Why
Palm oil plantations are monocultural deserts that are responsible for large scale deforestation and the destruction of wildlife habitats.
Palm oil plantations display many of the worst features of monocultural agriculture.
How
Use palm oil from RSPO suppliers.
Carefully read the list of ingredients on your food and personal care products. Learn to recognise, and avoid those that contain palm oil (unless the oil comes from an RSPO supplier).
This is a list of alternative ingredient names that palm oil is often disguised as:
Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol (World Wildlife Fund)
Write to the food and personal care companies you support, and put pressure on them to source sustainable palm oil from certified RSPO suppliers.
Write to your government, and corporations that you support, and put pressure on them to ban the use of palm oil for biofuel.
Did you know
The Brazilian government is going against its promise to protect natural habitats in the Amazon. In the state of Pará, the government has replaced 40% of vegetative lands with palm oil expansion. This is placing huge amounts of stress on local wildlife and communities who live there. We can all help by choosing to avoid products that contain palm oil.
Palm Oil and Food – Approximately 68% of globally produced palm oil is used in foods including margarine, biscuits, ice-cream, cooking oil, bread and chocolate. Click here for a list of foods containing palm oil in the UK.
Palm Oil and Industrial Applications – Approximately 27% of globally produced palm oil is used in industrial applications and consumer products including soap, detergent, shampoo, toothpaste, cosmetics and cleaning agents. Click here for a list of products containing palm oil in the UK.
Palm Oil and Bioenergy – Approximately 5% of globally produced palm oil is used as biofuels for transport, electricity or heat.
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