Protests Push Costco, Stop & Shop to Cut Ties With Forest-Destroying Suppliers Cargill and JBS
Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz released the following statement in response to widespread protests calling on Costco, Stop & Shop, and other supermarkets to cut ties with Cargill and JBS, two agribusiness giants driving the destruction of forests around the world:
“The tides are turning against the arsonists of the Amazon.
“We recently learned that Nordea Asset Management, northern Europe’s largest financial services group, has dropped JBS from its investment portfolio over concerns about the company’s complicity in deforestation in Latin America. In recent months, both Nestlé and Grieg Seafood have taken similar actions against Cargill. And yesterday, across North America and Europe, protesters took to the streets to stand up for the world’s rainforests and our climate.
“They donned masks and stood up to the companies that continue to deforest and degrade fragile ecosystems even as we spiral toward climate chaos. They stood up to a global agribusiness system that disregards the health and safety of Indigenous peoples and tramples on their rights in pursuit of new lands to bulldoze. These protesters stood up and said: we know who the villains are, and we demand that our local supermarkets – the places we rely on, the sellers we trust – stop doing business with them.
“We applaud their bravery for taking action responsibly in the midst of a global pandemic, and welcome this progress in the fight to decouple food production from environmental destruction.”
Costco we need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, stop deforestation and help reforest the earth and save humanity.
Costco cut your ties to forest-killing meat company Cargill@standmighty#forkingovertheplanet#planetvscargill pic.twitter.com/igz4lq7Xo0
— Climate Save Movement (@climatesavemvmt) July 29, 2020
#StopDontChop #CleanUpMeat @StopandShop @StandMighty https://t.co/TbtXUcgSbU pic.twitter.com/MDAsOVL7sH
— Jared (@jerrydoestwitte) July 29, 2020
Cargill’s crimes in @costcocanada ‘s aisles. Shame@standmighty ????????????????????????#forkingovertheplanet#planetvscargill @Costco pic.twitter.com/BeXkmiu56O
— ClimateSaveOttawa (@ClimateSaveOtta) July 29, 2020
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Header Photo Credit: Linnea Henrikson
