Welcome to ChooseSustainable.org a blog about individual climate action. As usual, my October post is a reminder of the destructive properties of palm oil, a common ingredient in Halloween candies.
Palm oil is one of the most devastating commodities, driving deforestation, the extinction of countless species, and rampant human right abuses. Unfortunately it is found found in mass produced Halloween candies as well as other countless products. This Halloween take a few extra minutes and read the ingredients to avoid candies that contain palm oil.
Below is a link to a list of candies without palm oil. However it is always better to read the label to make sure ingredients haven’t changed.
The Orangutan alliance post linked below is a few year old, but it discusses the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification.
Don’t be fooled by RSPO certifications. The only way to stop deforestation is the “Palm oil free” label.
Industrial deforestation, driven by palm oil demand, is one of the largest contributor to climate change and the largest driver of loss of biodiversity and mass extinction on the planet. Don’t finance the suffering of countless species with your money, this Halloween go palm oil free.
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