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[Earth911.com » news] Lego Drops Deforestation After Greenpeace Pressure - Earth911.com: The move comes after increased criticism from Greenpeace last month for sourcing packaging materials from the …

[KPCC: Latest News] Environmental activists still targeting Mattel over packaging ...: The island where forensic tests traced Mattel's packaging is ground zero for bad practices, says the World Wildlife Fund's Linda Kramme. "Tropical forests in that region of Indonesia, especially the island of Sumatra, have a lot of pressure on them," Kramme said, "both in the pulp and paper sector and also for conversion to agricultural uses like palm oil."

[Politics and the Nation] Barbie still into rainforest destruction, but Lego makes changes ...: But other companies, such as Mattel, the maker of the Barbie doll, as well as Hasbro, the maker of Transformers, and Disney, continue to use packaging material sourced from Indonesian rainforests, Greenpeace alleges.

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific] Greenpeace Australia Pacific » Blog Archive » Lego shows ...: The other companies named so far in our campaign, including Hasbro, which makes Transformers, and Disney have so far failed to commit to clear action to remove rainforest destruction from their packaging. They have faced criticism for their weak response to revelations linking them to the destroyed rainforest home of species such as the Sumatran tiger.

[Greenpeace UK] Lego announces forest plan, but what about Mattel? | Greenpeace UK: Lego have announced that they intend to not buy packaging from companies involved in deforestation and have confirmed that this means APP will not be able to supply the company. The toy company outlined a three-step plan to reduce the impact of its packaging on forests: firstly, to reduce total packaging;

[Oriental Hospitality Consultants] Daily News: Lego removes deforestation from its packaging ...: #Forests Fantastic news as Lego becomes the first company to announce significant changes to its packaging following a campaign by Greenpeace. A report by the environmental charity showed that Lego – along with Mattel, Hasbro and Disney – use packaging material derived from deforested Indonesian rainforests.

[Eco News Bits] Lego Drops APP Packaging After Greenpeace Campaign | Eco News Bits: Lego Drops APP Packaging After Greenpeace Campaign Lego has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace, reportedly agreeing to drop supplier Asia Pulp and Paper, and the toy company says it will only use packaging material .

[Cool Green Magazine] Lego Changes its Wrapping and Becomes More Eco « Cool Green Magazine: Earlier this year Greenpeace discovered that some packaging of Star Wars toys contained mixed tropical hardwood–pulp coming from rainforest clearance. As a result of this revelation, Lego investigated the issue.

[GreenFeed (beta2)] Christmas comes early as Santa disrupts Hasbro's Xmas toy preview ...: Yet this project has alwaysbeen about moving the whole toy industry and while Mattel is the biggest, we'vealso been name-checking other players including Hasbro and Disney. Thisshowcase of Hasbro's Christmas toys was just too good an opportunity to missfor a reminder that it's not just Mattel that needs to take action.

[Inhabitots] Greenpeace Blames Barbie, Legos, and Other Toys for Rainforest ...: While other types of brands and products (food, drinks, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, etc.) source paper from AAP, Greenpeace says they started targeting the toy industry since it’s “a highly visible example of consumer brands that use a lot of glossy  packaging.”

[CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com] Mattel Vows to Stop Using Paper from Accused ... - CleanTechies Blog: Greenpeace has accused Mattel ”” as well as Hasbro, Lego, and Disney ”” of buying paper packaging sourced from disappearing rainforests, especially in Indonesia, where about 40 percent of rainforest has been cleared in recent decades.

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