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11/12/2009:NEW

Illegal palm oil from forests taints Unilever household brands.

26/10/2009:

Nestlé has today announced its commitment to using only Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) by 2015

04/10/2009:

Food industry facing fat flak
Hear what the food industry has to say about manufacturers' reliance on cheap imported palm oil.

25/09/2009:

Q+A: How can illegal oil palm be weeded out of the supply chain?
Learn a little more about the illegal Palm Oil industry. A Q & A session between Reuters and Jutta Poetz, Biodiversity Coordinator at the RSPO Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur.

21/09/2009:

WOOLWORTHS CALLS STAKEHOLDER MEETING
Woolworths has called a Palm Oil stakeholder meeting on 30th September. Get your letter to Anasuya now!

Download your PDF copy here (or Word copy here), and email back to Anasuya on anasuya@palmoilaction.org.au, or fax back by 25th September to 02 6624 6618 (attention Anasuya).

29/08/2009:

PALM OIL RED ALERT
Watch this short YouTube clip of The Palm Oil Action Group in Action - and stickering products in Woolworths.

21/08/2009:

Melbourne Zoo launch 'Don't Palm Us Off' campaign
Get on board and help them reach their signature target - and lets finally see the (absolutely necessary) mandatory labeling of Palm Oil in Australia.

You can also watch their YouTube campaign video here.

20/08/2009:

The Palm Oil Action Group commend KFC and Cadbury
Absolutely brilliant that both KFC and Cadbury responded to consumer pressure and are removing Palm Oil from their products. After all there is only one way forward: No Palm Oil or 100% independently certified sustainable Palm Oil.

18/06/2009:

The Palm Oil Action Group call on Woolworths to follow KFC's lead
We think it is fantastic that KFC have responded to consumer pressure and are moving to a healthier oil blend. Now it's time for Woolworths to follow suit and remove Palm Oil from all their Homebrand products. Read our statement here.

17/06/2009:

ANNOUNCEMENT: KFC STOPS USING PALM OIL
Wonderful news from KFC - they are switching to a healthier oil. Well done to everyone for keeping the pressure up on KFC.

17/06/2009:

Australian Orangutan Project Protest
Watch this inspirational Youtube clip of a protest in Perth regarding the logging of an ecologically sensitive (and Orangutan release) area for paper by APP (Asia Pulp and Paper).

02/06/2009:

The Guilty Secrets of Palm Oil
This fantastic article shows exactly how entrenched the Palm Oil Industry has become today - read on to hear about products that contain Palm Oil, and why we need to change our purchasing practices.

26/04/2009:

Global Palm Oil Demand Fuelling Deforestation
PART ONE in an insightful three part series by Ben Block, a writer at the Worldwatch Institute.

26/04/2009:

Oil Palm Industry Takes Land, Promises Livelihood
PART TWO in an insightful three part series by Ben Block, a writer at the Worldwatch Institute.

26/04/2009:

Can “Sustainable” Palm Oil Slow Deforestation?
PART THREE in an insightful three part series by Ben Block, a writer at the Worldwatch Institute.

26/04/2009:

A Step In The Right Direction.
Consumer pressure has lead to some major companies' public commitments to "sustainable" palm oil.

09/03/2009:

See our YouTube clip of an NBN News Piece of a Palm Oil Consumer Action in action!

30/01/2009:

MEDIA RELEASE
The Palm Oil Action Group Announces a Wave of Consumer Actions Across Australia in 2009

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