Corporate Accountability

Corporations play a big role in the plastics pollution crisis. Break Free From plastic members and allies have long been calling out and holding corporations accountable. Browse through various campaigns related to this work.

Campaigns

Unilever Quit Sachets

Unilever wants to be a global sustainability leader but it has a typical corporate mindset on what that means - business as usual with green sprinkles on top, especially when it comes to sachets.

Brand Audit

The mission with our brand annual audit is to identify the world’s top polluting corporations. By gathering data on plastic waste collected at community cleanups around the world, brand audits allow us to challenge the plastic industry and demand real solutions. Our reports have revealed that the true driving forces of the plastic pollution crisis […]

Unilever COP26

As the world looks to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26) meeting in Glasgow, the #breakfreefromplastic (BFFP) movement protests Unilever’s corporate sponsorship of this vital summit, given its records as one of the world’s top plastic polluters.

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Reports

Plastic Forever

Behind the scenes of corporate strategies to keep on pollution

Extended Producer Responsibility

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies seek to improve the environmental and social performance of products by holding producers and brand owners accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products. The global plastics treaty must embed well-designed EPR policies in it, guiding producers to prioritize upstream solutions.

Under wraps? What Europe’s supermarkets aren’t telling us about plastic

European supermarkets are very important actors when it comes to plastic: with a €2.4 trillion turnover, this sector has the resources to act, and public opinion polls consistently show that citizens firmly believe that retailers have a responsibility to address plastic pollution. This first-ever analysis of the role that European supermarkets play in addressing the […]

EXPOSED: Amazon’s enormous and rapidly growing plastic pollution problem

Oceana estimates that up to 23.5 million pounds of Amazon’s plastic packaging waste entered and polluted the world’s waterways and oceans in 2020, the equivalent of dumping a delivery van payload of plastic into the oceans every 67 minutes. The report exposes Amazon’s empty recycling promises. The rapidly growing plastic pollution crisis needs to be […]

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Toolkits

Brand Audit Social Media Toolkit 2021

JOIN US in holding the world’s top corporate plastic polluters accountable! For the past three years, the Break Free From Plastic movement has been taking “cleanups” to the next level by documenting the brands found on plastic waste collected. We have seen the same top plastic polluters every year. Let’s find out if anything has […]

BFFP Campaign Toolkit (Spanish)

Desde 2017, los miembros de #breakfreefromplastic y los agentes de cambio han organizado auditorías de marca para responsabilizar a los principales contaminadores de plásticos corporativos. Esta guía es para que todos los organizadores de auditorías de marca aprovechen sus auditorías de marca y tengan un impacto a largo plazo en sus comunidades. ¡Explora este recurso […]

BFFP Campaign Toolkit (French)

Depuis 2017, les membres du mouvement #breakfreefromplastic organisent des audits de marque pour responsabiliser les entreprises qui polluent le plus a travers le monde. Ce guide est destiné à tous les organisateurs d'audit de marque afin de tirer parti de leurs audits de marque et d'avoir un impact à plus long terme dans leurs communautés. […]

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News

Corporate Accountability, News, Policy, Real Solutions

Plastic Pollution Facts

August 08, 2023 by Break Free From Plastic

Plastic pollution is a pressing environmental crisis that has reached alarming proportions. Our planet is grappling with the devastating consequences of plastic waste, which poses severe threats to wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. In this article, we delve into some crucial plastic pollution facts, shedding light on the gravity of the issue and the solutions we must pursue.

Corporate Accountability News Policy Real Solutions

Corporate Accountability, News

Open Letter: Urgent Appeal to Unilever: Be a Sustainability Leader. Phase Out Plastic Sachets NOW!

July 26, 2023 by Comms Hub

117 organisations from 44 countries and territories signed an open letter urging Unilever's new CEO, to quit sachets.

Corporate Accountability News

Press Release, Corporate Accountability

117 Organisations Appeal to New Unilever CEO: Phase Out Plastic Sachets NOW!

July 21, 2023 by Devayani Khare, Project Communications Officer - Asia Pacific and Miko Alino

In solidarity with communities across the Asia-Pacific region, 117 organisations from 44 countries and territories around the world have signed this open letter urging Unilever’s new CEO, Hein Schumacher to take immediate action against the company’s plastic pollution footprint, in particular to phase out plastic sachets.

Press Release Corporate Accountability

Press Release, Corporate Accountability, Petrochemicals & Climate, Policy

PH fisherfolk to corporations and governments: end single-use plastics, adopt a strong plastics treaty

June 02, 2023 by BFFP Asia Pacific

In celebration of National Fisherfolk Day and amid INC-2 negotiations for global plastics treaty, Philippine fishing communities and civil society organizations held a creative picket and protest calling on fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) companies to stop using plastics in their product packaging, and urged governments to adopt a strong plastics treaty.

Press Release Corporate Accountability Petrochemicals & Climate Policy

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