World Rainforest Day
\nJune 22, 2020<\/p>\n
To the CGF and Sustainability Steering Committee,<\/p>\n
Our planet is in crisis. Last September, a large group of civil society organizations wrote to demand
\nevidence that the CGF and its member companies are prepared to take real action to eliminate and
\nremedy deforestation and human rights abuses in their supply chains. Since then, fires, deforestation,
\nand human rights abuses have gotten worse\u2014destroying irreplaceable ecosystems and threatening
\ncommunities across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Yet, CGF and its member companies have
\ndone little to leverage their market and supply chain influence for tangible change. Most egregiously,
\nthe CGF and its member companies have largely continued sourcing from the same suppliers
\nresponsible for deforestation and human rights abuses without repercussion or accountability —
\nproviding market access, contracts, and funds to the perpetrators of these continued violations.<\/p>\n
Ten years ago the CGF committed to end its role in deforestation by 2020. These commitments remain
\nunfulfilled, and global deforestation continues unabated. With entire ecosystems and the agricultural
\nsystems that depend on them on the brink of collapse, CGF member companies must take ambitious
\nand immediate action to eliminate and remedy deforestation, peatland destruction, and human rights
\nviolations throughout their supply chains and support necessary legal and policy reforms. Their failure
\nto deliver results by continuing to perpetuate such harmful practices undermines the legitimacy and
\ncredibility of the CGF\u2019s promises.<\/p>\n
The current pandemic underscores the urgency of protecting forests. The noxious haze from burning
\nforests hospitalizes hundreds of thousands of people due to respiratory illness each year under normal
\ncircumstances\u2014and research has shown the fires have increased premature death rates by
\napproximately 100,000 people in a year in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia alone\u2014a situation poised
\nto be a public health catastrophe given COVID-19. These fires are preventable, and companies that
\ncontinue to provide funding and contracts to those responsible for the fires will be held publicly
\naccountable for this unfolding environmental and human rights crisis.<\/p>\n
We strongly reiterate our call for CGF and its member companies to immediately adopt the steps
\noutlined in our prior letter, re-attached here with a growing set of signatories. We request that the
\nCGF formally and publicly respond to our letter, addressing the full set of recommendations.<\/p>\n
We cannot sit silently by as our planet\u2019s last remaining forests are destroyed, gross human rights
\nviolations take place, and runaway climate change threatens our collective future. The Consumer Goods
\nForum (CGF) Coalition of Action (CoA) Palm Oil Roadmap in no way matches the urgency of the actions
\nthat need to be taken. An all out \u2018stop at nothing\u2019 set of actions are needed to achieve NDPE supply
\nchains this year.<\/p>\n
Our planet deserves real leadership and time is running out. When and how will the CGF respond?<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Concerned Members of Civil Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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