If our forests die, so do we. So why are KFC and Pizza
Hut still profiteering from forest destruction?
Animal extinction. Uncontrollable wildfires. Global
pandemics as bad as COVID-19 -- or worse. That's the future
that Yum! Brands, the billionaire multinational that owns KFC, Pizza
Hut, and Taco Bell, is choosing by refusing to crack down on
deforestation across its supply chain.
But you -- and your pension plan -- could change that
today. We've filed a shareholder proposal for Yum! Brands
to be more responsible and transparent about sourcing palm
oil, beef and other key ingredients linked to rainforest
destruction.
A similar proposal got over a third of shareholders' votes last
year. Now, for the sake of humanity and the planet we all
depend on, we urgently need a majority at Yum!'s annual meeting on
May 14. Will you use your shares to force the fast-food
giant to act ASAP?
Yes
-- I'll write my fund manager now to defend rainforests and our
planet against reckless fast-food greed. Tell your fund manager to
defend the rainforests!
Last year's vote at Yum!'s Kentucky HQ wasn't enough to win, but
we caught execs' attention -- so much that they tried to use
all their legal brass to silence us this year.
But they couldn't stop our people power, and neither can
COVID-19. Even though we can't travel to Kentucky for next
month's shareholder meeting, we'll be there virtually to represent
SumOfUs members and rainforests everywhere.
If the proposal goes through this time, there's nothing Yum! can
do. For the first time ever, this industry laggard will have
to take responsibility and ensure that every drop of palm oil and
ounce of beef in its restaurants is responsibly sourced --
and massive spans of rainforest and their inhabitants could be
spared from destruction.
Please,
will you use our online tool to put your shares to work now?
It's a scary and overwhelming time right now, and the
world's most powerful corporations think they can take advantage of
the panic, confusion and isolation. From Trump relaxing
pollution restrictions in the US to Dow secretly appealing a ban on
one of its bee-harming pesticides in France -- they're hoping to use
the pandemic as a distraction to further their own selfish
goals.
But they didn't count on SumOfUs members like you. Just
since the beginning of this year, you forced Pepsi to adopt a
stronger palm oil sourcing policy. At Apple's shareholder
meeting in February, you called out its complicity in the Chinese
government's censorship machine and created a media sensation. And
together, you're fighting to stop Amazon and big pharmaceutical
companies from pandemic profiteering.
When people and the planet are at stake, you and the rest
of this amazing community spring into action. And that's
what's happening with Yum! Brands right now. Can I count on your
support?
Tell
your fund manager to support our proposal and save the
rainforests!
