Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s sustainable palm oil phone app helps people make responsible decisions about the food and health/beauty products they purchase every day, and a recent upgrade to the app is helping consumers make even better decisions.
There’s now a green, yellow and orange rating system that recognizes companies that are doing well and encourages those that need improvement. The phone app is aimed at helping save the lives of orangutans, tigers, Asian elephants, sun bears, tropical birds and many other endangered and threatened animals in Indonesia and Malaysia where the palm oil crisis is endangering their habitats.
“When we originally launched the phone app, we wanted consumers to know what companies belonged to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) so they could support them and purchase their products,” Dina Bredahl, Animal Care Manager and Palm Oil Awareness Team Member, said. “But all companies listed in this app are in different places on their journey toward sustainable palm oil, and we wanted to acknowledge that with a rating system.”
This excerpt from a news release appeared in and is courtesy of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Fox 21News.com and can be read in its entirety here.