Success! Dove and Unilever agree to help stop rainforest destruction

We've had an amazing success with our Dove campaign - on May 1 2008, just ten days after the launch of our campaign, Unilever (the company that makes Dove) made an announcement that they would support a moratorium to protect Indonesia's rainforest from destruction.

During our research into palm oil and forest destruction in Indonesia we discovered that Unilever is one of the biggest buyers of palm oil, and it is used in several of their products like Dove soap, Persil and Flora. It's the expansion of the palm oil industry that is one of the biggest threats to the rainforests of South East Asia and Unilever's announcement is a big step forward.

We now have a lot of work ahead to make sure that Unilever holds up their end of the agreement, and over the coming months we'll be meeting with companies and lobbying them to support the moratorium alongside Unilever. This coalition of influential players in the palm oil industry is key to getting a moratorium in place as soon as possible to stop deforestation and the release of greenhouse gases that fuel climate change.

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