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Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row
Quezon City, Philippines — Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo, are most identified in brand audits for the second year in a row,, according to global brand audits detailed in the report “BRANDED Volume…
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Community reps, Greenpeace activists blockade Shell facility in Batangas to call for climate justice
Batangas City, Philippines – Ahead of the coming week’s global mobilizations for the climate, representatives from climate-impacted communities, together with Greenpeace activists, blockaded the entrance to the Batangas refinery of fossil…
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An open-letter to Shell
My community is demanding justice for the thousands of lives killed, their hopes and dreams that will never come to fruition because of greed, apathy and deceit that the fossil fuel industry has supported.
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Greenpeace halts engagement with Wilmar-Unilever-Mondelez over continued failure to take necessary action to cut deforestation from their supply chains
According to the recent IPCC report, land use, including deforestation, makes up 23% of greenhouse gas emissions. Companies such as Wilmar, Unilever and Mondelez must stop buying from any source that is linked to deforestation.
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Green groups to Nestlé: “Own up, pay up, clean up your act!”
Manila, Philippines — A day before Nestlé’s Annual General Meeting, over a hundred activists belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement trooped to Nestlé’s Philippine headquarters today to demand accountability for…
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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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Exxon, Shell, Chevron face inquiry hearing for human rights violations in New York
New York, 27 September 2018 - An inquiry hearing on 47 multinational corporations including Exxon, Shell, and Chevron for their possible responsibility in violating the human rights of Filipino citizens, by knowingly creating climate risks through their business, will be held at the New York City Bar Association over two days on September 27 and…
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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.