"Dirty Diesel" campaign a success
The dirty air campaign developed by Freundliche Grüsse came to a successful end on Monday.
Swiss commodity traders sell toxic fuel to Africa. With dramatic consequences for the health of the people. Together with its African partners, Public Eye (formerly Berne Declaration) sends a container of dirty air back to Switzerland.
With the arrival of the "Return To Sender" container and the handover of almost 20,000 signatures to Trafigura, Public Eye's Dirty Diesel campaign came to a successful end on Monday. Thanks to the public pressure that was built up together with partner organizations, a lot was achieved in a short time, writes Public Eye in a statement.
Especially in Africa: Ghana's government has massively improved the national sulfur standard and will reduce the government-permitted sulfur content for diesel imports from 3000 ppm (parts per million) to 50 ppm as of March 2017.
Public Eye says it is confident that other West African governments currently discussing the issue will follow suit.
Trafigura, the addressee of the petition, has accepted the petition but continues to hide behind the legality of its toxic business model, just like Vitol, Glencore, Addax & Oryx and Mercuria.
The campaign was developed by the Zurich agency Freundliche Grüsse and launched in September (Werbewoche.ch reported).
