Cadbury: Stop Destroying Endangered Species' Habitats

Cadbury, which is a major producer of chocolate, has direct ties with the deadly and dangerous palm oil industry. Demand this corporate giant of sweets stop supporting the destruction of our environment.

Target: Dirk Van de Put, CEO, Cadbury

Goal: Cut ties with palm oil plantations that are killing endangered species.

A major chocolate company has direct ties with destructive palm oil plantations. Cadbury sources its ingredients from palm oil plantations. Demand that the chocolate giant cut ties with this destructive industry.

Palm oil is one of the leading causes of rainforest deforestation. Millions of acres of land are being destroyed and thousands of endangered species are losing their homes forever. Species like the orangutan are dying at rapid numbers, without a mate, without a home, and without food. If nothing is done to put a stop to the farming of palm oil, our rainforests may cease to exist.

As a major producer of chocolate, Cadbury has the opportunity and the financial means to direct change. Sign the petition to demand that Cadbury cut ties with destructive and deadly palm oil plantations.

- Force Change

Click here to sign the following petition: 

PETITION LETTER:

Dear Mr. Van de Put,

Cadbury is a major producer of chocolate. However, that chocolate is being produced at the expense of our rainforests and the endangered species that call them home. Palm oil is a source of the chocolates’ ingredients. One of the leading causes of deforestation, the palm oil industry has led to the deaths of thousands of innocent animals.

Cadbury has the means and the voice to direct immediate change. If you source from more sustainable and ethical industries, other chocolate producers may follow. I demand that you cut ties with palm oil plantations.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

#protectrainforest

Tell the Olympic Committee: No rainforest destruction for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The petition to the International Olympic Committee reads: “Ensure that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic authorities cease using tropical wood, respect Indigenous communities’ legal and customary rights, and adopt robust sourcing requirements for all other commodities that could put forests at risk.” Add your name:

As the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have drawn to a close, preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are already well underway. Olympic authorities promised it will be one of the greenest Olympic games in history. But Tokyo Olympic authorities recently admitted that they are using irreplaceable rainforest wood in the construction of Olympic venues. At least 87 percent of the plywood panels used for Tokyo's New National Stadium came from the rainforests of Malaysia and Indonesia.1 Our allies at the Rainforest Action Network and others have pushed the Tokyo authorities to do better, but they need to feel more pressure. We need the International Olympic Committee to use its influence to ensure that no more rainforests are harmed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tell the International Olympic Committee: No more rainforest destruction for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Click here to sign the petition. Japan is the largest importer of plywood from tropical forests, and half of that plywood comes from the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.2 Sarawak has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, and Indigenous communities in Sarawak have been fighting logging for decades.3 Environmental activists have long suspected that the Tokyo Olympics was using wood from Sarawak rainforests, but only now have they gotten confirmation. Over a year after the information was originally requested by Rainforest Action Network and more than 40 other groups, Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers have finally acknowledged extensive use of tropical rainforest wood to construct the New National Stadium and other Tokyo 2020 venues.4 Even worse, the organization is getting that plywood from a timber supplier with a well-documented history of rainforest destruction, illegal logging and human rights abuses.5 Instead of sourcing sustainable wood locally in Japan, the Tokyo Olympics authorities are devastating priceless rainforests and trampling the rights of Indigenous people to cut costs. Rainforest advocates want Olympic organizers to cease using tropical wood, implement third party verification for the timber supply chain, respect Indigenous communities’ rights to natural resources and adopt robust sourcing requirements for all other commodities that could come from at-risk forests.6 We can amplify their call to action by telling the International Olympic Committee that the world is watching what happens in Tokyo. Tell the International Olympic Committee: No more rainforest destruction for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Click the link below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/Tokyo-2020?t=7&akid=27471%2E3130208%2Eo4Wsyi - Brandy Doyle, CREDO Action Add your name: Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr References: Rainforest Action Network, "Global NGOs 'appalled' by massive use of high risk rainforest wood for Tokyo 2020 Olympics construction," Feb. 15, 2018. Tracy Staedter, "Prized Forests Lost Big at This Year’s Olympics," Earther, Feb. 6, 2018. Ibid. Rainforest Action Network, "Global NGOs 'appalled' by massive use of high risk rainforest wood for Tokyo 2020 Olympics construction." Rainforest Action Network, "NGOs demand Olympic authorities end rainforest destruction and human rights abuses connected to Tokyo 2020 Olympics construction," Sept. 11, 2017. Rainforest Action Network, "No more rainforest destruction for Tokyo 2020 Olympics," accessed Feb. 22, 2018.