Take Action: Tell Calvin Klein, Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Versace to Stop Bagging Indonesia's Rainforests

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Tell Calvin Klein, Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Versace to Stop Bagging Indonesia's Rainforests

Indonesia's rainforests are world-renowned for their social and ecological value. They comprise some of the most biodiverse forests on the planet - providing habitat for endangered orangutans, Sumatran tigers, Sumatran elephants, and countless other species - and are also home to millions of Indigenous people whose cultures and livelihoods are directly dependent on natural forests. They are also ground zero for climate change linked to deforestation. These global treasures are currently being cut down at an unprecedented rate, making Indonesia the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, after China and the U.S., due to massive emissions from tropical deforestation and peat land drainage and destruction.

The pulp and paper industry is one of the primary drivers of deforestation in Indonesia, and global fashion companies like Calvin Klein, Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Versace are helping drive the loss of Indonesia's rainforests. Our research indicates that these companies are buying their shopping bags from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its affiliates like PAK 2000. APP is the biggest Indonesian rainforest destroyer for paper and is responsible for past and ongoing clearing and converting of vast areas of rainforests and peat lands in Sumatra and Borneo.

Send a message today to Calvin Klein, Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Versace to demand that they that stop bagging Indonesia's rainforests by cutting ties with APP and its affiliates like PAK 2000 immediately.

For more information, visit the "Don't Bag Indonesia's Forests" page.

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Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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As a consumer and concerned citizen, I am distressed to hear that your company may be contributing to the destruction of endangered tropical rainforests in Indonesia through your procurement of packaging products and shopping bags from Asia Pulp and Paper and its affiliate PAK 2000.

Indonesia's rainforests are world-renowned for their social and ecological value. They comprise some of the most biodiverse forests on the planet - providing habitat for endangered orangutans, Sumatran tigers, Sumatran elephants, and countless other species - and are also home to millions of Indigenous people whose cultures and livelihoods are directly dependent on natural forests. Beyond Indonesia, preserving tropical rainforests is essential to us all in the fight against climate change. Deforestation accounts for nearly 20 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all the world's cars, trains, planes, and ships combined.

I am writing to ask your company to help preserve these invaluable rainforests by ending your business relationship with Asia Pulp and Paper and its affiliates and committing not to buy pulp and paper made from Indonesia's rainforests or other endangered forests. Please source recycled and environmentally responsible alternatives instead.

Indonesia's rainforests are too precious to be made into disposable shopping bags. Show your style and be a leader. Join H&M, Billabong, OKA, and Osborne & Little to move fashion forward and out of Indonesian forests.

Thank you,
[Your name]

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Calvin Klein, Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Versace

*Calvin Klein, CEO Tom Murry
*Coach, CEO Lew Frankfort
*Marc Jacobs, CEO Bertrand Stalla-Bourdillon
cc: *Calvin Klein, VP Corporate Communications Jennifer Crawford
cc: *Coach, VP Investor Relations Andrea Resnick
cc: *Marc Jacobs Scott Gray

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