consumer.services.asia.pacific@cadbury.

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<consumer.services.asia.pacific@cadbury.com> 3:07 PM
To: mattross2000@gmail.com
Dear Matt,

Thank you for your enquiry regarding our Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate.

Cadbury New Zealand can confirm that it has ensured that all the palm oil
purchased for its Cadbury Dairy Milk range is certified as sustainably
sourced.

Cadbury is a founding member of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil

(RSPO), and has been working since the RSPO’s creation to develop
sustainable sources of Palm Oil. The RSPO is a not-for-profit association
that includes representatives from both the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)
and Oxfam International on its Board.

As a business we only use palm oil purchased from other audited and
approved members of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil.

For information regarding vegetable fat and palm oil please visit:

http://www.cadbury.co.nz/About-Cadbury/Consumer-Health-and-Ingredients/Palm-Oil.aspx

Thank you for also expressing your concern about the ethical sourcing of
our cocoa beans.

Cadbury shares your concerns. We have a long and honourable tradition of

working with cocoa producers to improve cocoa cultivation and marketing,
and strong human rights and ethical trading principles.

Recently we announced the establishment of the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership to

secure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of around a
million cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and
the Caribbean. We are committing £44 million (close to AU$100 million) over
ten years to support farmers and their communities to help create a
sustainable cocoa industry, and improve labour conditions.

The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership will focus on

1. Improving cocoa farmer incomes by helping farmers increase their
yields and produce top quality beans.
2. Introducing new sources of rural income through microfinance and
business support to kick-start new rural businesses and introduce
additional income streams such as growing other crops.
3. Investing in community led development to improve life in cocoa
communities, eg supporting education through schools and libraries,
supporting the environment through biodiversity projects, and building
wells for clean, safe water.
4. Working in partnership: developing pioneering model which will be led
from the grassroots. Farmers, governments, NGOs and international agencies
will work together to decide how the funding is spent and work with local
organisations to turn plans into action.

In addition to the partnership, Cadbury will continue to support the cocoa

industry in addressing the causes of forced child labour. We recognise
that children working on family farms is part of the family tradition and
normal activity in some cultures, particularly at harvest time. However,
enforced or unsafe labour is unacceptable.
matt ross <mattross2000@gmail.com> Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:45 PM
To: consumer.services.asia.pacific@cadbury.com

Dear Laura,
The Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil has had considerable trouble ensuring that the producers from
which it sources its palm oil are supplying them with sustainably grown palm oil. Often a small
plantation achieves certification and is used as a vector by the producer to move the bulk of their oil
from their other plantations (which are not certified because they are located on burnt peat bogs which
used to be tropical rainforests, the conversion of which have resulted in a huge release of carbon
dioxide and an incalculable loss of biodiversity). The RSPO has acknowledged this shortcoming and
Cadbury must be aware of it too.
Cadbury chocolate tasted great before palm oil was used. Maybe it tastes better now; I wouldn't know
because I don't buy it now. Maybe Cadbury believes that the shift was "necessary" in order to maintain
or increase market share. But what is "necessary"? Rich people eating chocolate is not "necessary" by
most definitions. A viable biosphere is.
I know that at some level you agree with me. I can appreciate that you have your reasons for
defending and promoting the interests of a multinational corporation that seeks to maximise profit at
the expense of our planets and our children's future. I just don't think those reasons can be morally
justified.
Have a good weekend. : )
Sincerely,
Matt Ross