The recently released Greenpeace report How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet says “major brands like Walmart, Auchan and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) are fueling climate change and pushing Sumatran tigers and orangutans towards the brink of extinction.”
Sinar Mas’ paper arm Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) commented in part, “The claims made against Indonesian policy and APP in this report are unequivocally inaccurate and deliberately misleading. We are disappointed that Greenpeace continues to publish misleading reports containing false claims, and we would like to set the record straight.”
Walmart reacted by saying, “We were surprised Greenpeace would single us out in their press release as we have been in ongoing discussions with them and continue to partner on a variety of projects around the world. Walmart does not support deforestation, and as Greenpeace’s report shows, our largest markets do not source product from APP; and in the remaining markets that do, we have taken the steps to stop development on private brand products with APP and are looking at what measures can be taken regarding branded products.”
