Nestle Eases Up on Rainforest Destruction

We recently gave kudos to Nestle U.K. for a plan to source the chocolate in Kit Kat bars from fair-trade suppliers. That wasn't enough for Greenpeace U.K., which attacked the candy maker this week for sourcing palm oil from Sinar Mas--a company responsible for massive rainforest destruction in Indonesia. In typical fashion, Greenpeace heckled Nestle headquarters with posters leaflets, and orangutans hanging off the side of the building. And guess what? Nestle actually took action.

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