Greenpeace: Companies Gather at New York Climate Week to Celebrate Broken Promises to Protect Forests
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- Greenpeace issued the following news release:
As Amazon fires continue to burn, consumer companies will gather next week in New York City to "celebrate" their broken promises to end deforestation. Leading global brands committed both in 2010 and 2014 to eliminate deforestation by 2020 - by virtue of membership in Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), as signatories to the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), or via their own procurement policies.
As Amazon fires continue to burn, consumer companies will gather next week in New York City to "celebrate" their broken promises to end deforestation. Leading global brands committed both in 2010 and 2014 to eliminate deforestation by 2020 - by virtue of membership in Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), as signatories to the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), or via their own procurement policies.