14 DAY TRIAL // Those who say they've had a fairly busy Wednesday might want to rethink this statement after hearing what Greenpeace members were up to this past March 26.
As reported on several occasions, the organization is now trying to convince American multinational consumer goods company Procter & Gamble, more commonly known as P&G, to stop being a contributor to forest destruction.
More precisely, Greenpeace is asking that the company stop collaborating with palm oil suppliers whose working agenda involves destroying tiger and orangutan habitats.
P&G might not be as open to change as the organization would like it to be, but, then again, Greenpeace is not one to give up all that easily either.
Thus, it was this past Wednesday when the organization staged not one, not two, but five anti-P&G protests. What's more, each of these demonstrations took place in a different country.
On its website, Greenpeace details that yesterday's protests were carried out in Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
As part of this series of demonstrations, 20 activists paid a visit to P&G headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, and decorated it with a banner urging the company to go green.
Besides, several members of the organization pretended to be chased down the street by a tiger upset about the fact that these people's shower routine was destroying its home.
In the Philippines, activists wearing tiger costumes installed tree stumps and tents in front of a P&G facility, and argued that the company was making them homeless.
Greenpeace members in India targeted Wella's Studios in Delhi and talked to people about P&G’s dirty and unsustainable business agenda, and, in Belgium, activists attempted to have a chat with employees at the P&G Brussels Innovation Center.
Lastly, environmentalists in the United Kingdom crashed the Cleaning Products Europe 2014 conference, and presented P&G head of sustainability with “The Golden Axe” award. Footage of this demonstration is available below.
Despite Greenpeace's best efforts, P&G is yet to announce plans to cut all ties with palm oil suppliers guilty of forest destruction. Still, some might argue that, all things considered, it is safe to assume that the organization will not stop badgering the company until the latter commits to a no-deforestation policy.
“The maker of Head & Shoulders needs to stop bringing rainforest destruction into our showers. It must clean up its act and guarantee its customers that these products are forest-friendly,” Greenpeace member Bustar Maitar urged in a recent statement.
