserve

    NZ dairy has been linked to deforestation inside Attenborough orangutan documentary wildlife reserve.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    20 March 2025
  • Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Forests

    Fonterra’s palm kernel supply link to illegal palm operations bad news for Nestlé

    Greenpeace Aotearoa says Fonterra’s entire supply chain is tainted with illegal palm products after all of the major importers of palm kernel into New Zealand have been found to be illegally…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    5 March 2025
  • Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle
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    Climate Change Food&Farming Forests

    Fonterra’s palm kernel use funds rainforest destruction

    We went to Fonterra’s AGM and Shareholders’ meetings in both New Plymouth and Auckland to call out their reliance on palm kernel. Palm kernel is an imported feed from Southeast…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    4 December 2024
  • Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle
    Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Forests

    Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle

    As Fonterra’s external investors meet at the corporation’s Auckland HQ, Greenpeace supporters have pieced together a giant puzzle revealing the cost of Fonterra’s use of palm kernel as cow feed - rainforest destruction and loss of rare wildlife in Southeast Asia.

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    18 November 2024
  • Greenpeace campaigner Sinéad Deighton-O'Flynn holds a banner reading Fonterra, Drop Palm Kernel Now outside the Fonterra AGM venue in New Plymouth. Greenpeace Aotearoa greeted dairy giant Fonterra with images of deforestation and dying orangutans as shareholders arrived for their annual general meeting at the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth. The organisation is calling on Fonterra to stop using palm kernel to feed dairy cows.
    Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Forests

    Greenpeace confronts Fonterra AGM attendees with rainforest destruction, dying orangutans

    Greenpeace has greeted Fonterra with images of deforestation and dying orangutans as shareholders arrive for their annual general meeting at the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth. The organisation is calling…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    14 November 2024
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Forests

    New Anchor Butter owner must go palm kernel-free

    Off the back of today’s announcement that Fonterra will be pushing ahead with plans to sell its customer-facing brands, including Anchor, Greenpeace is calling on potential buyers to commit to…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    11 November 2024
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Forests

    Greenpeace sues Fonterra for misleading consumers with palm kernel greenwash

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is suing Fonterra for misleading customers by claiming that Anchor butter is ‘100% New Zealand grass-fed’ when up to 20% of a Fonterra dairy cow’s diet could be…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    30 September 2024
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