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For those of you who read our recent Lush interview, you’ll know all about the cosmetics company’s new palm oil-free soap formula. But now you can try it for yourself because SmartPlanet is giving ten lucky readers the chance to win a pack of five Greenwash soaps. So that's one block for you and four Christmas presents sorted.
Lush developed its new palm oil-free soap base in response to the destructive global demand for palm oil -- a main ingredient in soap, many foods and biodiesel -- which has intensified the clearing of rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia to make room for new palm oil plantations.
Ninety percent of the world’s palm oil comes from those two countries, and unless action is taken now, in 15 years time 98 per cent of the rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia will be gone.
If the trial of Greenwash is successful, Lush aims to roll out the new formula to all of its soaps, thereby reducing its annual palm oil use by approximately 250,000 kilograms.
Don’t worry if you’re not lucky enough to win this time, as Greenwash is now also available online, and in Lush’s high-street shops nationwide.
This competition has now closed. Here are the ten lucky winners:
Jon Baty
Louise Hodgson
Peter Walker
Mrs E Brooks
Miss R wells
Justine Cushion
Susan and Oliver King
Lorna West
D Seaman
Jill Osborne
20 November 2007 01:38pm
Aleppo soap is a traditional soap which has been made for hundreds of years and contains NO Palm oil. Is uses the 2nd pressing of the Olive Oil as well as Laurel Oil and is there both eco friendly as well as supporting traditional industry. It is the most moisturising soap I have used and is great for the skin. My friend swears by it for her childrens eczema. I buy mine off the web.
24 November 2007 12:38pm
It is a remarkable and landmark decision for Lush to avoid palm oil in all its products...something no other major cosmetics or skin care company has been able to commit to yet. While we, The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation UK, sit on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in the effort to promote that what palm oil is produced will someday be produced more sustainably, we certainly feel the best solution would be to not use palm oil altogether. However, for consumers it is so difficult for them to choose products without palm oil or its derivatives. Vague labeling as vegetable oil does not help, and for every day consumers to be educated about all the names that palm oil can be described as , especially in beauty care products, is a tall order. And to expect consumers to read through ingredients labels on so many products is unrealistic. Therefore, I feel Lush have done an amazing thing by making it as simple as possible for the consumer to know that they have not been made unwitting participants in what can only be called the genocide of one of our nearest cousins: the orangutan.
Thank you, Lush, for doing your bit!
Michelle Desilets
Founder and Executive Director
Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
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