Iceland released a Christmas advert today highlighting the devastation caused by palm oil products. It was a beautiful and important message. But the tv regulators have banned the advert, for being too political!

Palm oil is a product that can be found in everything from shampoos and detergents to sandwiches and biscuits.. It’s one of the most environmentally-damaging industries, and each day 25 orangutans are killed. It’s production wipes out rainforests and wildlife, driving animals like the orangutan into extinction.

As a father of three who thinks this ad would help educate people about how their products are killing orangutans and their homes, I feel banning this advert is an injustice.

The body that stopped the advert being broadcasted, Clearcast, say that the ad breaches it’s political rules. The ad holds an important message - one that is emotional, touching and helps to spread a message about saving the environment and so must be broadcasted. If you haven’t watched it, you can find it here. It’s so powerful.

Please sign this petition if you too believe the ban should be overturned so that this ad can be on TV screens at Christmas.

#NoPalmOilChristmas
#SaveTheOrangutans

 Thank you for supporting the campaign!

Mark

@_mark_topps

 

Campaign Features:

The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iceland-christmas-advert-banned-tv-greenpeace-palm-oil-political-emma-thompson-a8626416.html

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/09/iceland-christmas-ad-palm-oil-banned

 

The Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/thousands-outraged-disgraceful-ban-iceland-13562573

This Insider: https://www.thisisinsider.com/icelands-christmas-advert-banned-orangutans-terrorized-for-palm-oil-2018-11

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/09/uk/iceland-christmas-ad-banned-scli-intl/index.html

Manchester Evening News: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/thousands-sign-petition-iceland-christmas-15395929 

The Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/09/banning-icelands-palm-oil-advert-censors-the-reality-of-what-we-are-doing-to-the-rainforest-8122491/

Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/iceland-christmas-ad-on-orangutan-plight-banned-for-political-rule-breach-11549042 

The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6370843/Watchdog-bans-Icelands-orangutan-friendly-Christmas-advert-political.html

LBC: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/watch-iceland-christmas-ad-banned/

Good Housekeeping: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/news/a24845674/iceland-christmas-advert/

OK Magazine: https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1508907/iceland-christmas-advert-banned-watch-john-lewis-xmas-christmas-advert

The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7703312/petition-to-get-banned-iceland-christmas-advert-on-tv/

Express: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1043241/Iceland-Christmas-advert-2018-banned-palm-oil-why-was-Iceland-advert-banned

The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/political-iceland-ad-is-banned-from-tv-f0gx3cskg

 And so so so many more!