Midsummer night's dream1 June 2006
A Midsummer night's dream comes true, Tesco joins the roundtable
On the longest day of the year, Tesco announced that they intend to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
This is something they had long refused to do, even after the palm oil day of action last October.
Orang-utans campaigning to get Tesco to join the roundtable
Their decision follows lots of press attention and an email action in June where Friends of the Earth activists bombarded Tesco's customer services asking them to join.
Well done to everyone who has supported this campaign and those who have helped pressure Tesco to join the RSPO.
Let's get the rest of them to join too.
Stop press...
A little less conversation, a little more action
Success - after 2 years of campaigning, finally, all of the UK's major supermarkets have now joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Will their actions speak louder than words?
Further information
Jun 2006
Bites of the roundtable
Now that 5 of the UK's notable supermarkets have joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, isn't it time that the UK's other big-guns joined up too?
May 2006
MPs asked to save the orang-utan
MPs were challenged at a parliamentary reception to take action on palm oil and UK company law to save the orang-utan.
Oct 2005
Orang-utans go ape over palm oil
Friends of the Earth local campaigners take action to tell everyone that 1 in 10 supermarket products is driving the orang-utan to extinction.
Sept 2005
The future's not bright if you're orange
A report linking the demand for palm oil to the extinction of the orang-utan is launched by Friends of the Earth and the world's leading orang-utan conservation groups.
Resource
The oil for ape scandal: How palm oil is threatening the orang-utan
(PDF† 448K) Sept 2005
This summary report links the demand for palm oil to the impending extinction of the orang-utan, rainforest destruction and human rights abuses.
The oil for ape scandal: How palm oil threatens orang-utan survival
(PDF† 422K) Sept 2005
The full research report containing more information on the impacts of oil-palm plantations on human rights, workers rights, rainforest destruction and the impending extinction of the orang-utan.
†To view PDF files you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Visually impaired users can get extra help with these documents from access.adobe.com.
Images © Calliste Lelliott/Friends of the Earth
