Unilever’s front man on the issue, Gary Sheath, defends the corporation against Green Peace’s allegations that Unilever is partaking in the mass destruction of Indonesia’s rain forests due to the production of palm oil. [Unilever makes bath and shower products, such as Dove soap]. Apparently, Green Peace is way off base, and Sheath really sets the issue straight here. ”The problem”, he says, “is simply that the demand of palm oil has exploded”.
[Oh, and we thought the problem was corporations like Unilever killing the forest to get the oil.]
But even though Unilever admittedly shares blame with China, India, and the energy industry, Unilever actually seems to be the most remorseful of the bunch–so much so that they chair the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil). The purpose of this committee is to strive toward sustainability solutions for palm oil, and to achieve complete universal agreement on the matter.
[It doesn't take the formal convening of a roundtable to solve the problem: just do the right thing and stop using palm oil for stuff, A-hole.]
“It is essential that all those involved sign up to agreed criteria to make sustainability work on the ground – but this is not an easy process and is taking longer than we would all like.”
[So, basically he means, "In the meantime, we'll just keep doing what we're doing because it's really just the thought that counts, right?"]
Not surprising, Unilever is the maker of Axe shower products–the chick magnet [yeah, right] and now more fitting to its name, the mortal enemy of trees.
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