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Greenpeace warns PepsiCo's palm oil policies will fail to halt deforestation
2014-05-22 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: PepsiCo has unveiled a major new palm oil policy that aims to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain. But the new pledges announced last week have been slammed by Greenpeace for failing to go far enough to guarantee its supply chain will be free from deforestation and social conflict. PepsiCo pledged to ensure that all the 450,000 tonnes of palm oil it sources each year will come only from suppliers who are members of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), do not develop on...
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