{"id":19274,"date":"2018-11-13T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=19274"},"modified":"2022-04-22T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:00:42","slug":"dying-cookie-mondelez-feeding-climate-extinction-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/19274\/dying-cookie-mondelez-feeding-climate-extinction-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying for a Cookie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2010, Mondel\u0113z and other members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) recognised the global climate impact of deforestation and agreed to work towards zero deforestation by 2020. <\/p>\n\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:326px;\" 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Singapore Exchange in 2012, its prospectus revealed that over 70,000ha had been developed without the necessary permits. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>A Greenpeace International investigation reveals an apparent laundering scheme by the group designed to conceal its connection to numerous concessions during their development without permits or in breach of RSPO rules. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme involved passing nominal control to one or more of a handful of \u2018third parties\u2019 supposedly unconnected to Bumitama. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least 18 plantation companies \u2013 one-third of Bumitama\u2019s total \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed through the hands of one or more of the \u2018third parties\u2019 before being formally acquired or reacquired by Bumitama, often for a trivial sum. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 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