Conflict Palm Oil and PepsiCo's Ethical Dilemma
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Case Code: SUST022 Case Length: 19 pages Period: 2014-2016 Pub Date: 2016 Teaching Note: Available |
Price: Rs.600 Organization: PepsiCo. Industry: Fast Moving Consumer Goods Countries: US; Global Themes: Corporate Sustainability, Business Ethics, Supply Chain Management |
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Introduction
In September 2015, US-based consumer food giant, PepsiCo Inc. (PepsiCo), was dropped from the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as, according to some reports, the company's sustainability performance had failed to make the grade. PepsiCo was singled out by a number of environmental groups for its continued use of large quantities of Conflict Palm Oil, the production of which was responsible for large-scale destruction of rainforests, human rights violations, and climate pollution in tropical countries like Indonesia where palm oil was produced. The groups criticized PepsiCo for not having a robust sustainable palm oil policy and for not acknowledging the damage its supply chain had caused in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. According to an international environmental and human rights organization, the Rainforest Action Network...
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