K-POP stans and crunchy snack fans for the planet!
April 19, 2024 12:03 PM   Subscribe

K-pop fans organized by KPOP4PLANET pressure Hyundai into ending a greenwashed dirty energy aluminum deal in Indonesia. Will the collective action of snackers and ramen slurpers end PepsiCo's reliance on palm oil from deforested areas? PalmWatch is a brand new tool to trace palm oil supplies from the ground level (% of tree cover area lost by country), to the processing mills, to middleman parent corporations, and to the consumer brands that use the oil in their products.

Word to the wise. Don't trust "Snacking Made Right" ESG report from the maker of Oreos and Ritz crackers. And "sustainable palm oil" certification is no panacea and can greenwash some of the worst companies.
posted by spamandkimchi (3 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Thanks. I appreciate knowing these tools exist.
posted by humbug at 3:26 PM on April 19


We should be be planting and consuming MORE palm oil, not less.

Yields per hectare planted

Palm Oil - 2.99 tonnes
Rapeseed Oil - 0.73 tonnes
Sunflower Oil - 0.63 tonnes
Soybean Oil - 0.47 tonnes
Olive Oil - 0.32 tonnes

"The world devotes more than 300 million hectares for oilcrop production. Palm oil accounts for 6% of this land use, which is small when we consider that it produces 36% of the oil." (Our World in Data)

I enjoy my olive oil but it's literally causing 10x more deforestation than Palm Oil per serve.

Oh wait, deforestation in Western countries doesn't count...
posted by xdvesper at 5:06 PM on April 19


I enjoy my olive oil but it's literally causing 10x more deforestation than Palm Oil per serve.

What?
posted by mittens at 5:25 PM on April 19


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