Nike just did it

Nike establishes policy to protect the Amazon and the climate
23 July 2009

The cattle industry is the largest source of deforestation in the world and Brazil’s main source of CO2 emissions.

Just a few short weeks after the release of Slaughtering the Amazon Nike has announced new standards for keeping leather made from Amazon destruction out of its shoes.
Following the release of our report, Nike contacted us because they wanted to work towards a new leather sourcing policy that didn’t contribute to the destruction of the Amazon or climate change. Now they’ll be adhering to those standards until there can be guarantees that none of the leather and other cattle products in Brazil are coming from deforested Amazon land.

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Monsanto versus Greenpeace

The big biotech firm Monsanto has come face-to-face with one of its main critics - Greenpeace.

The two organisations have polarised views on the potential benefits and dangers of genetically-modified (GM) crops, which they laid out before a public audience in London.

Read what the Monsanto chairman Bob Shapiro and the Greenpeace UK executive director Peter Melchett then read your reaction.

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Monsanto files patent for new invention: the pig

GENEVA, Switzerland — It's official. Monsanto Corporation is out to own the world's food supply, the dangers of genetic engineering and reduced biodiversity notwithstanding, as they pig-headedly set about hog-tying farmers with their monopoly plans. We've discovered chilling new evidence of this in recent patents that seek to establish ownership rights over pigs and their offspring.

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