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Genetic Engineered Golden Rice is Fool's Gold

Press release | January 28, 2000 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Genetically engineered Golden Rice containing provitamin A will not solve the problem of malnutrition in developing countries according to Greenpeace. The Genetic Engineering (GE) industry claims vitamin A rice could save...

Frying the Forest

Publication | September 26, 2012 at 15:59

How india’s use of palm oil is having a devastating impact on indonesia’s rainforests, tigers and the global climate

Palm Oil

Hub | September 24, 2010 at 14:07

Greenpeace is calling for a moratorium on all deforestation and peat land destruction in Indonesia, and is asking all companies purchasing palm oil to sever links with suppliers known to be involved in deforestation and peat land destruction.

Greenpeace report links Indian companies to rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Press release | June 19, 2012 at 18:17

June 19, 2012, Mumbai - Leading Indian companies such as ITC, Britannia, Godrej and Ruchi Soya could be linked to the destruction of the Indonesian rainforest through their use of palm oil, according to investigative research released by...

Wilmar finally commits to No Deforestation

Feature story | December 10, 2013 at 17:38

Let us recap what happened in the last week. The world mourned the sad demise of Nelson Mandela, probably the biggest proponent of peace and human rights of our era. Much awaited results of the 2013 assembly elections were declared. And in...

Procter & Gamble brings rainforest destruction into bathrooms, says Greenpeace

Press release | February 26, 2014 at 12:30

New Delhi/Jakarta, 26 February 2014 – Procter & Gamble, which makes Head & Shoulders, is sourcing palm oil from companies connected to orangutan habitat clearance in Indonesia, making consumers part of a widespread forest destruction scandal.

L’Oreal commits to end role in deforestation - Greenpeace

Press release | January 31, 2014 at 12:56

Jakarta, 30th January 2014: L'Oreal, the world's largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020. Greenpeace expects other companies to follow with more ambitious timelines.

Palm oil giant Wilmar caves to public pressure, commits to end forests destruction

Press release | December 6, 2013 at 10:59

Jakarta, 5 December 2013 - Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil trader today announced a 'No Deforestation Policy' in response to pressure from Greenpeace, NGOs and consumers around the world. The policy has the potential to be a...

Rise of the Orangutans

Feature story | September 24, 2011 at 17:33

“Is your brand linked to rainforest destruction?” That was the uncomfortable question posed to delegates at GLOBOIL 2011, the international conference on vegetable oil and oilseeds at Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai on September 24. The fact that it...

Orangutans deliver warning to companies using palm oil; ask for protection from...

Press release | September 24, 2011 at 14:15

Mumbai, September 24, 2011: Delegates at the Globoil 2011 international conference were reminded of their environmental responsibilities, when displaced ‘orangutans’ from Indonesia sought refuge at the conference venue at the Renaissance Hotel,...

Palm oil giant Wilmar caught in forest scandal - Greenpeace

Press release | October 22, 2013 at 17:29

Jakarta, 22 October, 2013 - Household brands that source palm oil through Singapore-based palm oil trader Wilmar International, such as the makers of Oreo biscuits, Gillette shaving products and Clearasil, are making consumers unwitting...

Greenpeace asks Indian Industry not to use ‘dirty palm oil’

Press release | May 28, 2010 at 20:56

OSLO/DELHI, India — While asking Indian Industry to desist from using ‘dirty palm oil’, Greenpeace today said the deal announced in Oslo to protect Indonesia’s rainforests, home to some of the last remaining orangutans, falls much short of...

Pulling back the shower curtain: Find out about P&G;'s dirty secret!

Blog entry by Bustar Maitar | February 28, 2014

Procter & Gamble claims that nearly 5 billion people use its products, among them the anti-dandruff shampoo Head & Shoulders. But what's not so squeaky clean is that P&G; is making those billions of consumers unknowingly part of an...

Consumer power! Procter & Gamble decides to wash its bad palm oil away

Blog entry by Areeba Hamid | April 9, 2014

About 400,000 emails to Procter & Gamble CEO. Thousands of phone calls to P&G; offices around the world. Dozens of protests throughout the planet. 7300 Sumatran orangutans at risk of being made homeless. ...

Johnson and Johnson: The path to 'No More Tears' in Indonesian rainforests

Blog entry by Joao Talocchi | May 2, 2014

It's frustrating to think about the link between forest destruction and that bright yellow shampoo that miraculously allowed parents to wash their babies hair without igniting a burning-eyes meltdown. While human babies splashed around...

4 reasons we all should #StandForForests

Blog entry by Greg Norman | March 21, 2014

We cannot sustain life without healthy, thriving forests. That is why Greenpeace campaigns for their protection and on this International Day of Forests, we want to share with you a few reasons why you should help. 1. 300 million...

It’s time for deforestation-free yummy Indian food!

Blog entry by Avimuktesh Bhardwaj | March 20, 2014

Have you enjoyed eating at the much talked about Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR) outlets? Or have tried their popular Ready to Eat foods? You have one more reason to cherish the taste you have always loved. MTR becomes the first brand in...

Half a million reasons for P&G; to protect forests!

Blog entry by Areeba Hamid | March 8, 2014

Today is a milestone in the movement to Protect Paradise. Half a million of you have joined the call demanding forest-friendly products – and we're just getting started! In the last two weeks, you have been part of something big...

Clean palm oil can help save the world's wildlife

Blog entry by Bustar Maitar | March 4, 2014

Nearly 400,000 of you have joined us to demand the products you use are forest and tiger-friendly. We don’t believe that the products we use every day should contribute to the destruction of precious habitat for animals. That’s why we...

Will you help us Protect Paradise in 2014?

Blog entry by Bustar Maitar | January 24, 2014

When I read the daily newspaper here in Indonesia, it’s rare that there is not at least one big scandal or   exposé   related to the forest sector. Just this last weekend, land conflicts in a Kalimantan palm oil plantation made...

You did it! Palm oil giant commits to No Deforestation!

Blog entry by Bustar Maitar | December 7, 2013

‘Effective immediately, Wilmar will not engage in development of HCS, HCV, or peat, nor knowingly source from suppliers engaged in development of HCS, HCV, or peat.’ Wilmar International - the world's biggest palm oil company - has...

Protecting Indonesia’s forests is a global responsibility.

Blog entry by Pari Trivedi | May 22, 2013

Kwatisore is a tiny coastal hamlet in Papua, Indonesia, famous for the fragrant bark of Gaharu and Moso’oi trees that grow here. For the people of Kwatisore, the business from the trees is not only their main source of income but also...

Timber ripping is the truth

Blog entry by Nandikesh Sivalingam | June 4, 2012

People walking around in Orangutan suits, in a busy commercial area, is not a usual sight. It's funny at first, but then you realise that they are probably doing all of this for a reason. For the Greenpeace activists in these...

“These are not good times for an orangutan.”

Blog entry by Pooja Tanna | October 10, 2011

I belong to the rainforests in Indonesia but circumstances forced me to come down to the concrete jungle of Mumbai in India. I am an orangutan, which means ‘person of the forest’ in Malay! Everything was fine, till some humans started...

Thousands send a roar to P&G;: Clean up your act!

Blog entry by Areeba Hamid | April 1, 2014

P&G; was pretty scared of your #TigerRoar last weekend! We have just seen a letter the consumer goods giant sent to its business partners last week warning them of our day of action: “…it is likely that Greenpeace will continue...

How L’Oreal committed to the ultimate makeover

Blog entry by Areeba Hamid | January 31, 2014

The world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company, L’Oreal, has made a landmark promise to remove forest destruction from the products they sell. "Because I'm Worth It" is a catchy slogan coined 40 years ago by the French cosmetics...

APP to end deforestation!

Blog entry by Nandikesh Sivalinagam | February 12, 2013

Last May, on a hot mid-summer day, I remember standing with some Greenpeace activists in orang-utan suits outside KFC outlets in Connaught place, Delhi. Our demand to KFC and their parent company YUM was "stop buying packaging material...

Will KFC boss give us the nuggets we need or just more salad dressing?

Blog entry by Rolf Skar, Greenpeace USA | October 24, 2012

KFC recently uploaded a new statement to their website called “ Sustainable Sourcing and Waste Recovery ”. It looked like this could - if properly taken further - be the start of KFC’s response to the campaign that has seen hundreds...

Indonesia: the land of pristine forests

Blog entry by Pari Trivedi | May 9, 2013

The Sentani lake with the Cyclops mountain in the background 'The mist is the breath of the forests', said Godi Utama, my Indonesian colleague when I met him last year in Bangkok. We were having a discussion about Indonesia's...

Vanishing tigers

Blog entry by Ashish Fernandes | July 25, 2011

This shocking video of a tiger recently trapped in an area being logged by Asia Pulp & Paper in Indonesia’s Sumatra is a stark reminder that the range of this most charismatic of big cats continues to shrink in the face of an...

Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm

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Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm oil

Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm

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Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm oil

Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm

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Stop Dove destroying rainforest's for palm oil

Victory in Indonesia!

Blog entry by Ashish Fernandes | February 9, 2011

It’s a landmark day in the battle to stop the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, and to save its orangutans, tigers and other biodiversity. Today at a press conference in Jakarta, Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the palm oil arm...

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