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Consumer alliance urges Pizza Hut to reject Greenpeace, warns against their threat to U.S. jobs and the economic recovery
WASHINGTON, DC – As Greenpeace enlists its activists and deploys its trademark protest antics against Pizza Hut for sourcing ingredients from agribusinesses in Southeast Asia, the Consumers Alliance for Global Prosperity (CAGP) is urging the Dallas-based corporation to reject the false propaganda and misinformation from the notorious special interest group, which has already victimized some of the world’s leading food companies.
“From New York to California, Greenpeace once again is slandering a storied American franchise using inaccurate information and false claims. The group’s activists are now pouring millions of dollars in special interest money to target Pizza Hut nationwide to demand changes to their supply chain, claiming that certain ingredients found in their pizza are the byproducts of rampant deforestation and the killing of orang-utans and tigers in Indonesia. Some of Greenpeace’s allies in the media have gone so far as to suggest that customers should think of orang-utan blood when eating the tomato sauce. This is fear mongering at its worst. Companies such as Burger King and Kraft have already caved to this Mafioso-like shakedown. We urge Pizza Hut not to do the same for the sake of U.S. jobs, customers and its business partners globally and to reject the lies of Greenpeace,” said Andrew Langer, spokesman for CAGP.
The Greenpeace campaign is a stunt to divert attention from the fact they are not welcomed in Indonesia anymore, home of their dirtiest and most vitriolic campaigns against business and poor people. Greenpeace asserts that Pizza Hut’s sourcing of palm oil from Asian suppliers is a direct threat to Southeast Asia’s “Paradise Forests”, which cover Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. What Greenpeace fails to recognize in their “Pizza Cut” campaign, however, are the facts. Nations such as Indonesia have taken positive steps to protect their forest resources and develop low-carbon development plans to ensure a sustainable future for its people and businesses. From the country’s one billion dollar forestry protection agreement with Norway to initiatives with organizations such as Carbon Conservation to preserve peat forests in Sumatra, Indonesia is working tirelessly to improve the environment.
Langer continued, “This activism not only fails to contribute to the progress Indonesia is making towards improving the environment, but also threatens both livelihoods and economic growth for the country and other developing nations. First, oil palm manufacturers employ more than three million people in Indonesia, a nation where more than 33 million people live below the national poverty line. And Pizza Hut itself provides jobs for more than 140,000 people in 100 countries, serving affordable meals at over 12,000 locations. Sadly, Greenpeace cares little about whose job its campaign might cost or how food prices will increase due to their illogical demands. Enjoying a pizza with friends and family is certainly not making the world a worse place. Greenpeace’s radicalism, however, is threatening global prosperity. We must therefore be vigilant in rebuking this extremist worldview at the checkout counter and wherever else this problem is encountered. Cutting Greenpeace out of the line – not affordable and accessible commodities – offers a solution.”
For more information, please visit CAGP online at www.consumerprosperity.com or on Twitter at @CAGProsperity. To schedule an interview with Andrew Langer, please contact media@consumerprosperity.com.
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