EPOA calls on Iceland to ACT for sustainable palm oil
With its advert to stop using palm oil for its own label products ‘until all palm oil causes zero rainforest destruction’ the UK retailer Iceland has decided NOT to ACT for rainforest protection, EPOA states.
To achieve deforestation free palm oil, we need to empower those companies that are already making the change on the ground, and challenge others to act too.
Boycotting palm oil will not lead to less deforestation. By calling for deforestation free palm oil, but ignoring the possibility to create a global move towards sustainable palm oil, Iceland positions itself outside the solution that is already being supported by the majority of palm oil industry, civil society and governments.