Singapore Government grants all sort of tax incentives to these FMCG giants but these are the foreign MNCs that are causing the haze in this part of the world?
I say, LET US ALL BOYCOTT THEIR PRODUCTS!
About Palm Oil
Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil*derived from the*palm fruit, grown on the African oil palm tree. Oil palms are originally from Western Africa, but*can flourish wherever heat and rainfall are abundant. Today,*almost all*palm oil is produced in, and exported from, Indonesia and Malaysia; but most of the time*not*using sustainable measures.*
Vast areas*of*pristine rainforest*is*slashed and burned*each year in order to make way for oil palm plantations. Many orangutans and other wildlife are killed in the process, so that this one vegetable oil can be used*in many of*our*everyday foods and products.*This large-scale deforestation is pushing orangutans to extinction,*along with many other native species of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Product Lists
Palm oil is an*extremely popular*vegetable oil amongst manufacturers.*It*is used in*over*50%*of products, including:*baked goods, confectionery, cosmetics, body products and cleaning agents.*But in many countries, there is no law on the mandatory labelling of palm oil. Consequently, companies will usually*hide*palm oil*under the name of*'vegetable oil', or*over 170 other names!*(See the list of the most common 30 names below).
One*argument*is that*we need palm oil in today's society, and that palm oil is a key ingredient in many*foods and body products.*But*what about 30 years ago?*Back then, palm oil*wasn't use is*nearly as many*products as today*(as seen*in the graphs found on the 'Images' page), in fact, it was almost*non-existant*in much of the Western-world.*So*why*does there need to be such a*high demand*for it in the modern world?*We don't*need*palm oil. There a*many alternatives*to palm oil, but unfortunately*none as cheap and*efficient, which*is why*companies are*reluctant*to switch.
Another alternative option for companies is*'sustainable palm oil'. The only issue with sustainable palm oil is that currently, this 'eco-friendly' vegetable oil is sourced through*RSPO,*an organisation which is*considered unreliable and untrustworthy*by many (read the segment below for more information).*
However; even if sustainable palm oil was proven to actually be 'sustainable', why wouldn't all companies use it?*Consider two chocolate bars.*They both contain palm oil.*One uses palm oil sourced from a sustainable plantation, the other uses palm oil from plantations*associated with animal genocide*and*catastrophic deforestation. Which*one would*you buy? The answer may be obvious to you, but for the*global corporate giants*of this world, it's a different story.
Because palm oil isn't labelled in many countries,*consumers are blinded to the fact that*many of the products they are buying*contribute to this unprecedented disaster.*One of the lists below consists*of*well-known products*that contain crude palm oil as well as a list of products that contain 'sustainable' palm oil. That way*you*can have the*choice*whether to buy them or not.*
Orangutan numbers are*plummeting*at a dangerously fast rate, all for our*sugary, prepackaged snack foods and fragrant, chemical-filled*soaps and shampoos.*
We have a choice, orangutans do not.
I say, LET US ALL BOYCOTT THEIR PRODUCTS!
About Palm Oil
Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil*derived from the*palm fruit, grown on the African oil palm tree. Oil palms are originally from Western Africa, but*can flourish wherever heat and rainfall are abundant. Today,*almost all*palm oil is produced in, and exported from, Indonesia and Malaysia; but most of the time*not*using sustainable measures.*
Vast areas*of*pristine rainforest*is*slashed and burned*each year in order to make way for oil palm plantations. Many orangutans and other wildlife are killed in the process, so that this one vegetable oil can be used*in many of*our*everyday foods and products.*This large-scale deforestation is pushing orangutans to extinction,*along with many other native species of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Product Lists
Palm oil is an*extremely popular*vegetable oil amongst manufacturers.*It*is used in*over*50%*of products, including:*baked goods, confectionery, cosmetics, body products and cleaning agents.*But in many countries, there is no law on the mandatory labelling of palm oil. Consequently, companies will usually*hide*palm oil*under the name of*'vegetable oil', or*over 170 other names!*(See the list of the most common 30 names below).
One*argument*is that*we need palm oil in today's society, and that palm oil is a key ingredient in many*foods and body products.*But*what about 30 years ago?*Back then, palm oil*wasn't use is*nearly as many*products as today*(as seen*in the graphs found on the 'Images' page), in fact, it was almost*non-existant*in much of the Western-world.*So*why*does there need to be such a*high demand*for it in the modern world?*We don't*need*palm oil. There a*many alternatives*to palm oil, but unfortunately*none as cheap and*efficient, which*is why*companies are*reluctant*to switch.
Another alternative option for companies is*'sustainable palm oil'. The only issue with sustainable palm oil is that currently, this 'eco-friendly' vegetable oil is sourced through*RSPO,*an organisation which is*considered unreliable and untrustworthy*by many (read the segment below for more information).*
However; even if sustainable palm oil was proven to actually be 'sustainable', why wouldn't all companies use it?*Consider two chocolate bars.*They both contain palm oil.*One uses palm oil sourced from a sustainable plantation, the other uses palm oil from plantations*associated with animal genocide*and*catastrophic deforestation. Which*one would*you buy? The answer may be obvious to you, but for the*global corporate giants*of this world, it's a different story.
Because palm oil isn't labelled in many countries,*consumers are blinded to the fact that*many of the products they are buying*contribute to this unprecedented disaster.*One of the lists below consists*of*well-known products*that contain crude palm oil as well as a list of products that contain 'sustainable' palm oil. That way*you*can have the*choice*whether to buy them or not.*
Orangutan numbers are*plummeting*at a dangerously fast rate, all for our*sugary, prepackaged snack foods and fragrant, chemical-filled*soaps and shampoos.*
We have a choice, orangutans do not.
