Godfrey Bloom

As I said recently, Greenpeace see themselves as above the law, and use their considerable cash resources to blackmail companies into doing as they say.

Greenpeace...

• ... Threaten business, jobs, and the economy
• ... Use lies and bad science to terrify the public and to blackmail companies and governments
• ... Have been a significant cause of our energy infrastructure’s imminent collapse
• ... Hold an illegitimate influence over the democratic process
• ... Put lives at risk here and around the world
• ... Force governments to make policies which cause deaths
• ... use fear and terror to spread their propaganda and secure their ideological goals
• ... are almost completely unaccountable for their actions
• ... are completely undemocratic

This is their new campaign.

As you can see, the campaign urges you to "Stop Nestle buying palm oil from companies that destroy the rainforests".

But it's not as if Nestle are destroying the rainforests. And it's not as if - as the advert seems to want to claim - you're killing primates by tucking into a Kit Kat. Greenpeace claim that

Nestlé uses palm oil in Kit Kat and many other products which is bought from suppliers that destroy rainforests in Indonesia to grow their plantations. As a result, threatened species like orangutans are being pushed into extinction and huge quantities of greenhouse gases are being released, accelerating climate change. Nestlé have so far refused to stop buying palm oil from the worst suppliers, so it's time to make them change their minds.

Because of this, Greenpeace has issued a list of demands, that it is holding Nestle hostage for, [PDF]

To protect Indonesia’s last remaining forests, and to live up to its own commitments, Nestlé must immediately: 1. STOP THE PROBLEM: NO MORE TRADE WITH THE SINAR MAS GROUP

• Stop trading with companies within the Sinar Mas group. This includes Golden Agri Resources and its subsidiaries, as well as Sinar Mas Forestry and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP).
• Stop buying Sinar Mas palm oil and pulp products from third-party suppliers.

2. START THE SOLUTION : SUPPORT ZERO DEFORESTATION

• Engage with the Indonesian government and industry to deliver a moratorium on forest clearance and peatland protection.

But who are Greenpeace to make such demands of Nestle, and the Indonesian people? Who do Greenpeace think they are?

This is another case of Greenpeace using a perfectly legitimate business to create a bigger profile for itself, risking income and jobs. It is essentially a mugging. It is flexing its muscles at companies saying, "do as we say, or we'll do you over". It is a protection racket, nothing more.

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