{"id":2850,"date":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/uncategorized\/2850\/fmcg\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T09:04:43","slug":"fmcg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/en\/fmcg-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Global survey reveals FMCG companies\u2019 contribution to plastic pollution crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greenpeace volunteers collect and brand audit plastic garbage during the Beach Clean Up activity at Kuk Cituis beach, Tangerang Banten. Greenpeace Indonesia is holding the same activity in other 2 cities in Indonesia, Yogyakarta and Bali, as a part of the #BreakFreeFromPlastic global movement to reduce single use plastic products usage and also identify the brands that are most responsible.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jakarta, Indonesia \u2013 Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporations are a predominant force behind the throwaway economic model driving the plastic pollution crisis, according to a <\/span>comprehensive sector survey<\/span><\/a> Greenpeace International released today. None of the companies surveyed have plans to put the brakes on the growing production and marketing of single-use plastics, while the solutions they are exploring will only perpetuate the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hoped to identify industry leaders through this process, but instead found that the whole sector has failed to take responsibility for the plastic pollution crisis and is instead trying to maintain the status quo,\u201d said Ahmad Ashov, Global Plastics Project Leader, Greenpeace Indonesia. \u201cThere is a lack of transparency and all current public commitments by these companies allow for an increased use of single-use plastic in the future. That needs to change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir current business model is based on the assumption that ultimately all plastic packaging can, and will, be collected and recycled into new packaging or products.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The four companies that reported the highest sales of single-use plastic products (Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestl\u00e9 and Danone) were also the top four brands identified in a recent global Break Free From Plastic brand audit report following 239 plastic pollution cleanups in 42 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace\u2019s report, \u201c<\/span>A Crisis of Convenience: The corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic<\/span><\/a>\u201d, focuses on 11 of the biggest FMCG companies: Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Johnson and Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Mars, Nestl\u00e9, Mondelez, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Unilever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key findings:<\/span><\/p>\n