Growing Political Support For Unmask Palm Oil Campaign
Tuesday 11 December 2012 8:05 am
Press release from Unmask Palm Oil
The Unmask Palm Oil campaign is welcoming the support of the Green Party for mandatory palm oil labelling. The Green
Party, long-time supporters of palm oil labelling, join New Zealand First in supporting the ‘Unmask Palm Oil’ campaign
for mandatory labelling of palm oil in New Zealand
Palm oil is sourced from plantations grown on cleared Indonesian rainforests. Rainforest clearance is pushing Orangutans
to the brink of extinction and accelerating climate change.
Ben Dowdle, campaign coordinator of Unmask Palm Oil says “We now have the support of two key opposition parties and we
hope to gain Labour’s support in the near future. Mojo Mathers, Green Party MP has offered the full support of the Green
Party to the campaign.”
"We should not have to turn ourselves into detectives to work out which products contain palm oil and which products do
not. This information should be readily available on a label.
“This is a step towards consumers being able to make the basic ethical choice to not support the destructive palm oil
industry. We hope that National is paying attention to the wave of support behind the campaign”
Green Party consumer affairs spokesperson Mojo Mathers is very supportive of mandatory labelling of palm oil.
“New Zealanders really care about the impact their purchasing has. They deserve to have the information they need in
order to make sustainable purchasing decisions,” said Ms Mathers.
“It's time to change our labelling laws so that New Zealanders know what they're buying and the Unmask Palm Oil campaign
is doing good work to highlight this issue,” said Ms Mathers.
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About Unmask Palm Oil:
Unmask Palm Oil is a youth led campaign with the simple aim of mandatory palm oil labelling in New Zealand. For more
information see:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/UnmaskPalmOil
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