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Retail and food industry improving palm oil sourcing, says WWF
Environmentalists regard unsustainable palm oil production as a danger not only for orang-utans, elephants, tigers and rhinos in Asia, but also to the climate of the planet as enormous amounts of carbon dioxide are released when forests or peat lands are destroyed. Furthermore, in some cases it has been reported that local people have been displaced from their land. [refers to Cadbury (part of Kraft Foods), Boots (part of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), Waitrose (part of John Lewis Partnership), Aldi, Lidl, Edeka]