Hieronder staat het derde artikel van Sargasso gastblog: Mongabay.com. De Board of Consumer Goods Forum (BCGF) waar multinationals als Coca Cola en Unilever lid van zijn heeft op de klimaattop in Cancun toegezegd te streven naar nul ontbossing in 2020 bij de productie van o.a. soja, palmolie, vlees en papier. Het originele artikel staat hier. Met dank aan: Rhett Butler.
While governments continue to stall on action to cut greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, global corporations are promising big changes to tackle their responsibilities. The Board of Consumer Goods Forum (BCGF) has approved a resolution to achieve net zero deforestation by 2020 in products such as palm oil, soy, beef, and paper. Announced yesterday at the UN Climate Summit in Cancun, the BCGF has stated the goal will be met both by individual actions within companies and collective action, including partnerships with NGOs, development banks, and governments. With such giants as Walmart, Unilever, Carrefour, and General Mills, BCGF is made up of four hundred global consumer goods manufacturers and retailers totaling over $2.8 trillion in revenue.
“We are in Cancun to lend our support to this monumental but essential task of creating solutions that lead to a low-carbon world,” said Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola and co-chair of the BCGF. “The initiatives that our industry announced today are good examples of the kind of bold and positive action that will be needed to move the needle in combating climate change.”