Burger King canceló el contrato a un proveedor denunciado por Greenpeace

La cadena de comidas rápidas Burger King utilizó su FanPage de Facebook -con más de 280 mil seguidores- para comunicar la resolución del contrato que la unía a la empresa Sinar Mars luego de que ésta última fue denunciada por Greenpeace por el gran impacto ambiental que generaba su producción de aceite de palma, sobre todo por el desmonte de
bosques enteros en Indonesia.
De esta manera, Burger King se sumó a la lista de varias otras compañías que dentro de sus programas de RSE y sostenibilidad logran una gestión responsable de sus contratos y relaciones con proveedores.
El manejo insustentable de la cadena de producción de Sinar Mars fue también el motivo por el cual Greenpeace había denunciado a Nestlé, quien terminó por aceptar los reclamos y cesar en su relación comercial con la aceitera.
Leer el comunicado a continuación:

We want to thank all of you who’ve taken the time to share your thoughts on the very important issue of protecting our rainforests. We too share your concerns and, in fact, have maintained a beef rainforest policy for more than 20 years and are currently updating this policy to include all of our products.
As part of our BK® Positive Steps corporate responsibility program, Burger King Corp. is committed to sourcing our products from sustainable suppliers. After completing a thorough review of the independent verification report conducted by Control Union Certification (CUC) and BSI Group, we believe the report has raised valid concerns about some of the sustainability practices of Sinar Mas' palm oil production and its impact on the rainforest. These practices are inconsistent with our corporate responsibility commitments.
As a result, we have decided we will no longer purchase palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries. We are in the process of transitioning to a new palm oil supplier for the 176 BURGER KING® restaurants that were supplied by Sinar Mas. In addition, we are notifying our suppliers of our intent to discontinue the use of palm oil supplied by Sinar Mas in the manufacturing of our products.
For more information on BK® Positive Steps and to read our Palm Oil Fact Sheet click here…