We're not going to stop using palm oil—it's an inexpensive, key ingredient in hundreds of foods and cosmetics.2 But with your help, we're convincing companies to source it without burning down tropical forests. Twelve major consumer product companies—including Proctor & Gamble and General Mills—have signed on to make the switch. McDonald's has just come to the negotiating table. But despite scoring a big fat zero in our sustainable palm oil report, Burger King won't return our calls.3
We need your help to ramp up the pressure on Burger King and other companies in 2015.
To defend science, fight global warming, and protect our tropical forests, we need you with us in 2015. Please join the Union of Concerned Scientists by making a tax-deductible gift today. Help reach our goal of 4,000 member gifts by February 28!
As scientists and activists, we're not naïve. We know that science alone is unlikely to change corporate practices. Executives are just too focused on their bottom lines.
That's why we're using a very successful, two-pronged approach:
First, show companies the science that explains how they can make money, use palm oil, and protect tropical forests all at the same time. Our scientists and technical experts have been in direct conversations with these companies—earning their trust to help them make the shift to sustainable palm oil.
Second, turn up the pressure to make sure companies know that hundreds of thousands of consumers are expecting them to do the right thing on palm oil. This part—the grassroots part—is key. And thanks in part to member support, we've been able to generate more than 750,000 letters to target companies in just the last year.
That's incredible, but we're going to need to generate even more grassroots pressure if we're going to get the attention of stubborn companies like Burger King.
Make sure our science-based campaigns are fully funded in the weeks and months ahead. Become a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists now.
The science is often settled on the issues we care about: palm oil's impact on tropical deforestation; the reliability and cost-effectiveness of wind and solar power; the potential impact of man-made global warming on weather patterns and rising seas.
So the question isn't how to protect our families and promote good health. The question is whether enough people like you will continue supporting UCS financially, so we can not only get decision makers the facts but wage big, bold, effective public pressure campaigns that force them to act. The question is yours to answer.
As a member-driven organization that solicits no funding from government or corporations, we're only as strong as our membership base. That's why it's so important we hit our goal of 4,000 member gifts by February 28.
Will you answer the call to defend and promote science—day in and day out?
Please become a member to keep our campaigns going strong.
Thank you for fighting for science, and for you generous support.
 | Sincerely,
Ken Kimmell
President
Union of Concerned Scientists |
| 1. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ng-interactive/2014/nov/10/palm-oil-rainforest-cupboard-interactive, http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/palm-oil-and-forests.html#.VL55fUfF9n0
2. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/palm-oil-sustainability-developing-countries
3. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/stop-deforestation/palm-oil-scorecard-company-profiles.html#bk |
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