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&nbsp;</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">520</font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We’re one step closer to saving the last orangutans from palm oil destruction, and that’s thanks to you.

</span><span style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After more than 5 years of campaigning, PepsiCo has changed its palm oil sourcing policy, and agreed to use its influence with other companies to end rainforest destruction and human rights abuses.</span><br style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><span style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is a MASSIVE VICTORY. And Pat, it’s thanks to SumOfUs members like you.

</span><span style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PepsiCo is the world’s second-largest food and beverage company. By moving this snack food giant, you moved an entire sector!</span><br style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><br style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><span style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Last year, during the company’s shareholder meeting, we presented more than a million signatures gathered over 5 years asking PepsiCo to cut ties with conflict palm oil. In response to your efforts and continued pressure, this year PepsiCo announced an industry-leading policy and a series of actions to tackle rainforest destruction, worker abuse, and exploitation of communities for cheap palm oil.</span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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