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Global protests grow as KFC bosses sit in stunned silence

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 8 June 2012 at 10:34am - Comments

The past 10 days have seen a growing chorus of protests aimed at KFC’s destructive packaging while the company has remained totally silent over what action it will take to cut the infamous Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) out of its supply chain.

In India, Greenpeace activists dressed as orangutans held banners emblazoned with “KFC: No Good For Rainforests” outside a KFC store in downtown Delhi. A follow-up in Kolkata swiftly followed, with more orangutans lining up to demand that KFC stop turning rainforests into trash to make cheap packaging.

Article tagged as: APP, deforestation, indonesia, KFC, rainforest

Latest: KFC campaign goes global

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 25 May 2012 at 2:04pm - Comments

 

This week saw the launch of new global campaign to stop KFC turning rainforests into trash, by cutting deforestation out of its supply chain.

All week Greenpeace activists have been taking the message to KFC while thousands of people around the world joined the revolt to end KFC’s secret recipe for rainforest destruction.

Article tagged as: APP, forests, indonesia, KFC, rainforests

Where's the forest protection in APP's ‘new’ forest protection policy?

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 15 May 2012 at 10:23am - Comments
Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary
All rights reserved. Credit: Eyes on the Forest/WW Indonesia
Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary

This morning in Jakarta APP invited journalists to the launch of what it’s PR people grandly referred to as the ‘biggest announcement yet’ which would ‘reveal APP’s greatest commitment to natural forest protection as part of its sustainability program’.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, forests, indonesia, rainforest

Caught red-handed: protected tree species found at APP pulp mill

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 29 February 2012 at 7:23pm - Comments

“Zero tolerance for illegal wood.”

These are the five words that say a lot but apparently mean little to Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a company that has made a mantra out of repeating something which is simply not true. And today, we’ve released proof that what APP says is wrong.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, CITES, danone, endangered species, indonesia, national geographic, ramin, Sumatran Tigers, xerox

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