#pepsico — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/cz/148496/ Šéf Mattoni vysvětlil, proč odmítá část Evropy. Rozhoduje historie i mentalita #AlessandroPasquale #Česko #Europa #Europe #Evropa #HeinrichMattoni #Maďarsko #Mattoni1873 #MinerálníVoda #PepsiCo #Rakousko #Srbsko
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The Poppi Exit: A $2 Billion Pivot to Post-Corporate Life
Did the Poppi soda founders leave the company? Allison and Stephen Ellsworth sold Poppi to PepsiCo for $1.95 billion and are now leaving daily operations.
#poppi, #pepsico, #businessnews, #startupgrowth, #foodindustry
https://newsletter.tf/poppi-founders-sell-to-pepsico-for-2-billion/
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The Poppi founders sold their soda company to PepsiCo for $1.95 billion. This is one of the biggest exits for a drink brand started in a home kitchen.
#poppi, #pepsico, #businessnews, #startupgrowth, #foodindustry
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How much did PepsiCo contribute to Russia’s budget during four years of war?
According to estimates by KSE and B4Ukraine, if we look beyond corporate profit tax and include VAT, payroll taxes, social contributions, customs duties and other payments generated by PepsiCo’s operations in Russia, the figure for 2022–2025 could be around $1–2 billion.
To understand the scale: in 2024 alone, PepsiCo reportedly generated $4.5 billion in revenue in Russia and paid $122 million in profit tax. The company still operates 19 plants and employs around 60,000 people in the country.
Every ruble paid into Russia’s budget helps sustain a state waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Corporate responsibility cannot stop at press releases.#Ukraine #Russia #PepsiCo #CorporateResponsibility #StopFundingRussia #StandWithUkraine
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How much did PepsiCo contribute to Russia’s budget during four years of war?
According to estimates by KSE and B4Ukraine, if we look beyond corporate profit tax and include VAT, payroll taxes, social contributions, customs duties and other payments generated by PepsiCo’s operations in Russia, the figure for 2022–2025 could be around $1–2 billion.
To understand the scale: in 2024 alone, PepsiCo reportedly generated $4.5 billion in revenue in Russia and paid $122 million in profit tax. The company still operates 19 plants and employs around 60,000 people in the country.
Every ruble paid into Russia’s budget helps sustain a state waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Corporate responsibility cannot stop at press releases.#Ukraine #Russia #PepsiCo #CorporateResponsibility #StopFundingRussia #StandWithUkraine
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How much did PepsiCo contribute to Russia’s budget during four years of war?
According to estimates by KSE and B4Ukraine, if we look beyond corporate profit tax and include VAT, payroll taxes, social contributions, customs duties and other payments generated by PepsiCo’s operations in Russia, the figure for 2022–2025 could be around $1–2 billion.
To understand the scale: in 2024 alone, PepsiCo reportedly generated $4.5 billion in revenue in Russia and paid $122 million in profit tax. The company still operates 19 plants and employs around 60,000 people in the country.
Every ruble paid into Russia’s budget helps sustain a state waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Corporate responsibility cannot stop at press releases.#Ukraine #Russia #PepsiCo #CorporateResponsibility #StopFundingRussia #StandWithUkraine
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How much did PepsiCo contribute to Russia’s budget during four years of war?
According to estimates by KSE and B4Ukraine, if we look beyond corporate profit tax and include VAT, payroll taxes, social contributions, customs duties and other payments generated by PepsiCo’s operations in Russia, the figure for 2022–2025 could be around $1–2 billion.
To understand the scale: in 2024 alone, PepsiCo reportedly generated $4.5 billion in revenue in Russia and paid $122 million in profit tax. The company still operates 19 plants and employs around 60,000 people in the country.
Every ruble paid into Russia’s budget helps sustain a state waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Corporate responsibility cannot stop at press releases.#Ukraine #Russia #PepsiCo #CorporateResponsibility #StopFundingRussia #StandWithUkraine
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How much did PepsiCo contribute to Russia’s budget during four years of war?
According to estimates by KSE and B4Ukraine, if we look beyond corporate profit tax and include VAT, payroll taxes, social contributions, customs duties and other payments generated by PepsiCo’s operations in Russia, the figure for 2022–2025 could be around $1–2 billion.
To understand the scale: in 2024 alone, PepsiCo reportedly generated $4.5 billion in revenue in Russia and paid $122 million in profit tax. The company still operates 19 plants and employs around 60,000 people in the country.
Every ruble paid into Russia’s budget helps sustain a state waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Corporate responsibility cannot stop at press releases.#Ukraine #Russia #PepsiCo #CorporateResponsibility #StopFundingRussia #StandWithUkraine
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Beyond the diploma: Skills that actually get graduates hired
The class of 2026 is walking into one of the most unforgiving job markets in recent memory —…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #AdamBanicki #BeckySchmidt #Business #CA #Canada #ChristinaMancini #conversation #corporateamerica #DebbieDyson #entry-leveljob #HarryL.Williams #PepsiCo #ThurgoodMarshallCollegeFund
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PepsiCo Consortium Secures Spain Wind Power Through 10-Year VPPA https://www.byteseu.com/1974489/ #ArchanaJagannathan #CorporateDecarbonisation #Givaudan #Pep+REnew #pepsico #RenewableEnergy #Scope3Emissions #SmurfitWestRock #Spain #SpainWindProject #Statkraft #SupplyChain #SupplyChainSustainability #vppa #WindProject
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PepsiCo Consortium Secures Spain Wind Power Through 10-Year VPPA
PepsiCo, Givaudan, Smurfit WestRock, and Statkraft have signed a 10-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) linked to a…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #ArchanaJagannathan #corporatedecarbonisation #Givaudan #pep+REnew #PepsiCo #Renewableenergy #Scope3emissions #SmurfitWestRock #Spainwindproject #Statkraft #SupplyChain #supplychainsustainability #VPPA #WindProject
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https://www.europesays.com/people/1669/ Apple Turns 50: the 7 CEOs Who Built It and Who Comes Next #Anniversaries #apple #BigTech #Business #CraigFederighi #EddyCue #GilAmelio #GregJoswiak #JohnSculley #JohnTernus #Leadership #MichaelScott #MichaelSpindler #MikeMarkkula #OrgChart #PepsiCo #PhilSchiller #Pixar #RonaldWayne #SteveJobs #SteveWozniak #Technology #TimCook
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Megan Thee Stallion, Nickelback Team Up in Eye-Popping Bid to Boost Spicy Pickle-Flavored Cheetos
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Doritos Protein chips, with 10 grams of protein, are coming https://www.diningandcooking.com/2533488/doritos-protein-chips-with-10-grams-of-protein-are-coming/ ##product #Affiliate #ai #And #Comparisons #Enabled #food #Foods #health #HighProtein #HighProteinRecipes #highlights #local #LocalAffiliateFood #LocalAffiliateHealthAndWellness #Network #NetworkTrending #nutrition #Overall #OverallPositive #PepsiCo #positive #price #ProductReviewsU0026PriceComparisons #Recipes #reviews #snack #SnackFoods #story #StoryHighlightsAIEnabled #trending #u0026 #Vegetarian #wellness
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How Walmart And Pepsico Rigged Prices And Supercharged Food Inflation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2025/12/18/how-walmart-and-pepsico-rigged-prices-and-supercharged-food-inflation/#inflation #groceries #foodprices #pricefixing #ftc #monopoly #walmart #pepsico #fritolay
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How Walmart And Pepsico Rigged Prices And Supercharged Food Inflation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2025/12/18/how-walmart-and-pepsico-rigged-prices-and-supercharged-food-inflation/#inflation #groceries #foodprices #pricefixing #ftc #monopoly #walmart #pepsico #fritolay
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PepsiCo to cut prices of Lay’s, Doritos as consumers push back
PepsiCo will cut prices on core brands such as Lay's and Doritos by up to 15% following a consumer backlash against several price hikes, the snacks and beverage maker said after it topped fourth-quarter results. #pepsico #lays #doritos #business #markets #consumer #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/pepsico-to-cut-prices-of-lays-doritos-as-consumers-push-back/
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PepsiCo to cut prices of Lay’s, Doritos as consumers push back
PepsiCo will cut prices on core brands such as Lay's and Doritos by up to 15% following a consumer backlash against several price hikes, the snacks and beverage maker said after it topped fourth-quarter results. #pepsico #lays #doritos #business #markets #consumer #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/pepsico-to-cut-prices-of-lays-doritos-as-consumers-push-back/
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/581495/ Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad #BeWell #Business #CeliacDisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #DietsAndDieting #FoodAndDrink #FoodRecipes #Health #Inc. #Lifestyle #Nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #UK #UnitedKingdom #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream…
#NewsBeep #News #Nutrition #bewell #Business #Celiacdisease #Cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #Dietsanddieting #FoodAndDrink #FoodRecipes #Health #Inc. #Lifestyle #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #UK #UnitedKingdom #weightmanagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition ##inc #BeWell #business #celiacdisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #Dietsanddieting #Foodanddrink #foodrecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389402/fiber-is-poised-to-follow-protein-as-the-next-food-fad/ -
Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition ##inc #BeWell #business #celiacdisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #Dietsanddieting #Foodanddrink #foodrecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition ##inc #BeWell #business #celiacdisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #Dietsanddieting #Foodanddrink #foodrecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition ##inc #BeWell #business #celiacdisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #Dietsanddieting #Foodanddrink #foodrecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389402/fiber-is-poised-to-follow-protein-as-the-next-food-fad/ ##inc #BeWell #business #CeliacDisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #DietsAndDieting #FoodAndDrink #FoodRecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389402/fiber-is-poised-to-follow-protein-as-the-next-food-fad/ ##inc #BeWell #business #CeliacDisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #DietsAndDieting #FoodAndDrink #FoodRecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Fiber is poised to follow protein as the next food fad https://www.diningandcooking.com/2389402/fiber-is-poised-to-follow-protein-as-the-next-food-fad/ ##inc #BeWell #business #CeliacDisease #cholesterol #DebbiePetitpain #DietsAndDieting #FoodAndDrink #FoodRecipes #health #Lifestyle #nutrition #PepsiCo #RamonLaguarta #WeightManagement
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Big food companies undergo ‘self reflection’ on business future as deals sweep the sector
Big food companies are facing big questions about their futures. Between a potential breakup at Kraft Heinz (KHC), a multibillion-dollar deal between Ferr…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BrandonBell #johnbaumgartner #KraftHeinz #PepsiCo #Poppi #regulatorypressure #WKKellogg
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2189965/big-food-companies-undergo-self-reflection-on-business-future-as-deals-sweep-the-sector/ -
Big food companies undergo ‘self reflection’ on business future as deals sweep the sector https://www.diningandcooking.com/2189965/big-food-companies-undergo-self-reflection-on-business-future-as-deals-sweep-the-sector/ #BrandonBell #food #JohnBaumgartner #KraftHeinz #PepsiCo #Poppi #RegulatoryPressure #WKKellogg
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Big food companies undergo ‘self reflection’ on business future as deals sweep the sector https://www.diningandcooking.com/2189965/big-food-companies-undergo-self-reflection-on-business-future-as-deals-sweep-the-sector/ #BrandonBell #food #JohnBaumgartner #KraftHeinz #PepsiCo #Poppi #RegulatoryPressure #WKKellogg
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(Thanks Sarah Missen )
Industrial disputes & news - 14 May 2025
#Keolis Downer; St John's Ambulance; #Riverina Water; #Noosa City Council; QLD nurses & midwives; #Qube; #UGL; #Downer; #Kiama Council; Forensicare; #PepsiCo; #Aurora Healthcare; Royal #Hobart Hospital & morehttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-14-may?
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(Thanks Sarah Missen )
Industrial disputes & news - 14 May 2025
#Keolis Downer; St John's Ambulance; #Riverina Water; #Noosa City Council; QLD nurses & midwives; #Qube; #UGL; #Downer; #Kiama Council; Forensicare; #PepsiCo; #Aurora Healthcare; Royal #Hobart Hospital & morehttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-14-may?
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(Thanks Sarah Missen )
Industrial disputes & news - 14 May 2025
#Keolis Downer; St John's Ambulance; #Riverina Water; #Noosa City Council; QLD nurses & midwives; #Qube; #UGL; #Downer; #Kiama Council; Forensicare; #PepsiCo; #Aurora Healthcare; Royal #Hobart Hospital & morehttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-14-may?
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(Thanks Sarah Missen )
Industrial disputes & news - 14 May 2025
#Keolis Downer; St John's Ambulance; #Riverina Water; #Noosa City Council; QLD nurses & midwives; #Qube; #UGL; #Downer; #Kiama Council; Forensicare; #PepsiCo; #Aurora Healthcare; Royal #Hobart Hospital & morehttps://open.substack.com/pub/disputesreport/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-14-may?
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#India shines for global #consumergoods giants despite urban demand slowdown and global market turmoil.
Senior executives from #Unilever, #ProcterGamble, #PernodRicard, #Reckitt, #PepsiCo, #Heineken and #LOréal have highlighted India's significant contribution to growth among emerging markets during the recent quarter -
The following companies, who turned their backs on us by eliminating DEI and/or no longer providing support for DEI, should no longer be financially supported by anyone who is DEI or an ally. That means don't purchase their products or services, invest in their stocks, wear their products, buy/renew their memberships, etc. #wewillneverforget #target_corp #meta #pepsico #amazon #goldmansachs #google #mcdonalds #walmart #ford #lowes #harleydavidson #BrownForman #johndeere #TractorSupply
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The following companies, who turned their backs on us by eliminating DEI and/or no longer providing support for DEI, should no longer be financially supported by anyone who is DEI or an ally. That means don't purchase their products or services, invest in their stocks, wear their products, buy/renew their memberships, etc. #wewillneverforget #target_corp #meta #pepsico #amazon #goldmansachs #google #mcdonalds #walmart #ford #lowes #harleydavidson #BrownForman #johndeere #TractorSupply
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The following companies, who turned their backs on us by eliminating DEI and/or no longer providing support for DEI, should no longer be financially supported by anyone who is DEI or an ally. That means don't purchase their products or services, invest in their stocks, wear their products, buy/renew their memberships, etc. #wewillneverforget #target_corp #meta #pepsico #amazon #goldmansachs #google #mcdonalds #walmart #ford #lowes #harleydavidson #BrownForman #johndeere #TractorSupply
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The following companies, who turned their backs on us by eliminating DEI and/or no longer providing support for DEI, should no longer be financially supported by anyone who is DEI or an ally. That means don't purchase their products or services, invest in their stocks, wear their products, buy/renew their memberships, etc. #wewillneverforget #target_corp #meta #pepsico #amazon #goldmansachs #google #mcdonalds #walmart #ford #lowes #harleydavidson #BrownForman #johndeere #TractorSupply
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The following companies, who turned their backs on us by eliminating DEI and/or no longer providing support for DEI, should no longer be financially supported by anyone who is DEI or an ally. That means don't purchase their products or services, invest in their stocks, wear their products, buy/renew their memberships, etc. #wewillneverforget #target_corp #meta #pepsico #amazon #goldmansachs #google #mcdonalds #walmart #ford #lowes #harleydavidson #BrownForman #johndeere #TractorSupply
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#Honduras #CartaAbierta #AceiteDePalma
Por violencia en el Valle del Aguán, exigimos junto + 30 organizaciones responsabilidad a gigantes de la #palmaaceitera
A las empresas #Cargill #Mondelez #Pepsico #ArcherDanielsMidland ADM #PasternakBaum #FloraFood, #Friesland-Campina #Olenex #Wilmar #Vandemoortele que compran, venden, comercian o procesan aceite de palma de #CorporaciónDinant
Decimos: detengan la violencia en #Agúan #Honduras, protejan los derechos humanos
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#Honduras #CartaAbierta #AceiteDePalma
Por violencia en el Valle del Aguán, exigimos junto + 30 organizaciones responsabilidad a gigantes de la #palmaaceitera
A las empresas #Cargill #Mondelez #Pepsico #ArcherDanielsMidland ADM #PasternakBaum #FloraFood, #Friesland-Campina #Olenex #Wilmar #Vandemoortele que compran, venden, comercian o procesan aceite de palma de #CorporaciónDinant
Decimos: detengan la violencia en #Agúan #Honduras, protejan los derechos humanos
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#Honduras #CartaAbierta #AceiteDePalma
Por violencia en el Valle del Aguán, exigimos junto + 30 organizaciones responsabilidad a gigantes de la #palmaaceitera
A las empresas #Cargill #Mondelez #Pepsico #ArcherDanielsMidland ADM #PasternakBaum #FloraFood, #Friesland-Campina #Olenex #Wilmar #Vandemoortele que compran, venden, comercian o procesan aceite de palma de #CorporaciónDinant
Decimos: detengan la violencia en #Agúan #Honduras, protejan los derechos humanos
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Who's responsible for Canada's job crisis? The truth behind the PepsiCo hiring event chaos #cdnpoli #polcan #immigration #onpoli #jobscrisis #massimmigration #Pepsico https://youtu.be/jeZZ6H80Jo0?si=8RenG_7j2pE_6MKk
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Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo‘s supply chain is allegedly linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested Shipibo-Konibo territory has been used in products like Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Cheetos, Doritos and more. PepsiCo sources oil from Ocho Sur, a company notorious for environmental crimes and forest loss. The palm oil industry in Peru, which doubled production in a decade, is allegedly responsible for significant illegal deforestation, violent indigenous landgrabbing, animal extinction and human rights abuses. Take action every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil for wildlife and Indigenous people.
Corrupt so-called “sustainable” #palmoil is never far from your own fridge. Food #giant #PepsiCo, maker of snack favs #Cheetos #Gatorade gets #palmoil 🤮at the expense of Shipibo-Konibo people of #Peru 🇵🇪 Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🪔🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterDYK the #palmoil in #food like #Doritos 🤒🤮 and #Gatorade 🫗 is linked to #indigenous #landgrabbing and violence in #Peru? 🇵🇪 It’s what the ads leave out that’s most important. Learn more about how you can #BoycottPalmOil 🧐 via @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
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The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by Ojo Público and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Read more
Sign petition: Tell PepsiCo stop destroying rainforests for palm oil!
PepsiCo’s profit-first palm oil policy is still destroying rainforests.
Meanwhile, PepsiCo keeps on promising that it’s working towards a truly sustainable palm oil policy, making commitments to human rights and zero deforestation. But this new report leaves no doubt: this whole time, PepsiCo’s palm oil promises have been nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Sign the Eko petitionPeruvian palm oil linked to environmental and human rights violations ended up in the supply chain for the makers of Gatorade and Cheetos
The US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Mongabay and Peruvian outlet Ojo Público can reveal.
For at least three years, PepsiCo’s Peruvian suppliers have been sourcing palm oil from deforested territory claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in Ucayali, eastern Peru.
The company, which manufactures snacks including Cheetos and Gatorade, runs a factory in Mexico that buys Peruvian palm oil after it has been processed at a Mexican refinery. That refinery buys from a Peruvian consortium, Sol de Palma, that shares storage facilities with Ocho Sur, a notorious US-funded business accused of repeated environmental and human rights violations.
The storage facilities mix the various batches of palm oil, meaning PepsiCo products likely contain Ocho Sur oil despite no longer buying directly from the company.
Ocho Sur is linked to 155 sq km of forest loss in the past decade – both within its own property and through its direct suppliers. While some of the forest loss took place under other companies, satellite analyses by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) and TBIJ show clear deforestation on Ocho Sur’s land in the past three years.
Palm oil production in Peru has more than doubled in the past decade and Ucayali, a hotspot for cultivation on the border with Brazil, now has the country’s second-highest rate of forest loss. It’s estimated that about 30% of the country’s palm plantations are on illegally deforested land. Half of the oil is sent to international markets.
Today, Ocho Sur is the second-largest palm oil company in Peru. It was created in 2016 after acquiring the assets of two other controversial companies active in the region since 2012.
“Before 2012, the deforestation rates were pretty low,” said Tom Younger, an anthropologist working with the Forest Peoples’s Programme, an NGO. The arrival of palm oil plantations, he said, “set into motion some dynamics of land invasion and deforestation”.
Some of the forest loss on company-run oil palm plantations occurred on land claimed by the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people. They have endured a long and often hostile battle for recognition, and only a tiny portion of the 200 sq km of land the community claims has been formally titled.
In 2020, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a regional legal body, ordered the Peruvian state to protect the Santa Clara de Uchunya community against threats and land invasions.
Luisa Mori Gonzáles, president of the community’s defence front, says the arrival of the palm oil industry has affected their food supply and sown division.
“We use that territory to feed ourselves or to hunt,” she told TBIJ and Ojo-Público. “The company put it in their [other community members’] heads that they are going to have money and wealth – but that is a lie.”
Deforestation near the Santa Clara de Uchunya communityDavid Díaz/OjoPúblicoNeither Ocho Sur nor the liquidated companies whose assets it acquired had obtained the necessary environmental permit for their plantations. The Peruvian Agriculture Ministry sanctioned and fined the dissolved company Plantaciones de Ucayali in 2015 for failing to comply with an order to stop its activities. Ocho Sur eventually paid these fines in 2022, but by 2018 the companies had failed to conserve the legally required 30% of forest, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found. It is unclear whether the majority of the deforestation took place under Plantaciones de Ucayali or Ocho Sur.
Impunity for environmental crimes such as illegal deforestation is a major problem, according to Julia Urrunaga of the EIA, which recently published a report linking Peruvian palm oil to other well-known food and cosmetics companies.
“The authorities have the responsibility of guaranteeing that what is sold has a legal origin,” said Urrunaga.“If a product is being marketed that is being grown and produced in illegally deforested areas without a production permit, that should be an illegal product.”
Experts attribute the growth of palm oil in Latin America, today the second largest producing region for the industry outside south-east Asia – and the fastest growing – in part to its weaker regulation.
Earlier this year, Peru’s Congress approved a new amendment to its forest and wildlife law, loosening requirements for deforestation in “agriculture exclusion areas” and forgiving historic offences.
Robert Heilmayr, an environmental economist teaching at the University of California Santa Barbara, told TBIJ that while private-sector commitments have brought some positive advances in transparency in countries like Indonesia, the industry’s complexity makes full traceability a challenge.
He said: “It gets a little bit hard to know exactly where the fresh fruit bunches are coming from and there’s no third-party auditing of those supply lists.”
According to CCCA’s analysis, PepsiCo manufactures at least 15 products that contain Peruvian palm oil refined in Mexico – among them Doritos, Cheetos and Gatorade. It has pledged to make 100% of its palm oil supply deforestation-free by the end of 2022 and for its operation to be net zero by 2040.
Concerns about the legal origins of palm oil have also given rise to international initiatives like the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry’s most widely used sustainability certification scheme.
The Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people have only been officially granted a fraction of their claimed territory. Photo: David Díaz/OjoPúblicoPeru has ten RSPO members. Ocho Sur is not a member and only one of the companies in Sol de Palma’s consortium is.
PepsiCo said: “We take all inquiries like this seriously and have initiated an investigation through our established grievance process to assess whether any action on our part is required.” The company stressed that Ocho Sur is not a direct supplier and said it has engaged its direct suppliers to better understand their ties to Ocho Sur and ensure they take corrective actions if needed.
Ocho Sur said that it could not be held responsible for the actions of the companies whose assets it had taken over. It referred TBIJ to a document submitted to the UN in December 2023 that repeatedly states that it has no financial or legal links to one of those businesses. In the document it also strenuously denied sowing division in local communities and said that since its founding, the company had made special efforts “to forge a friendly, fruitful and mutually respectful relationship” with Indigenous and other groups. It said that it fully complies with all obligations with respect to Indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment and does not allow deforestation in its supply chain.
On the subject of environmental permits, Ocho Sur added: “The certification has been requested for a long time and [Midagri, the agriculture ministry] has failed to make a statement on the matter, granting it, as it should, or providing reasonable arguments to justify its refusal.”
Oleomex, owner of the Mexican refinery that supplies PepsiCo’s factory, said: “The oil we supply to our customer meets all sustainability standards as it is RSPO-certified oil.” However, it added that supply contracts with Ocho Sur were negotiated through a third party and that it has agreed to suspend them until the complaints raised in the investigation are resolved.
Sol de Palma did not comment.
Peruvian judges are yet to rule on whether Ocho Sur can be held responsible for past incursions into the Santa Clara de Uchunya community.
While the community awaits that ruling, Mori Gonzáles has vowed to continue protecting the territory: “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.”
The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by OjoPúblico and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network.
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3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
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https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20
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Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo‘s supply chain is allegedly linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested Shipibo-Konibo territory has been used in products like Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Cheetos, Doritos and more. PepsiCo sources oil from Ocho Sur, a company notorious for environmental crimes and forest loss. The palm oil industry in Peru, which doubled production in a decade, is allegedly responsible for significant illegal deforestation, violent indigenous landgrabbing, animal extinction and human rights abuses. Take action every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil for wildlife and Indigenous people.
Corrupt so-called “sustainable” #palmoil is never far from your own fridge. Food #giant #PepsiCo, maker of snack favs #Cheetos #Gatorade gets #palmoil 🤮at the expense of Shipibo-Konibo people of #Peru 🇵🇪 Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🪔🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterDYK the #palmoil in #food like #Doritos 🤒🤮 and #Gatorade 🫗 is linked to #indigenous #landgrabbing and violence in #Peru? 🇵🇪 It’s what the ads leave out that’s most important. Learn more about how you can #BoycottPalmOil 🧐 via @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
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The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by Ojo Público and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Read more
Sign petition: Tell PepsiCo stop destroying rainforests for palm oil!
PepsiCo’s profit-first palm oil policy is still destroying rainforests.
Meanwhile, PepsiCo keeps on promising that it’s working towards a truly sustainable palm oil policy, making commitments to human rights and zero deforestation. But this new report leaves no doubt: this whole time, PepsiCo’s palm oil promises have been nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Sign the Eko petitionPeruvian palm oil linked to environmental and human rights violations ended up in the supply chain for the makers of Gatorade and Cheetos
The US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Mongabay and Peruvian outlet Ojo Público can reveal.
For at least three years, PepsiCo’s Peruvian suppliers have been sourcing palm oil from deforested territory claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in Ucayali, eastern Peru.
The company, which manufactures snacks including Cheetos and Gatorade, runs a factory in Mexico that buys Peruvian palm oil after it has been processed at a Mexican refinery. That refinery buys from a Peruvian consortium, Sol de Palma, that shares storage facilities with Ocho Sur, a notorious US-funded business accused of repeated environmental and human rights violations.
The storage facilities mix the various batches of palm oil, meaning PepsiCo products likely contain Ocho Sur oil despite no longer buying directly from the company.
Ocho Sur is linked to 155 sq km of forest loss in the past decade – both within its own property and through its direct suppliers. While some of the forest loss took place under other companies, satellite analyses by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) and TBIJ show clear deforestation on Ocho Sur’s land in the past three years.
Palm oil production in Peru has more than doubled in the past decade and Ucayali, a hotspot for cultivation on the border with Brazil, now has the country’s second-highest rate of forest loss. It’s estimated that about 30% of the country’s palm plantations are on illegally deforested land. Half of the oil is sent to international markets.
Today, Ocho Sur is the second-largest palm oil company in Peru. It was created in 2016 after acquiring the assets of two other controversial companies active in the region since 2012.
“Before 2012, the deforestation rates were pretty low,” said Tom Younger, an anthropologist working with the Forest Peoples’s Programme, an NGO. The arrival of palm oil plantations, he said, “set into motion some dynamics of land invasion and deforestation”.
Some of the forest loss on company-run oil palm plantations occurred on land claimed by the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people. They have endured a long and often hostile battle for recognition, and only a tiny portion of the 200 sq km of land the community claims has been formally titled.
In 2020, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a regional legal body, ordered the Peruvian state to protect the Santa Clara de Uchunya community against threats and land invasions.
Luisa Mori Gonzáles, president of the community’s defence front, says the arrival of the palm oil industry has affected their food supply and sown division.
“We use that territory to feed ourselves or to hunt,” she told TBIJ and Ojo-Público. “The company put it in their [other community members’] heads that they are going to have money and wealth – but that is a lie.”
Deforestation near the Santa Clara de Uchunya communityDavid Díaz/OjoPúblicoNeither Ocho Sur nor the liquidated companies whose assets it acquired had obtained the necessary environmental permit for their plantations. The Peruvian Agriculture Ministry sanctioned and fined the dissolved company Plantaciones de Ucayali in 2015 for failing to comply with an order to stop its activities. Ocho Sur eventually paid these fines in 2022, but by 2018 the companies had failed to conserve the legally required 30% of forest, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found. It is unclear whether the majority of the deforestation took place under Plantaciones de Ucayali or Ocho Sur.
Impunity for environmental crimes such as illegal deforestation is a major problem, according to Julia Urrunaga of the EIA, which recently published a report linking Peruvian palm oil to other well-known food and cosmetics companies.
“The authorities have the responsibility of guaranteeing that what is sold has a legal origin,” said Urrunaga.“If a product is being marketed that is being grown and produced in illegally deforested areas without a production permit, that should be an illegal product.”
Experts attribute the growth of palm oil in Latin America, today the second largest producing region for the industry outside south-east Asia – and the fastest growing – in part to its weaker regulation.
Earlier this year, Peru’s Congress approved a new amendment to its forest and wildlife law, loosening requirements for deforestation in “agriculture exclusion areas” and forgiving historic offences.
Robert Heilmayr, an environmental economist teaching at the University of California Santa Barbara, told TBIJ that while private-sector commitments have brought some positive advances in transparency in countries like Indonesia, the industry’s complexity makes full traceability a challenge.
He said: “It gets a little bit hard to know exactly where the fresh fruit bunches are coming from and there’s no third-party auditing of those supply lists.”
According to CCCA’s analysis, PepsiCo manufactures at least 15 products that contain Peruvian palm oil refined in Mexico – among them Doritos, Cheetos and Gatorade. It has pledged to make 100% of its palm oil supply deforestation-free by the end of 2022 and for its operation to be net zero by 2040.
Concerns about the legal origins of palm oil have also given rise to international initiatives like the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry’s most widely used sustainability certification scheme.
The Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people have only been officially granted a fraction of their claimed territory. Photo: David Díaz/OjoPúblicoPeru has ten RSPO members. Ocho Sur is not a member and only one of the companies in Sol de Palma’s consortium is.
PepsiCo said: “We take all inquiries like this seriously and have initiated an investigation through our established grievance process to assess whether any action on our part is required.” The company stressed that Ocho Sur is not a direct supplier and said it has engaged its direct suppliers to better understand their ties to Ocho Sur and ensure they take corrective actions if needed.
Ocho Sur said that it could not be held responsible for the actions of the companies whose assets it had taken over. It referred TBIJ to a document submitted to the UN in December 2023 that repeatedly states that it has no financial or legal links to one of those businesses. In the document it also strenuously denied sowing division in local communities and said that since its founding, the company had made special efforts “to forge a friendly, fruitful and mutually respectful relationship” with Indigenous and other groups. It said that it fully complies with all obligations with respect to Indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment and does not allow deforestation in its supply chain.
On the subject of environmental permits, Ocho Sur added: “The certification has been requested for a long time and [Midagri, the agriculture ministry] has failed to make a statement on the matter, granting it, as it should, or providing reasonable arguments to justify its refusal.”
Oleomex, owner of the Mexican refinery that supplies PepsiCo’s factory, said: “The oil we supply to our customer meets all sustainability standards as it is RSPO-certified oil.” However, it added that supply contracts with Ocho Sur were negotiated through a third party and that it has agreed to suspend them until the complaints raised in the investigation are resolved.
Sol de Palma did not comment.
Peruvian judges are yet to rule on whether Ocho Sur can be held responsible for past incursions into the Santa Clara de Uchunya community.
While the community awaits that ruling, Mori Gonzáles has vowed to continue protecting the territory: “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.”
The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by OjoPúblico and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network.
ENDS
Read more about human rights abuses and child slavery in the palm oil and gold mining industries
Investigation by Bloomberg exposes that despite being RSPO members, #SOCFIN plantations in #WestAfrica are the epicentre of #humanrights abuses, sexual coercion, environmental destruction, and #landgrabbing. Operating in #Liberia, #Ghana, #Nigeria, and beyond, SOCFIN’s…
Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weaving
Family Ties Expose Deforestation and Rights Violations in Indonesian Palm Oil
An explosive report by the Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) details how Indonesia’s Fangiono family, through a wide corporate web, is linked to ongoing #deforestation, #corruption, and #indigenousrights abuses for #palmoil. Calls mount for…
West Papuan Indigenous Women Fight Land Seizures
Indigenous Melanesian women in West Papua fight land seizures for palm oil and sugar plantations, protecting their ancestral rights. Join #BoycottPalmOil
Greasing the Wheels of Colonialism: Palm Oil Industry in West Papua
A landmark study published in Global Studies Quarterly in April 2025 has revealed that the rapid expansion of the #palmoil industry in #WestPapua is not only fuelling #deforestation, #ecocide and environmental destruction but…
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1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.
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Join 3,172 other subscribers2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.
Mel Lumby: Dedicated Devotee to Borneo’s Living Beings
Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao
Health Physician Dr Evan Allen
The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert
How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy
3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20
https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20
https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20
4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.
5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns. Donate here
Pledge your support#boycottPalmOil #boycottpalmoil #cheetos #childLabour #childSlavery #doritos #food #gatorade #giant #humanRights #indigenous #indigenousRights #landRights #landgrabbing #ochoSur #palmOil #palmoil #pepsico #peru #poverty #slavery
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Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo‘s supply chain is allegedly linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested Shipibo-Konibo territory has been used in products like Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Cheetos, Doritos and more. PepsiCo sources oil from Ocho Sur, a company notorious for environmental crimes and forest loss. The palm oil industry in Peru, which doubled production in a decade, is allegedly responsible for significant illegal deforestation, violent indigenous landgrabbing, animal extinction and human rights abuses. Take action every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil for wildlife and Indigenous people.
Corrupt so-called “sustainable” #palmoil is never far from your own fridge. Food #giant #PepsiCo, maker of snack favs #Cheetos #Gatorade gets #palmoil 🤮at the expense of Shipibo-Konibo people of #Peru 🇵🇪 Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🪔🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterDYK the #palmoil in #food like #Doritos 🤒🤮 and #Gatorade 🫗 is linked to #indigenous #landgrabbing and violence in #Peru? 🇵🇪 It’s what the ads leave out that’s most important. Learn more about how you can #BoycottPalmOil 🧐 via @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8EG
Share to BlueSky Share to Twitterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72e5HYiY7N8
The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by Ojo Público and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Read more
Sign petition: Tell PepsiCo stop destroying rainforests for palm oil!
PepsiCo’s profit-first palm oil policy is still destroying rainforests.
Meanwhile, PepsiCo keeps on promising that it’s working towards a truly sustainable palm oil policy, making commitments to human rights and zero deforestation. But this new report leaves no doubt: this whole time, PepsiCo’s palm oil promises have been nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Sign the Eko petitionPeruvian palm oil linked to environmental and human rights violations ended up in the supply chain for the makers of Gatorade and Cheetos
The US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Mongabay and Peruvian outlet Ojo Público can reveal.
For at least three years, PepsiCo’s Peruvian suppliers have been sourcing palm oil from deforested territory claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in Ucayali, eastern Peru.
The company, which manufactures snacks including Cheetos and Gatorade, runs a factory in Mexico that buys Peruvian palm oil after it has been processed at a Mexican refinery. That refinery buys from a Peruvian consortium, Sol de Palma, that shares storage facilities with Ocho Sur, a notorious US-funded business accused of repeated environmental and human rights violations.
The storage facilities mix the various batches of palm oil, meaning PepsiCo products likely contain Ocho Sur oil despite no longer buying directly from the company.
Ocho Sur is linked to 155 sq km of forest loss in the past decade – both within its own property and through its direct suppliers. While some of the forest loss took place under other companies, satellite analyses by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) and TBIJ show clear deforestation on Ocho Sur’s land in the past three years.
Palm oil production in Peru has more than doubled in the past decade and Ucayali, a hotspot for cultivation on the border with Brazil, now has the country’s second-highest rate of forest loss. It’s estimated that about 30% of the country’s palm plantations are on illegally deforested land. Half of the oil is sent to international markets.
Today, Ocho Sur is the second-largest palm oil company in Peru. It was created in 2016 after acquiring the assets of two other controversial companies active in the region since 2012.
“Before 2012, the deforestation rates were pretty low,” said Tom Younger, an anthropologist working with the Forest Peoples’s Programme, an NGO. The arrival of palm oil plantations, he said, “set into motion some dynamics of land invasion and deforestation”.
Some of the forest loss on company-run oil palm plantations occurred on land claimed by the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people. They have endured a long and often hostile battle for recognition, and only a tiny portion of the 200 sq km of land the community claims has been formally titled.
In 2020, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a regional legal body, ordered the Peruvian state to protect the Santa Clara de Uchunya community against threats and land invasions.
Luisa Mori Gonzáles, president of the community’s defence front, says the arrival of the palm oil industry has affected their food supply and sown division.
“We use that territory to feed ourselves or to hunt,” she told TBIJ and Ojo-Público. “The company put it in their [other community members’] heads that they are going to have money and wealth – but that is a lie.”
Deforestation near the Santa Clara de Uchunya communityDavid Díaz/OjoPúblicoNeither Ocho Sur nor the liquidated companies whose assets it acquired had obtained the necessary environmental permit for their plantations. The Peruvian Agriculture Ministry sanctioned and fined the dissolved company Plantaciones de Ucayali in 2015 for failing to comply with an order to stop its activities. Ocho Sur eventually paid these fines in 2022, but by 2018 the companies had failed to conserve the legally required 30% of forest, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found. It is unclear whether the majority of the deforestation took place under Plantaciones de Ucayali or Ocho Sur.
Impunity for environmental crimes such as illegal deforestation is a major problem, according to Julia Urrunaga of the EIA, which recently published a report linking Peruvian palm oil to other well-known food and cosmetics companies.
“The authorities have the responsibility of guaranteeing that what is sold has a legal origin,” said Urrunaga.“If a product is being marketed that is being grown and produced in illegally deforested areas without a production permit, that should be an illegal product.”
Experts attribute the growth of palm oil in Latin America, today the second largest producing region for the industry outside south-east Asia – and the fastest growing – in part to its weaker regulation.
Earlier this year, Peru’s Congress approved a new amendment to its forest and wildlife law, loosening requirements for deforestation in “agriculture exclusion areas” and forgiving historic offences.
Robert Heilmayr, an environmental economist teaching at the University of California Santa Barbara, told TBIJ that while private-sector commitments have brought some positive advances in transparency in countries like Indonesia, the industry’s complexity makes full traceability a challenge.
He said: “It gets a little bit hard to know exactly where the fresh fruit bunches are coming from and there’s no third-party auditing of those supply lists.”
According to CCCA’s analysis, PepsiCo manufactures at least 15 products that contain Peruvian palm oil refined in Mexico – among them Doritos, Cheetos and Gatorade. It has pledged to make 100% of its palm oil supply deforestation-free by the end of 2022 and for its operation to be net zero by 2040.
Concerns about the legal origins of palm oil have also given rise to international initiatives like the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry’s most widely used sustainability certification scheme.
The Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people have only been officially granted a fraction of their claimed territory. Photo: David Díaz/OjoPúblicoPeru has ten RSPO members. Ocho Sur is not a member and only one of the companies in Sol de Palma’s consortium is.
PepsiCo said: “We take all inquiries like this seriously and have initiated an investigation through our established grievance process to assess whether any action on our part is required.” The company stressed that Ocho Sur is not a direct supplier and said it has engaged its direct suppliers to better understand their ties to Ocho Sur and ensure they take corrective actions if needed.
Ocho Sur said that it could not be held responsible for the actions of the companies whose assets it had taken over. It referred TBIJ to a document submitted to the UN in December 2023 that repeatedly states that it has no financial or legal links to one of those businesses. In the document it also strenuously denied sowing division in local communities and said that since its founding, the company had made special efforts “to forge a friendly, fruitful and mutually respectful relationship” with Indigenous and other groups. It said that it fully complies with all obligations with respect to Indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment and does not allow deforestation in its supply chain.
On the subject of environmental permits, Ocho Sur added: “The certification has been requested for a long time and [Midagri, the agriculture ministry] has failed to make a statement on the matter, granting it, as it should, or providing reasonable arguments to justify its refusal.”
Oleomex, owner of the Mexican refinery that supplies PepsiCo’s factory, said: “The oil we supply to our customer meets all sustainability standards as it is RSPO-certified oil.” However, it added that supply contracts with Ocho Sur were negotiated through a third party and that it has agreed to suspend them until the complaints raised in the investigation are resolved.
Sol de Palma did not comment.
Peruvian judges are yet to rule on whether Ocho Sur can be held responsible for past incursions into the Santa Clara de Uchunya community.
While the community awaits that ruling, Mori Gonzáles has vowed to continue protecting the territory: “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.”
The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by OjoPúblico and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network.
ENDS
Read more about human rights abuses and child slavery in the palm oil and gold mining industries
Investigation by Bloomberg exposes that despite being RSPO members, #SOCFIN plantations in #WestAfrica are the epicentre of #humanrights abuses, sexual coercion, environmental destruction, and #landgrabbing. Operating in #Liberia, #Ghana, #Nigeria, and beyond, SOCFIN’s…
Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weaving
Family Ties Expose Deforestation and Rights Violations in Indonesian Palm Oil
An explosive report by the Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) details how Indonesia’s Fangiono family, through a wide corporate web, is linked to ongoing #deforestation, #corruption, and #indigenousrights abuses for #palmoil. Calls mount for…
West Papuan Indigenous Women Fight Land Seizures
Indigenous Melanesian women in West Papua fight land seizures for palm oil and sugar plantations, protecting their ancestral rights. Join #BoycottPalmOil
Greasing the Wheels of Colonialism: Palm Oil Industry in West Papua
A landmark study published in Global Studies Quarterly in April 2025 has revealed that the rapid expansion of the #palmoil industry in #WestPapua is not only fuelling #deforestation, #ecocide and environmental destruction but…
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1. Join the #Boycott4Wildlife on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife.
Enter your email address
Sign Up
Join 3,172 other subscribers2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.
Mel Lumby: Dedicated Devotee to Borneo’s Living Beings
Anthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao
Health Physician Dr Evan Allen
The World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert
How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy
3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
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Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo‘s supply chain is allegedly linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested Shipibo-Konibo territory has been used in products like Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Cheetos, Doritos and more. PepsiCo sources oil from Ocho Sur, a company notorious for environmental crimes and forest loss. The palm oil industry in Peru, which doubled production in a decade, is allegedly responsible for significant illegal deforestation, violent indigenous landgrabbing, animal extinction and human rights abuses. Take action every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil for wildlife and Indigenous people.
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The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by Ojo Público and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Read more
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PepsiCo’s profit-first palm oil policy is still destroying rainforests.
Meanwhile, PepsiCo keeps on promising that it’s working towards a truly sustainable palm oil policy, making commitments to human rights and zero deforestation. But this new report leaves no doubt: this whole time, PepsiCo’s palm oil promises have been nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Sign the Eko petitionPeruvian palm oil linked to environmental and human rights violations ended up in the supply chain for the makers of Gatorade and Cheetos
The US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Mongabay and Peruvian outlet Ojo Público can reveal.
For at least three years, PepsiCo’s Peruvian suppliers have been sourcing palm oil from deforested territory claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in Ucayali, eastern Peru.
The company, which manufactures snacks including Cheetos and Gatorade, runs a factory in Mexico that buys Peruvian palm oil after it has been processed at a Mexican refinery. That refinery buys from a Peruvian consortium, Sol de Palma, that shares storage facilities with Ocho Sur, a notorious US-funded business accused of repeated environmental and human rights violations.
The storage facilities mix the various batches of palm oil, meaning PepsiCo products likely contain Ocho Sur oil despite no longer buying directly from the company.
Ocho Sur is linked to 155 sq km of forest loss in the past decade – both within its own property and through its direct suppliers. While some of the forest loss took place under other companies, satellite analyses by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) and TBIJ show clear deforestation on Ocho Sur’s land in the past three years.
Palm oil production in Peru has more than doubled in the past decade and Ucayali, a hotspot for cultivation on the border with Brazil, now has the country’s second-highest rate of forest loss. It’s estimated that about 30% of the country’s palm plantations are on illegally deforested land. Half of the oil is sent to international markets.
Today, Ocho Sur is the second-largest palm oil company in Peru. It was created in 2016 after acquiring the assets of two other controversial companies active in the region since 2012.
“Before 2012, the deforestation rates were pretty low,” said Tom Younger, an anthropologist working with the Forest Peoples’s Programme, an NGO. The arrival of palm oil plantations, he said, “set into motion some dynamics of land invasion and deforestation”.
Some of the forest loss on company-run oil palm plantations occurred on land claimed by the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people. They have endured a long and often hostile battle for recognition, and only a tiny portion of the 200 sq km of land the community claims has been formally titled.
In 2020, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a regional legal body, ordered the Peruvian state to protect the Santa Clara de Uchunya community against threats and land invasions.
Luisa Mori Gonzáles, president of the community’s defence front, says the arrival of the palm oil industry has affected their food supply and sown division.
“We use that territory to feed ourselves or to hunt,” she told TBIJ and Ojo-Público. “The company put it in their [other community members’] heads that they are going to have money and wealth – but that is a lie.”
Deforestation near the Santa Clara de Uchunya communityDavid Díaz/OjoPúblicoNeither Ocho Sur nor the liquidated companies whose assets it acquired had obtained the necessary environmental permit for their plantations. The Peruvian Agriculture Ministry sanctioned and fined the dissolved company Plantaciones de Ucayali in 2015 for failing to comply with an order to stop its activities. Ocho Sur eventually paid these fines in 2022, but by 2018 the companies had failed to conserve the legally required 30% of forest, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found. It is unclear whether the majority of the deforestation took place under Plantaciones de Ucayali or Ocho Sur.
Impunity for environmental crimes such as illegal deforestation is a major problem, according to Julia Urrunaga of the EIA, which recently published a report linking Peruvian palm oil to other well-known food and cosmetics companies.
“The authorities have the responsibility of guaranteeing that what is sold has a legal origin,” said Urrunaga.“If a product is being marketed that is being grown and produced in illegally deforested areas without a production permit, that should be an illegal product.”
Experts attribute the growth of palm oil in Latin America, today the second largest producing region for the industry outside south-east Asia – and the fastest growing – in part to its weaker regulation.
Earlier this year, Peru’s Congress approved a new amendment to its forest and wildlife law, loosening requirements for deforestation in “agriculture exclusion areas” and forgiving historic offences.
Robert Heilmayr, an environmental economist teaching at the University of California Santa Barbara, told TBIJ that while private-sector commitments have brought some positive advances in transparency in countries like Indonesia, the industry’s complexity makes full traceability a challenge.
He said: “It gets a little bit hard to know exactly where the fresh fruit bunches are coming from and there’s no third-party auditing of those supply lists.”
According to CCCA’s analysis, PepsiCo manufactures at least 15 products that contain Peruvian palm oil refined in Mexico – among them Doritos, Cheetos and Gatorade. It has pledged to make 100% of its palm oil supply deforestation-free by the end of 2022 and for its operation to be net zero by 2040.
Concerns about the legal origins of palm oil have also given rise to international initiatives like the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry’s most widely used sustainability certification scheme.
The Santa Clara de Uchunya community of Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous people have only been officially granted a fraction of their claimed territory. Photo: David Díaz/OjoPúblicoPeru has ten RSPO members. Ocho Sur is not a member and only one of the companies in Sol de Palma’s consortium is.
PepsiCo said: “We take all inquiries like this seriously and have initiated an investigation through our established grievance process to assess whether any action on our part is required.” The company stressed that Ocho Sur is not a direct supplier and said it has engaged its direct suppliers to better understand their ties to Ocho Sur and ensure they take corrective actions if needed.
Ocho Sur said that it could not be held responsible for the actions of the companies whose assets it had taken over. It referred TBIJ to a document submitted to the UN in December 2023 that repeatedly states that it has no financial or legal links to one of those businesses. In the document it also strenuously denied sowing division in local communities and said that since its founding, the company had made special efforts “to forge a friendly, fruitful and mutually respectful relationship” with Indigenous and other groups. It said that it fully complies with all obligations with respect to Indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment and does not allow deforestation in its supply chain.
On the subject of environmental permits, Ocho Sur added: “The certification has been requested for a long time and [Midagri, the agriculture ministry] has failed to make a statement on the matter, granting it, as it should, or providing reasonable arguments to justify its refusal.”
Oleomex, owner of the Mexican refinery that supplies PepsiCo’s factory, said: “The oil we supply to our customer meets all sustainability standards as it is RSPO-certified oil.” However, it added that supply contracts with Ocho Sur were negotiated through a third party and that it has agreed to suspend them until the complaints raised in the investigation are resolved.
Sol de Palma did not comment.
Peruvian judges are yet to rule on whether Ocho Sur can be held responsible for past incursions into the Santa Clara de Uchunya community.
While the community awaits that ruling, Mori Gonzáles has vowed to continue protecting the territory: “We’re going to fight for as long as we can.”
The article below was originally published on April 18 2024 by OjoPúblico and MongaBay. Written By Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew Wasley. Photography: David Díaz, Illustration by Claudia Calderón. This investigation was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network.
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