Update on Recent Campaigns: Kit Kat – Give the Orang-utans a Break

Our spring campaign targetted Nestle - the makers of Kit Kat.  Greenpeace HQ investigated the supply chain of Nestle chocolate ingredients and discovered that Nestle were using palm oil from areas in Indonesia where orang-utan rainforest habitat had recently been destroyed.   

In recent months Bristol East have spent many hours on the street with cardboard orang-utans (!) encouraging the public to get their pictures taken and write a message to Nestle to express their dissatisfaction. 

On 17th May 2010 Nestle agreed to the Greenpeace campaign demands!   Nestle developed a plan to identify and remove any companies in their supply chain with links to deforestation, including the infamous Sinar Mas group.  The Forest Trust will be closely monitoring Nestle’s progress.

Bristol East - 25th April 2010 - Nestle campaign St Marks Road, Easton: More monkey business!