Palm oil: High marks for Swiss retailer.
Which fats and oils in the cosmetics and food industry are used has a direct impact on tropical forests. For soft for the booming palm oil market needs more and more forest. A first-time WWF's rating of 59 European companies shows that companies buy sustainable palm oil: Coop and Migros are the front runners.
It's in soap, cosmetics and detergents, but also in chocolate, ice cream and margarine - are talking about the palm oil. Moreover, it is increasingly being used as biodiesel. The result: Only one third of the world in 2008 produced 130 million tons of vegetable oil is palm oil. For this, cut down, especially in Southeast Asia on a large scale tropical forest converted to plantations.
there since April 2008, thanks to the "Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil '(RSPO) sustainable palm oil. How strong European food and cosmetics companies that rely on it? Is searched by WWF: 10 out of total of 59 companies get good grades. You joined the RSPO to monitor and improve the purchase of certified palm oil continuously. This includes retailers, Coop and Migros. Exhaustion in the lower middle landed Nestle. However, the food company announced this week to try to join the RSPO.
Other well-known companies such as Lidl in Switzerland and Danone also landed in the lower middle. They are either not members of the RSPO, buy a no certified palm oil, have no policies defined. No information made the discounters Aldi and savings and were therefore at the very bottom of the list. Summary of WWF expert Felix Meier: "The majority of the industry takes care remains largely to certified Palm oil. "
The RSPO has initiates in 2004 by the WWF. In his major palm oil consumers in Europe and China are represented. The RSPO is to promote the goal of growing and marketing of in accordance with guidelines angepflanztem RSPO palm oil and derived products are so valuable forests remain.
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