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| Ape protest at Unilever factory | Ape protest at Unilever factory |
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| About 50 Greenpeace campaigners are staging a protest at Unilever sites in Merseyside and London. | About 50 Greenpeace campaigners are staging a protest at Unilever sites in Merseyside and London. |
| The protesters, some dressed as apes, went into the plant at Port Sunlight, Wirral, and Unilever House on Victoria Embankment to highlight palm oil usage. | The protesters, some dressed as apes, went into the plant at Port Sunlight, Wirral, and Unilever House on Victoria Embankment to highlight palm oil usage. |
| Greenpeace claims the use of palm oil by companies such as Unilever is damaging rainforests in Indonesia. | Greenpeace claims the use of palm oil by companies such as Unilever is damaging rainforests in Indonesia. |
| However, Unilever says it is leading the search to find solutions to achieving sustainable palm oil. | However, Unilever says it is leading the search to find solutions to achieving sustainable palm oil. |
| In November, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - which Unilever chairs - agreed criteria for sustainable palm oil production which addresses many of Greenpeace's concerns, the company said. | In November, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - which Unilever chairs - agreed criteria for sustainable palm oil production which addresses many of Greenpeace's concerns, the company said. |
| "The problem is simply that demand of palm oil has exploded," a spokesperson said. | "The problem is simply that demand of palm oil has exploded," a spokesperson said. |
| "It is essential that all those involved sign up to agreed criteria to make sustainability work on the ground - but this is not an easy process and is taking longer than we would all like. | "It is essential that all those involved sign up to agreed criteria to make sustainability work on the ground - but this is not an easy process and is taking longer than we would all like. |
| We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations Greenpeace spokesman | We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations Greenpeace spokesman |
| "Nevertheless, we remain absolutely committed to finding a solution." | "Nevertheless, we remain absolutely committed to finding a solution." |
| A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said the force was aware of the demonstration, which she described as "peaceful" and said officers were monitoring the protesters. | A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said the force was aware of the demonstration, which she described as "peaceful" and said officers were monitoring the protesters. |
| A Greenpeace spokesman said the group arrived in two vans at the front and back entrance of the Wirral site at about 0640 BST and simply walked in. | A Greenpeace spokesman said the group arrived in two vans at the front and back entrance of the Wirral site at about 0640 BST and simply walked in. |
| Some of the protesters were dressed as orang-utans and may have caused a distraction to security, the spokesman said. | Some of the protesters were dressed as orang-utans and may have caused a distraction to security, the spokesman said. |
| Later at 0735 BST, campaigners dressed as orang-utans scaled ladders on to a balcony at the headquarters in London. | Later at 0735 BST, campaigners dressed as orang-utans scaled ladders on to a balcony at the headquarters in London. |
| 'Controversial' oil | 'Controversial' oil |
| The spokesman said the group would leave "if Unilever agrees to stop buying palm oil from companies who are destroying rainforests". | The spokesman said the group would leave "if Unilever agrees to stop buying palm oil from companies who are destroying rainforests". |
| "We're not against use of palm oil per se, but what we are against is destruction of rainforests to support the palm oil plantations," he said. | |
| Greenpeace is urging Unilever to use its influence to stop palm oil suppliers clearing areas of rainforest - the natural habitat of orang-utans in Indonesia - to support the crop. | Greenpeace is urging Unilever to use its influence to stop palm oil suppliers clearing areas of rainforest - the natural habitat of orang-utans in Indonesia - to support the crop. |
| Palm oil is an ingredient in foods, soaps and detergents and a bio-fuel added to diesel for cars. | Palm oil is an ingredient in foods, soaps and detergents and a bio-fuel added to diesel for cars. |
| The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said it was a controversial oil because it was often grown on rainforest land in South-East Asia. | The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin said it was a controversial oil because it was often grown on rainforest land in South-East Asia. |