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Nestlé and Unilever named top plastic polluters following Philippines brand and waste audits
Manila, Philippines – Nestlé and Unilever are responsible for a quarter of the branded throwaway plastic driving the plastic pollution crisis in the Philippines, according to a report published today…
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Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Danone, Mars, Pepsi and Unilever sign global plastics pledge but still haven’t prioritized reduction
Bali, Indonesia- Greenpeace has cautiously welcomed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment announced today by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), saying that it allows for too much flexibility. Coke, Danone, Mars, Pepsi and Unilever are among the 200+ signatories that have pledged to tackle plastic pollution, though Greenpeace, a member of the Break Free From…
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé found to be worst plastic polluters worldwide in global cleanups and brand audits
Manila, Philippines – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé were the most frequent companies identified in 239 cleanups and brand audits spanning 42 countries and six continents, the Break Free From Plastic movement announced today. Over 187,000 pieces of plastic trash were audited, identifying thousands of brands whose packaging relies on the single-use plastics that pollute our…
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Greenpeace investigation exposes how world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia
Jakarta, Wednesday 19 September 2018 - Palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands, including Unilever, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelez, have destroyed an area of rainforest almost twice the size of Singapore in less than three years, according to a new investigation by Greenpeace International.
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Wilmar executives resign as fallout from deforestation scandal spreads
Martua Sitorus, the co-founder of the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, has resigned one week after Greenpeace exposed his links to Gama Plantation
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World’s largest palm oil trader linked to rainforest destruction twice the size of Paris
Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.
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Nestlé misses the mark with statement on tackling its single-use plastics problem
Nestlé, released a statement that does not include clear targets to reduce and eventually phase out single-use plastics.
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Nestlé, Unilever, P&G among worst offenders for plastic pollution in Philippines in beach audit
Manila - A week-long beach clean up has exposed the companies most responsible for plastic pollution after an audit of plastic waste conducted on Freedom Island, a critical wetland habitat and Ramsar site [1] spanning 30 hectares in Manila Bay - one of the worst areas for plastic pollution in the Philippines.
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Success: Barbie and Mattel drop deforestation!
Mattel released a global policy that will keep rainforest destruction out of its supply chains.
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How the toy sector and APP are responding to our Indonesia forest campaign
Looking deeper into signs that both Mattel and Lego are preparing to make changes in the way they buy their packaging.