Protesters in London descended on the Nestle factory earlier this week, calling for the company to stop endangering the lives of Orangutans by using illegal Indonesian palm oil.

Greenpeace released a report detailing Nestle’s use of palm oil, which is a vegetable oil, and how this is destroying the last rainforest habitat of the endangered orangutan.

The report suggests that palm oil used in Nestle products has come from the biggest and most destructive palm oil producer – called the Sinar Mas Group. This company has been illegally destroying the Indonesian rainforest jeopardizing Orangutans' habitat and further contributing to carbon emissions.

Competitor companies, like Unilever and Kraft, have now cancelled contracts with the Sinar Mas Group but Nestle have refused to rule out buying either palm oil or paper products from the Sinar Mas Group.

As part of their campaign, Greenpeace have produced a new video in conjunction with the release of their report and organized protests. As part of this week's protest campaigners from Greenpeace scaled the Nestle building in Croydon, where hundreds of employees work. Others dressed as Orangutans and urged Nestle staff to stop using palm oil which has come from the destroyed rainforests of Indonesia in their products.

You can read Greenpeace's report here and watch their new clip below:

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Photos appear courtesy of Greenpeace UK.