Demonstrations were held at several of the city's Tesco supermarkets yesterday as protestors made calls for the shopping giant to ditch products that have links to deforestation of the Amazon.
Volunteers at Greenpeace Glasgow called for Tesco to replace half of the meat currently on its shelves with plant-based products by 2025.
Campaigner, Andrea Clark said: "Threatened wildlife such as jaguars are losing their homes to deforestation, so that’s why we brought these magnificent creatures to Tesco in Glasgow today.
"New Tesco CEO Ken Murphy needs to take urgent action to stop fuelling the destruction of forests like the Amazon.
"Tesco sells hundreds and thousands of tonnes of industrial meat, much of it produced by companies owned by rainforest-destroyers JBS. Tesco must replace half the meat it sells with plant-based food by 2025 and cut ties with forest destroyers."
An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Greenpeace Unearthed revealed links with the retailer to fires on farmland in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Earlier this month, the UK Government announced a new ‘due diligence’ law designed to curb deforestation in the UK supply chain, however protestors argue the new law will only tackle deforestation deemed illegal in the country of origin rather than deforestation.
A Tesco spokesman said: “We share Greenpeace’s aim to end deforestation in the Amazon.
"It’s why we’ve set challenging public targets committing to zero deforestation, it’s why we’ve committed to a 300% increase in the sales of plant-based meat alternatives, why we don’t sell Brazilian beef and why we support action to ensure all food sold in the UK is deforestation-free.”
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