The Palm Oil Action Group announces our new campaign targeting Aldi: Spend a little and lose a lot at Aldi?

Direct action is what we do best here at the Palm Oil Action Group - you may remember our successful campaigns back in 2008 to 2010, targeting KFC and Woolies.

Now we have Aldi in our sights as Aldi has no stated palm oil sustainability policy and yet are rapidly gaining market share in Australia. We need your help to get this campaign off the ground and are fundraising at Chuffed.org.

We'll be running peaceful protest stalls outside Aldi stores around Australia, asking customers to sign special protest postcards outlining our demands. So, if you want to see us in our orange shirts getting Aldi to the palm oil policy table, donate at Chuffed!

And, if you want to get into one of those orange shirts outside an Aldi store, we also need volunteers to run the actions and help with the actions, so please get in contact at action@palmoilaction.org.au.

Every major retailer in Australia should have a sustainable and equitable palm oil policy and Aldi is no exception. But it's up to us to tell them so!

Anasuya Claff
Campaign Coordinator

THE FACTS

• Indonesia has the second highest rate of deforestation in the world.
• Over 300 football fields of rainforest are destroyed every hour in South East Asia.
• Clearing forest for palm oil plantations is the leading cause of deforestation.
• Over 50 Orangutans a week die because of this devastation.
• There are now less than 400 Sumatran tigers and 2,400 - 2,800 Sumatran Elephants left in the wild.
• Palm oil is contained in 40% of products in Australian supermarkets.
• It is not mandatory to label palm oil in Australia.
• There is an alternative. Companies can source Segregated or Identity Preserved Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) which is planted on already degraded land or grassland NOT rainforest.
• We must take action now before it's too late. Extinction is forever.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

1. Support our current campaign, so that we can pressure Aldi to implement a sustainable and equitable palm oil policy.
2. Order protest postcards to pressure companies marke Certified Sustainable Palm Oil and label palm oil.
3. Volunteer for our current campaign targeting Aldi.
4. Become a local POAG Ambassador in your area. Contact us for more information.
5. Help out with our Social Media campaign, by liking our Facebook page and sharing our posts.
6. Please contact action@palmoilaction.org.au for more information.