The company was recently accused of being responsible for the death of an 18-year-old

Nov 1, 2012 12:04 GMT  ·  By

Only yesterday, we reported on how, according to Greenpeace, the massive deforestations now taking place in Indonesia must be held responsible for the fact that the people inhabiting rural communities in these parts of the world are ever more often attacked by tigers.

As said green-oriented organization explains, the destruction of the Sumatran tigers' natural habitats forces these animals to come close to human communities, and thus ups the chances of predatory attacks.

The good news is that, after Greenpeace singled them out as one of the major deforestation culprits on several occasions, KFC agreed to push for sustainable packaging.

For the time being, it seems that only KFC restaurants up and running in the UK will abide by these new green standards.

More precisely, local managers will see to it that the packaging used when selling food comes from sustainable sources.

According to Business Green, KFC UK's suppliers will be required to “demonstrate sustainable forestry management throughout their supply chain and that they are not actively involved in rain forest clearance.”

It need not come as a surprise that one of Greenpeace's rainforest campaigners, Ian Duff, reacted on this change in KFC policies as follows:

“By walking away from companies like the increasingly “toxic” APP brand, KFC UK is sending a strong message to the business community that it's not acceptable to buy from companies that are turning the rainforest into rubish.”

Naturally, both Greenpeace activists and several other green-oriented organizations hope that other major companies will follow KFC’s example, and that a global zero-deforestation policy will be implemented as soon as possible.

As previous studies have shown, massive and uncontrolled deforestations also contribute to climate change and global warming, simply because the act of cutting down trees translates into several harmful chemical compounds being released into the atmosphere.