Greenpeace says KFC is ‘Junking the jungle’ by sourcing paper from Solaris

@Adgrunt

Do you think this will work?

Seems like a silly argument, the government should make hemp legal, you can get 3-4 crops a year and it makes great paper

Not this bollocks again?

Hemp enabled Britain’s empire to flourish. Makes great rope, fabric, all sorts and it grows anywhere!!!

Greenpeace is objecting to “timber from Indonesian rainforest that is threatening animal species such as the Sumatran tiger and orangutans with extinction”

Yet they don’t seem to have any problem with the millions of chickens KFC butcher every year to feed Aussies. Isn’t that just a tiny bit hypocritical?

I say let the pampered tigers and rangas perish – Save Our Chickens! Support indigenous wildlife over foreign species! Think local, act local!

Not sure where hemp came from in this discussion, but yes it has a long history in Australia, first arriving with the First Fleet.

Greenpeace still makes no sense. Why aren’t they pressuring the Indo government? Is it because they’d get a right royal kicking?

Where’s that berk Reece to explain why his previous campaigns have apparently done fuck all?

#Madworld. Since when have chooks been indigenous to Australian wildlife? Do you know what indigenous means?

KFC have just switched from Palm oil (which is also devastating indo rainforests) to Canola oil. As a natural alternative. Even though Canola oil (which stands for Canadian oil because as most people aren’t aware there is no such thing as a canola plant) Is derived from the rape seed and is bio genetically modified. It seems this isn’t a problem for greenpeace.

I think Hemp production is a great idea. perhaps GP would solve more problems pushing that instead.

@Madworld

You’re bonkers mate! If you sincerely believe what you wrote, there is actually something wrong with your head — no offense.

Thanks to all the interest in Greenpeace’s ongoing campaign to protect Indonesia’s remaining rainforests.

A few points to make in response to some of the comments above:

* KFC Australia have indeed switched away from palm oil to canola oil and have said that they will be preferencing non-GE oil. However this campaign is aimed at getting KFC (and parent company Yum! which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) to introduce a global policy to address all its commodities which impact on forests and in particular to end trading with APP until it ends natural forest clearance.

* For those interested in the success of Greenpeace’s campaigns in this field and the rationale that drives this campaign, here is an article from last year which shows how the world’s second largest palm oil company, Golden Agri-Resources, adopted a policy not to clear high-carbon forests after Greenpeace campaigns convinced major palm oil buyers (Nestle, Unilever) not to purchase from the company until they ended forest clearance: http://www.guardian.co.uk/envi.....rainforest

We look forward to APP looking closer at it’s sister company, GAR’s new policy and following suit.

* There’s no doubt that other aspects of KFC’s operations need attention however as the world’s largest fast food company (a claim made by parent company Yum!), Yum! is a huge consumer of food packaging and a more responsible policy from them will have significant impacts upon the global pulp and paper industry and help encourage APP to end its practice of driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia.

For a company this big, Yum!’s social responsibility is pathetic. Their lack of transparency around environmental issues only compounds the problem. I doubt Greenpeace aren’t going to back down in a hurry, and rightly so.

I have been a KFC customer for years and have always brought my empty aluminium soft-drink can home to put in my own recycling bin. How many other customers do you think do that? I’d be interested in finding out how much recyclable waste KFC dumps into landfills. A simple change to their store bins could fix this. KFC may see this as a cost, but imagine the positive, ‘green’ message they could put out? (Not to mention a competitive advantage against rivals like McDonalds.)

Yum!, it’s time to listen to what customers want.

Reece,

That’s a lovely resumé of Greenpeace efforts. It’s just you’re not linking them to any desirable outcomes for the Tigers / Orang Utans / Rainforests from your actions.

Palm oil is still made – and in increasing amounts elsewhere. The Indonesian government is the one pulling the strings here. Why not engage them?

What went so wrong with your little Orang Utan dress-up session last year that means apparently no tangible benefit has occurred to the Indonesian plantations? What are we giving for now? To put another line on your CV?

I’d hate to think you were trying to Green-mail KFC merely because your plan of action is flawed at best and absent at worst…