Despite global retail giant Colgate-Palmolive forming a coalition with other brands in 2020, virtue-signalling that they will stop all deforestation, they continue to do this – destroying rainforest and releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone – they are gone for good. See research on Colgate-Palmolive.
Colgate-Palmolive makes claims of sustainability including a ‘promise’ to stop deforestation. Promises mean nothing – action is what matters.
Source: chain reaction research
Colgate-Palmolive has a high ranking on the WWF Scorecard and an RSPO certification. However this high ranking is greenwashing and this mega-brand is purchasing huge amounts of palm oil from all over the world linked to slavery, human rights abuses, deforestation, violence and ecocide.
View Colgate-Palmolive’s recent palm oil deforestation
Data courtesy of Palm Watch, a multidisciplinary research initiative by the University of Chicago.
AJAX made by Colgate-Palmolive looks eco-friendly but contains rainforest destroying palm oil
Don’t be fooled by the greenwashing words and design on the packaging and in-store displays! Colgate-Palmolive is deeply embedded in deforestation for palm oil all over the world – despite their RSPO membership and claim to use “sustainable” palm oil.
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Colgate-Palmolive own a vast global stable of pet care, personal care and cleaning products….
Ajax
Axion
Baby Magic
Cibaca (brand)
Cold Power
Colgate (toothpaste)
Darlie
Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Irish Spring
Mennen
Murphy Oil Soap
Palmolive (brand)
Protex (soap)
Sanex
Science Diet
Skin Bracer
Softsoap
Speed Stick
Suavitel
Teen Spirit (deodorant)
Tom’s of Maine
UltraBrite
Vel Soap
Yet despite this, they continue with slavery, human rights abuses, deforestation and ecocide
See 2021 Global Witness report
Global Witness October 2021 Report: Violence and death for palm oil connected to household supermarket brands (RSPO members)
“One palm oil firm, Rimbunan Hijau, [Papua New Guinea] negligently ignored repeated and avoidable worker deaths and injuries on palm oil plantations, with at least 11 workers and the child of one worker losing their lives over an eight-year period.
“Tainted palm oil from Papua New Guinea plantations was sold to household name brands, all of them RSPO members including Kellogg’s, Nestlé, Colgate, Danone, Hershey’s and PZ Cussons and Reckitt Benckiser”
Palm Oil Detectives 
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