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Stop selling food items in the SUSU shops that contain palm oil.
Almost every sandwich or wrap I purchase from the SUSU shop has palm oil in its list of ingredients and using palm oil is just a cheap alternative that has devastating effects on wildlife. Most deforrestation is occuring due to obtaining Palm oil for food and it is killing off habitats for Orangutans who are now facing extinction as a result. I think this can easily be amended.
Thanks.
Responses
Hi there,
Our response from The Shop is as follows: Unfortunately over 90% of the items in the shop contain palm oil. What we have started in October 2018 is to speak to suppliers and see if the is anyway they could look to source an alternative product. We may look as an organisation to halving the amount of products containing Palm oil by 2020. However, this is a huge piece of work to complete as nearly all chocolate contains palm oil along with soaps etc.
If you would like to talk more about this please do email me at vpwelfare@susu.org.
Best wishes,
Isabella Camilleri
VP Welfare
University of Southampton Students' Union
Wednesday 16th Jan 2019 10:06am
Hi there,
Thank you for your submission. I can confirm receipt of your idea/ question and am looking into it. Please expect a response in 5-10 working days.
Best wishes,
Isabella Camilleri
VP Welfare
University of Southampton Students' Union
Sunday 13th Jan 2019 3:22pm
Actions
- Forwarded to Sustainability
Friday 30th Nov 2018 1:12pm
Comments
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I think you need to weigh up things. There are indications that this drive to remove palm oil will ultimately result in more devestating utilisation of land.
