Palm Oil Day of Action #2
| When? | Saturday 25th February 2006 |
| Where? | Market Street, Manchester |
| Why? | To gain support for company law reform by raising awareness of the damage that palm oil production is doing to the rainforests that are home to endangered species such as the orang-utan. |
We took part in a second national day of action on palm oil on Saturday 25th February. John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington, stopped by to show his support for the campaign, and we collected 150 postcards to MPs across the country, asking them to support changes to UK company law so that directors must take action to minimise their company's negative social and environmental impacts.
More information
Find out more
about the impact of palm oil production in Friends of the Earth's briefing
"The
oil for ape scandal".
Press
release: Manchester campaigners call for end to monkey business
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the UK Government and demand that company law is changed to minimise
the environmental and social impacts of UK business.
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your MP to support changes to UK company law so that directors must
take action to minimise their company's negative social and environmental
impacts.