Stop gas flaring in Nigeria
A new Friends of the Earth report shows that Shell is the oil company that will bring about more climate change per litre of oil than any other.
Not only that, it still refuses to stop the illegal practice of gas flaring in Nigeria, which endangers human health and harms local ecosystems, as well as emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases.
Email
Peter Voser, the new CEO of Shell, and urge him to put an end
to gas flaring in Nigeria once and for all...
Stop the soy greenwash
The Netherlands-based retail multinational Ahold, which operates in Europe and the United States, is an influential member of the Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS).
Even so, through its supermarket subsidiaries, it still continues to sell meat that has been reared on irresponsibly produced soy in Latin America.
Email
Ahold and demand that it stops hiding behind the Round Table
for Responsible Soy and instead takes real measures to stop the use
of unsustainable soy in animal feed...
Stop toxic fuels
Despite the need for urgent action on climate change, UK oil companies are still seeking to develop large, carbon intensive projects, such as Canadian tar sands.
To help safeguard our savings and pensions invested in these companies and to encourage investments in low carbon projects, we need improved reporting of carbon risk.
Ask your
MP to sign Early
Day Motion 1250, which calls on the Government to require all
UK-listed companies in the oil, gas and power sectors to report on
their total carbon liabilities.
Buy locally
Buy locally produced (and preferably organic) products where possible and ask local shops and supermarkets to stock locally produced and organic products - check out our Real Food Guide for local shops in your area.
Buy ethically
Choose to spend your money at local, independent businesses rather than large multinationals. Visit our Ethical Shopping Guide website for information on ethical shopping in the Manchester area, or check out Ethical Consumer magazine or the Ethiscore website to find out which companies have the best social and environmental performance, and choose them over their less ethical competitors.
Invest ethically
If you have a pension scheme or ISA, find out where your money is being invested. Most providers have ethical funds you can invest in, which either avoid certain sectors (such as tobacco or oil companies) based on a set of ethical criteria, or work with companies to improve their ethical performance - check out the EIRIS website for more information.
(Certain actions taken from 'Go MAD!', published by The Ecologist)