The Prince’s Rainforest Project, Duchy and Palm oil
If any of you saw Jonathan Ross last night, then you would have seen the speech made by Vivienne Westwood about the rainforests. She promoted the website and campaign of Prince Charles – The Princes Rainforest Project. She urged us to go onto his website and sign the petition.
This is a great campaign, (I have signed it) and although it is not directly to help the Orangutan’s, the work of saving Continue reading The Prince’s Rainforest Project, Duchy and Palm oil
Leigh & Westcliff times Orangutan Campaign Sandra Dean July 2009
Following my last publication locally, I was really pleased, as it highlights the palm oil situation that is harming the rainforests of Borneo & Sumatra and killing the Orangutans. We must act soon, and force the Supermarkets & manufacturers to swap from unsustainable to sustainable palm oil. The production of unsustainable palm oil is damaging our environment, and harming the people and wildlife of Borneo & Sumatra – Continue reading My Orangutan Campaign in the Leigh Times – July 2009
Cadbury and Palm oil
I had the comment below posted on my site this week, regarding Cadbury and their palm oil use – is it sustainable or unsustainable that they are using? I think this is useful to see – maybe you can get involved and contact them too or comment to this page or the page shown below! Below the comment, you will see my reply….. Continue reading Cadbury and their use of Palm oil….
reply from dept of energy & climate change
At the end of June 2009, I finally recieved this 3 page letter from the Department of Energy & Climate Change with regard to their commitments and efforts to save the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra and the unsustainable palm oil plantation situation.
Their reply is thorough in a sense, but it does not tell me much that I already didnt know – lots about the RSPO (roundtable of sustainable palm oil) and apparently our UK government have donated £600,000 to the GRASP Continue reading Reply from the Department of Energy & Climate Change re: Palm oil & Orangutans
The World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation organisation that takes direct action to save rainforest and other wildlife habitats. How? By providing funds for partner organisations, so that they can purchase land and establish permanent wildlife reserves.
Over 375,000 acres of wildlife habitats have been saved thanks to individual and corporate supporters of the World Land Trust, including tropical and sub-tropical forests, coastal steppe and wetlands.
Why Save Acres with the World Land Trust? Continue reading World Land Trust – supporting the Orangutan & others
What to buy – products NOT using palm oil or using sustainable oil
FOODS
Waitrose and the Co-operative (co-op) now have palm oil listed in the ingredients of their own brand products, which will give you the opportunity to choose products without palm oil if you wish. Sainsburys are in the process of re-listing the ingredients of their own brand products and I will put a notice on this website once they have that complete.
BREAD – Waitrose Oraganic bread is the only bread I have seen in there without palm oil in it – the white and seeded oatmeal are delicious and to be honest, I do not get a bloated tummy after eating it, as opposed to other breads which can cause discomfort.
CHOCOLATE – I have found a chocolate that does not contain palm oil! It is Chokolit ‘biting back bar’ see my article on it by CLICKING HERE
FISH PRODUCTS – Sainsbury’s own brand ‘basics fish fingers’ plus all the other products in their frozen fish range
Palm-oil free foods (as recommended by the Independent website)
*Walkers Crisps; Muller Light; Lurpak; Lindt; Heinz Beans; Weetabix; Cathedral City Cheese; Heinz Soups; Danone Activia; Heinz Ketchup; Petit Filous; Dairylea; Anchor Spreads; Doritos; Bird’s Eye Frozen Veg; Hellmann’s Mayonnaise; Hula Hoops; Sensations; Yeo Valley Yogurts; Kettle Crisps; Uncle Ben’s Rice; McCain’s Chips; Snack a Jacks; Kellogg’s Cornflakes; Toblerone; Danone Actimel; John West Tinned Fish.
Continue reading What to buy without palm oil – cosmetic/food/household
echo page 1
On Bank Holiday Monday the 25th May 2009, I had my first Orangutan Campaign in the local newspaper (Echo).
I decided to speak out about my bankruptcy 4 years ago, the spiral into depression that that situation led to, and how helping the Orangutans has given me a new lease of life and lifted my spirits, as it is a time of depression within this credit crunch, and many people are feeling the pinch. I feel that this story could give people some hope and Continue reading My Orangutans campaign – Echo newspaper May 2009
I have a reply from Clinique on their palm oil useage
to see what letters I sent to them, please CLICK HERE and see the cosmetics link…
Dear Sandra,
Thank you for your interest in Clinique.
“We appreciate the opportunity to explain that Palm Oil is not used as an ingredient in any Clinique product. However, some Clinique products do contain ingredients which are palm oil derivatives, such as hydrogenated palm Continue reading Reply from Clinique on their palm oil useage
I recieved this email reply from Unilever below, but I am afraid it does not clarify much about anything, including which products have palm oil in, what timescales they have for using sustainable palm oil, or what they are doing. there are sustainable sources available in Columbia, so what is wrong with those?
If you would like to see what I sent them, then Click HERE
Dear Sandra,
Thanks for your recent email.
Palm Oil is an ingredient which is used in many food products, toiletry and cosmetic products. Due to our broad portfolio and scale of business, Unilever is the world’s largest user of palm oil. Continue reading Reply email from Unilever Re: their palm oil useagae
This is the reply letter I received from Justin King (Group Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s), regarding the palm oil used in many of their supermarket products… Continue reading Reply letter from Sainsbury’s re: Palm oil
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