coty, inc, the company that owns rimmel say 20% of the palm oil they use is sustainable and they saystee lauder and lush didn't respond. so what can we do as consumers? some environmental groups like greenpeace and the wwf say boycotting palm isn't the way to go because so many people's incomes rely on it and the alternatives could be worse. but we can start checking the ingredients in what we use and look out for products that contain sustainable palm oil. if done sustainably it's helping the environment, and it's also helping the people that work for the company to live a better life. and if yourfavourite brand doesn't use sustainable palm oil, you could put pressure on them by asking them why not? palm oil isn't going away anytime soon, so it's up to us to decide what we do about it. since the palm oil trip and learning about what goes on behind—the—scenes, i think that has made me more conscious to actually look at what i am using, but also for the salon as well, that is really important, i would never have done that before. this time last year i was just maybe looking into cruel