Costco: stop wholesale forest destruction

We are on the cusp of an ecological tipping point. The planet is on fire. And Costco is funding the flames through wholesale forest destruction.

This month, Costco is having its annual shareholder meeting. It’s the best chance for us to pressure the company’s top executives to adopt clear sustainability reforms.

Costco advertises itself as an ethical company for eco-conscious consumers. Yet a closer look at the company’s products and business contracts tells a different story.

Costco’s top suppliers are among the most environmentally destructive companies in the world – Cargill, JBS, and Tyson Foods. Cargill and JBS played lead roles in driving the devastating fires in the Amazon last summer, while all three are responsible for widespread water pollution, soil erosion, and runaway climate emissions.

That’s not all.

Costco’s own toilet paper brand is destroying boreal forests. Other toilet paper and paper towel brands on its shelves including Charmin and Bounty by Procter & Gamble, are both made with 100% virgin forest fiber, including from clearcut Canadian boreal forest. Toilet paper made from
boreal forest fiber destroys one of the most climate-critical forests in the world, and puts threatened species like the boreal caribou further at risk.

Despite overwhelming evidence of environmental destruction, Costco has so far refused to cut contracts with these eco-villains or change its own destructive ways.

Through the stroke of a pen, Costco executives could choose not to condemn future generations to a world of climate chaos and broken ecosystems. And yet they sit idly by as the world burns.

Join us at Costco’s shareholder meeting as we demand an end to the destruction.