A major lawsuit against Greenpeace by a Forest Products company has a lot of resonance for the seafood industry, especially regarding whether damages can be awarded if Greenpeace deliberately mis-states facts.
Resolute Forest Products, a Montreal Company that is one of the largest producers of newsprint, pulp, and other paper and wood products in the world, has sued Greenpeace over its multiyear campaign called Resolute: Forest Destroyer.
Our industry members should read the entire case document (here). It lays out a familiar pattern.
- Greenpeace and various Forest Products Companies come to a landmark agreement regarding better forestry practices and measures to reduce impacts on Woodland caribou, whose populations are declining in Quebec and Ontario.
- The cooperation does not support Greenpeace’s fundraising model, which depends on conflict and targeting specific companies to raise donations.
- Greenpeace blows up the existing agreements, and pressures certification organizations to withdraw compliance certificates.
- Greenpeace goes to customers with a campaign of intimidation, saying that if they continue to do business with Resolute, Greenpeace will attack their brand…