ENVIRONMENTALIST REACTING TO GREENWASHING (pt 4) // reasons not to trust nestlé...

[@therrortier]

Nestlé's switch to paper straws is probablaly also just due to the EU restrictions on certain single-use plastics. Compling with current EU laws is nothing to be proud of and certainly isn't a sign that they make any special efforts in saving the environment. So yeah, hello greenwashing :)

[@anaalves3658]

Just like Ryanair paying the legally mandate taxes on their carbon emissions. Such BS from these companies.

[@Eucis93]

It has the same energy as bragging about donating money to the new library in town when in reality you just paid state taxes 😅

[@Pinktoosh16]

“You can’t brag about it if you’re not doing it anymore, RONALD” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂dead.

[@Blue-pb7kz]

I'm absolutely willing to believe that a flight on a low cost flight where people are packed like sardines in the thinnest lightest seats that could pass a safety check, are only allowed to carry a 11.5x16.5cm bumbag as luggage, and pay 20% of the cost of the flight for a pack of peanuts, would have a much lower carbon footprint than a flight filled with first class seats and personal tvs. Not sure that that was the angle they were going for, but hey, it's like the people who say cheap cat food is more eco-friendly because they use only the rejected byproducts of the human food industry! Not untrue, but maybe not the selling point they think it is!

[@NannaAshleyxD]

The fact that the end roll add I got on this video was a McDonalds "We are doing better" type of add cracks me up Great video as always!

[@Gittemary]

the irony 😂

[@anaalves3658]

I am only 5 minutes into this video and you have a thumbs up already 👍. Nestle is awful and I love how you question how they sleep at night???👏👏👏👏 If they could sell you bottled air for a profit they would.

[@shaunaburton7136]

It’s amazing how big and evil nestle is. I used to love nestle crunch candy when I was a kid. It’s ubiquitous

[@anaalves3658]

@@shaunaburton7136 a lot of these big companies own so many other companies that it's really difficult to know if you are indirectly supporting them.

[@phoebegraveyard7225]

Excellent video, Gittemary. I didn’t know that domestic flights were lumped into a countries miscellaneous carbon percentage. Canada is huge and a flight from Halifax to Vancouver takes eight hours or so non stop. In order to see my adult children I have to fly either 6 hours or drive for five days ( with time to eat, sleep and gas the car). I haven’t seen them since 2019. And now I’m learning that since it’s a domestic flight it is t even counted? Madness.

[@janetbeall4882]

Thank you!! I cannot say thank you enough for doing the research and bringing awareness to the deceit and manipulation of massive corporations!

[@Nina-cd6uw]

Thank you for making this video! I wish your informative videos had more views, they're always concise yet entertaining and well-researched.

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Another awesome video from Gittemary and there's too much greenwashiing by companies, no wonder the planet is in such a mess.

[@hellosarahxox]

Gitt, thank you for this video! I was wondering if you could do a video about living in Denmark, the economy/cost of living, specific environmental policies all of that kinda stuff. Would love to know! 😍

[@shaunaburton7136]

I’m glad you keep up with the greenwashing. Most people can’t keep up with what corporations do and say. You’re keeping them honest and accountable

[@amberelf-mcp4912]

I knew Nestlé owned a lot of companies but not that many! Holy cow! I boycott them but now I'm worried I've supported them some other way 😓

[@littlepixieme1]

Even by boycotting some of them, you're doing good work! You can't do it all on your own; just do what you can and don't feel guilty for what you cant

[@amberelf-mcp4912]

@@littlepixieme1 Very true! Thank you for that 💛

[@JBobs]

Good video! I’m working on a greenwashing video right now as well :)

[@kalleyh8424]

My favorite series! Love it and all the sass. Sassing it up with you the whole time

[@fercruz88]

Thank you for this content! It is great to remind ourselves who is the main responsable for change, I personally find it challenging to not consume everything that doesn't align with my values. I'm vegan, but buying the eventual big corporation "vegan" product is very tempting, and I believe that these companies only make changes when driven by money, so if I don't buy from them untill there is a real change on their environment effords (among other consumers of course) that's how they see a risk of income...

[@carimaz2277]

Very informative. TY. Just wondering, is KZbin a sustainable company?

[@emmak4938]

In the UK plastic rebellion campaigned for the innocent ad to be removed!

[@Kallyke23]

I keep seeing this ad for the Venus razor and they're trying to make it look greener than it is there's a recyling sign on it and it says the box is reusable. Like... who cares if the box is reusable 😭 You have to keep buying the razors and they're in their own boxes anyway.

[@evalouisrenzo7162]

I flew Ryanair just yesterday. When I booked my flight they offered to offset my emissions. I certainly do not trust them on their offsetting recommendation and did not want to contribute to them being able to brag about it, but it did give me the idea to go offset my flight with Go Climate !

[@emmak4938]

Innocent came to my university to hand out samples in tiny plastic cups on a table covered in plastic grass and plastic flowers 😮‍💨

[@arzanifuchsia1452]

Have you seen Google trying to be all sustainable? At least in Germany I see greenwashing Ads from them all the time. They advertise that you can google the way with least emmisions (like train Vs. Flights). It always bugs me so hard

[@Leslie_ann_h]

As I'm an insulin dependent diabetic, so many plastic bottles are getting reused as sharps containers for my biohazard waste. It's about the only use that I can think of using the plastic containers.

[@Jellibox]

Nestle have close to a 24% share in L’Oréal, so if you are boycotting nestle you also should consider boycotting L’Oréal.

[@micivalantincic8227]

They test on animals so I think most concious people are:)

[@Jellibox]

@@micivalantincic8227 I agree with your sentiment but also acknowledge that sustainability is intersectional, not everyone comes to sustainability through veganism or the cruelty free movement. But it is good to remind people there are other good (possibly better) reasons to boycott L’Oréal :)

[@micivalantincic8227]

@@Jellibox true that, good point! I just been boycoting them for so many years that they seem like a big no to me. I had no idea Nestle was also involved with them. Yak

[@veracyning5572]

I don't go to McDonald's in canada anymore because they fry the nasty nuggets in the same grease as the fries. You're the best lady. Keep up the good work 👏 Also... "let's all live in our gardens and let them eat each other" yaaaas gurl! I died. Lmao 😂

[@amare_ow]

they are not supposed to

[@lucycollison7914]

Innocent is owned by CocaCola?! I honestly had no idea. All this greenwashing makes me mad as most people won't be able to tell its greenwashing so thank you for breaking it down in these videos.

[@melade6602]

Your outfit is giving ~60s flight attendant~ which seems appropriate for talking about Ryan air

[@leporid257]

I expect the McDonalds website to just be translated. I think Germany has a salad?, two burgers, the fries, some sauces. Not much but more than just dry potato stripes...

[@anaalves3658]

Rage!Rage!Rage!!!!!!!! I loved this video 👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you so much for it

[@polinalll325]

Hello! Sorry for offtop, but... I have a question. I have a lot of stuff, which seems to be completely useless, I don't even enjoy having this much. Some kind of paper, childhood crafts, and ect, which I would like to get rid of. But the one thing that stops me from doing that is that it's won't be ecological to throw it away. I live in the country where it's pretty difficult to recycle stuff. So could you give me some advices, please?

[@hellosarahxox]

Is there a child daycare or elementary school near you that you could reach out to and ask if they want it?

[@wondering_stars_in_oz8462]

Nestle was one of the first corporations i learned about. When i was young my mum was big on teaching me about consumerism and slave labour, i didn't really appreciate it back then. But then when I got on the interwebs as an adult I learned about Nestle. I find it mostly unavoidable to avoid a lot of these things when shopping in my country EVERYTHING is made in China, expensive things, cheap things, literally EVERYTHING. So buying local where things can be legislated in terms of Australian values is almost impossible. They have destroyed local manufacturing and At this point they are targeting our farmers and food growers. Here they tax us for water that falls as rain onto our own properties, this includes tank water that you collected from your roof and damn water. Meanwhile the Chinese cotton farms have destroyed one of our main water systems in the Murrey Darling Basin by completely draining it from water that local farmers aren't allowed to have access to. They still blame the local farmers but when you see who has the largest area of land and the biggest dams on that land, it's not the local food growers. They claim this is all 'environmentalism bigot'.

[@simoneclarke5104]

Awesome video!!

[@ayeletrk]

Recently, every KZbin ad on my phone that i’ve seen is of cool, young people telling us how Google in all of its apps is great of the climate… huh??

[@gabriellabetarrini3176]

Heyyy :) thanks for the video. I wonder how many supposedly "sustainable" oder "fair" brands are greenwashing. Especially the brand "Share" - they say they are supporting a lot of Hygiene Projects. Maybe you know something about and could could tell us/me? I'd be so glad about it. Thank you 💛🌱

[@soneai4364]

Hi, it’s a bit late sorry :) at a party I once talked to someone, who’s been an intern at „Share“. I asked him about their claims and he said, as far as he knows, they act on them and do support everything they say they do.

[@gabriellabetarrini3176]

@@soneai4364 That sounds great, thank you :)

[@MonoiLuv]

Accountability!

[@amyp5388]

Business girl 😂

[@hebebebe139]

Don't forget the whole nestle formula scandal which killed loads of babies

[@Gittemary]

Yes that’s the “90’s Nestlé formula scandal” I am referring to 🥲

[@hebebebe139]

@@Gittemary lmao sorry I must've spaced out at some point 🤣 Still awful! I can barely read about it

[@ritarosa6824]

@@Gittemary was it in 90s I can only find articles about the 70s scandal

[@elven_grandma3138]

@@ritarosa6824 Nestlé is a repeat repeat repeat offender. There are multiple baby formula (& water - & other) scandals, & they're basically still doing it (misrepresenting the benefits of their formula to under-educated communities).

[@ritarosa6824]

@@elven_grandma3138 thank you for answering 🙏

[@HerWanderlust]

"goes against everything we stand for" ...really? it seems right in line with what they have stood for! ha

[@LaineyBug2020]

I have a great green textile company for you to check out! It's got a KZbin channel called Circular Centre. I'm really excited because they share your views on bamboo, and use 0 Petro-chemicals in their textiles, and as little as possible in their production process!

[@LaineyBug2020]

Here's the link to the KZbin channel! kzbin.info/door/blq2bBpyjudzzIFxz5aiNA

[@megank7235]

💚💚💚

[@punjabseth260]

nice

[@HerWanderlust]

Meat free options are less environmentally conscious as they are based on soy monocrops that take tons of pesticides, reduce biodiversity, take lots of processing (this takes water, energy, fuel to bring things from farm to plant and plant to store etc etc). Locally sourced ethically raised animal products are much better for the environment than animal product replacements...not to mention that they are more nutritious in smaller amounts and do not support multinational companies that do not care about sustainability at all

[@Gittemary]

So, it seems like your generalising a fair bit here, the quality, nutritional value, and impact of meat substitutes can vary a lot depending on the ingredients, some of them definitely being healthier and more sustainable than others. So calling all meat substitutes for greenwashing is incorrect. Some of my favourites are made with locally grown peas, and that is one of the lowest impact foods there are. Today the vast majority of meat comes from factory farming (90+%), so that is the meat that is often being substituted, and meat-free products (even the ones made from soy) are a lot less impactful than factory farming. I recommend you check out the video I made on the impact of soy 😃

[@HerWanderlust]

@@Gittemary While I see some of your points, I think we may have to agree to disagree on this one! It may be that here in America eco conscious vegan options are much less available than where you are

[@LaureMBrussolo]

Have you checked out Sorelle Amore. You could collab with her 😉

[@Poollz]

Really enjoy these “reacting to greenwashing” videos. So much BS!

[@vickyjansen3544]

I have a question. In the USA our president wants all of us to buy electric vehicles. We have a small car that gets good gas mileage. We have one vehicle and it's paid off. In California where we have a lot of black outs because of people over using the electric. Is it better for us to keep the vehicle that we have paid off or get rid of it for an electric vehicle? Thank you for your videos.....

[@Ineverusemychannel]

IMO keep your vehicle and maintain its good condition for as long as you can. Electric cars may be good in that they don’t use gas but that doesn’t erase the byproducts of their production nor the effects of wasting items that are in good condition. Especially if you don’t feel the new item will be as reliable at the moment. When the condition of your car is worsened to the point of needing new, do what is within your means to get a more efficient one. I think the US is unique due to its car dependency - both natural and imposed. The perfect answer would be “try not to use the car” but we know that isn’t possible for the majority of the country. Just do your best and consider how your vote can change car dependency as a whole.

[@PeggyEscobar-v8j]

I think a lot of the black outs in California are planned to avoid wildfires during high risk periods. Many fires were caused by electric wires running through high risk areas. They need to upgrade the transmission lines to stop these blackouts.

[@pattycarljackson]

I like that you point out these things but nestle is doing way more for a big company then any other big company of its size. Using paper straws is a huge deal when it’s millions of them being thrown out lol and using paper packing is also great because against its millions of packages being thrown out and they are looking at reducing plastic for other products so it’s not greenwashing and I think you are nitpicking quite a bit with this one and sometimes it’s these small changes which this isn’t that small of a change because again millions of products equals a ton of waste and if it can be recycled and actually turned into something else unlike most plastic or degrade in nature like paper can then I’m for it but nestle is actually changing their products to be more sustainable unlike Coca-Cola which going to plant based plastic is doing nothing good while nestle going to paper or tins to be refilled or reused and we should be praising that in a sort of way and not saying screw you you aren’t doing good enough even though you are changing a ton of products and doing research on how to make this work for millions of people in hundreds of countries. They are trying to fix a horrible problem with plastic pollution and I don’t think saying they are green washing because they want to remove millions of plastic straws from their products is a good thing and it turns people off because from my point of view what you are saying is no matter how much a company says and does about how much they are trying and are doing to reduce waste it’s not good enough and I understand they are a huge corporation but it takes time and research and development. it’s not an overnight solution to a problem that’s been going on for a very very long time. I love your channel but I think you are completely wrong here.