Coles and Woolies: you need to see this

Wilderness Society research reveals that between 2018–2022, every four minutes an area the size of the Sydney Opera House was destroyed for beef.

According to the latest Queensland government data, from 2022–2023 another 330,000 hectares of forest and bushland was destroyed. 86% of which was to make way for livestock pastures.

Will you email Coles and Woolworths today to make sure they cannot ignore this data?

Deforestation destroys homes for threatened species—like the koala and greater glider—damages the Great Barrier Reef, and pollutes the climate.

Coles and Woolworths are the biggest buyers of beef in ...

Wilderness Society research reveals that between 2018–2022, every four minutes an area the size of the Sydney Opera House was destroyed for beef.

According to the latest Queensland government data, from 2022–2023 another 330,000 hectares of forest and bushland was destroyed. 86% of which was to make way for livestock pastures.

Will you email Coles and Woolworths today to make sure they cannot ignore this data?

Deforestation destroys homes for threatened species—like the koala and greater glider—damages the Great Barrier Reef, and pollutes the climate.

Coles and Woolworths are the biggest buyers of beef in Australia, and are instrumental in stopping the devastation.

It’s not clear if the supermarket giants are understanding the urgency of the deforestation crisis and what’s driving it—beef that could be ending up in their stores.

So we’ve crunched the numbers in Queensland (where the data exists!). Please email Coles and Woolies to bring this groundbreaking research to light.

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Dear Ms Bardwell and Ms Weckert,

I’m writing to you to share research revealing that beef is the biggest driver of deforestation in Queensland.

Queensland is in the midst of a deforestation crisis. Every four minutes an area of forest and bush the size of the Sydney Opera House is bulldozed to make way for beef production. The research shows that 64% of deforestation in Queensland over the last four years was linked to beef. That’s over one million hectares in total.

Please read the Wilderness Society’s new report and learn more about the deforestation risk in your beef supply chain @ wilderness.org.au/colesandwoolies

Companies that buy beef from Queensland, like Coles and Woolworths, have significant deforestation risk in their supply chains. Unless you take action, your companies could be complicit in the destruction of threatened species habitat, damage to the Great Barrier Reef and climate pollution.

Alongside tens of thousands of concerned Aussies, I’m calling on your supermarket to implement a robust science-based deforestation-free commitment–and only buy and sell beef free from forest and bushland destruction.

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