Why did Greenpeace protest against Nestlé?

Nestlé was accused by environmental groups of ignoring the large-scale destruction of Indonesian tropical rainforests and peatlands by raw material suppliers in the production of its KitKat chocolate products and continuing to purchase palm oil (6416, 96.00) provided by the company , 1.52), thus causing the survival of the local endangered orangutan species to be even more threatened, and also accelerating global climate change. An "accomplice" in the killing of orangutans? Action staff from the national environmental organization Greenpeace came to Nestlé's Greater China headquarters in Beijing yesterday morning to submit an open letter, demanding that Nestlé immediately stop purchasing palm oil that causes the destruction of tropical rainforests. Among them, four staff members dressed up as orangutans, which are on the verge of extinction due to the destruction of the Indonesian rainforest, holding a hand holding a sign with the words "Your moment of relaxation, my miserable life" (a reference to the Nestlé Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan "A moment of relaxation, a moment of Kit Kat" ) slogan, at the entrance of Nestlé’s Greater China headquarters, calling on Nestlé to stop purchasing palm oil from Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Group. Greenpeace believes that Nestlé purchases palm oil from Sinar Mas Group, the largest palm oil producer, for the production of Kit Kat chocolates. Sinar Mas Group continues to encroach on tropical rainforests and peatlands rich in carbon reserves due to its rapid expansion of oil palm plantations. Ma Lichao, director of Greenpeace's forest protection project, said: "Jinguang's oil palm plantations have now encroached on the habitat of the endangered orangutan species." At the same time, this has also led to a sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) pointed out in a report published in 2007 that oil palm cultivation is the primary cause of rainforest destruction in Indonesia, making Indonesia the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. According to public information and internal reports from Sinar Mas Group, its palm oil business currently has 406,000 hectares of oil palm plantations and the world's largest 1.3 million hectares of reserve land, all of which are located in dense tropical rainforests. A wide area covered. Greenpeace believes that Nestlé has become an "accomplice" in threatening orangutans and accelerating climate warming. As the world's largest food and beverage company, Nestlé is an important purchaser of palm oil, and its purchase volume continues to grow. According to Nestlé’s previous public statements, in the past three years, Nestlé’s annual use of palm oil has almost doubled to 320,000 tons. This palm oil is used in many products including KitKat chocolate. Nestlé: Other suppliers have been used. Nestlé (China) Public Relations Manager He Tong accepted Greenpeace’s open letter and research report yesterday. In a subsequent reply, she admitted that Nestlé does purchase palm oil from Sinar Mas Group, but "the palm oil purchased by Nestlé Group from Sinar Mas Group is only used for production in Indonesia and is not used in any other country." But Greenpeace pointed out In other countries, Nestlé mainly purchases palm oil from Sinar Mas Group through intermediaries. “One of them is the international agricultural and food giant Cargill (CARGILL). Its factory that produces Kit Kat chocolate in the UK purchases palm oil from Cargill all year round.” Nestlé The company did not deny these statements or elaborate on its purchase of palm oil through middlemen, saying only: "Nestlé has replaced Sinar Mas Group with other suppliers." "We are also working together with other palm oil buyers to "Ensure that relevant suppliers understand our requirements and do not purchase palm oil from any supply source that may damage the tropical rainforest." Nestlé said it will continue to exert influence on suppliers to eliminate any supply of palm oil that may cause damage to the tropical rainforest. Establish effective traceability as quickly as possible. In fact, many companies have stopped purchasing palm oil from Sinar Mas before: Unilever terminated its US$30 million contract with Sinar Mas at the end of 2009, and Kafka also terminated its contract with Sinar Mas at the beginning of this year; in addition, Shell and British supermarket chain SAINSBURY'S also announced that they would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas. But Nestlé only said yesterday: “By 2015, when there is sufficient supply on the market, it will only purchase ‘sustainable certified palm oil’.

" Nestlé was urged to terminate cooperation with Jinarang. He Tong also stated on behalf of Nestlé that Nestlé has always been deeply concerned about the potential impact and damage to the ecological environment of tropical rainforests and peat areas due to the planting of palm oil trees in Southeast Asia. "To this end, we are taking measures All possible steps and measures are taken to bind our suppliers to ensure that we do not purchase palm oil from any source that may cause forest destruction. "In fact, Nestlé once sent a "Nestlé Supplier Code" to its suppliers and required the suppliers to submit a written statement of acceptance of the code. He Tong said that the "Code" clearly stipulates that buyers who cannot compromise The most basic standards include those related to sustainable development and environmental protection. In addition, through the Nestlé Environmental Sustainability Policy, Nestlé commits to giving priority to suppliers who continuously strive to improve operations and resource utilization efficiency. Greenpeace pointed out that, Nestlé has violated its own sustainability standards and supplier guidelines. “Nestlé has turned a blind eye to the serious deforestation practices of its suppliers,” Ma Lichao said. “Nestlé should immediately cancel its agreement with Sinar Mas Group. contract. "Before the protests at Nestlé's Greater China headquarters, Nestlé's companies in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and other places were subject to protests by environmental organizations. This may push Nestlé to improve its supply chain or affect supplier behavior. In addition, according to media reports, A source from the public relations department of Sinar Mas Paper China said that Sinar Mas Paper and Palm Oil Company both belong to the Sinar Mas Group, but are operated and managed independently. Sinar Mas' pulp and paper business and Sinar Mas Palm Oil Company are actually not related.