Friday 15 January 2010

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE is a large 'conservation' organisation in the USA which refuses repeated requests to explain - how much money in excess of their disclosed $100,000 received from MARS, did they receive BEFORE Rainforest Alliance Certified Mars GALAXY Chocolate as fully sustainable - which it is not?

So. Here we have a non-profit organisation raking in millions of dollars from certifying commercial companies products. Furthermore, Rainforest Alliance has people on its Board whose companies have products certified by Rainforest Alliance.

This begs two questions: Is there scope for a conflict of interest?

and WHY WON'T RAINFOREST ALLIANCE BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE MONEY IT HAS HAD FROM MARS CHOCOLATE - WHO, INCIDENTALLY, ALSO WON'T SAY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GAVE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE.

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/