Greenpeace protesters have turned Fonterra's Auckland headquarters into scenes of climate devastation in a bid to remind the Government of Fonterra's climate emissions.
Greenpeace activists dumped piles of flood damaged household items from recent natural disasters outside Fonterra's Auckland headquarters on Thursday morning.
A Greenpeace spokesperson said the dumping of flood-damaged items is in a bid to remind the "Government that Fonterra is the nation’s biggest producer of the climate emissions which helped fuel the summer’s deadly and destructive storms".
The spokesperson said protesters have installed flooding images around the windows of Fonterra's building to make it "look as if it's underwater".
"Crime tape being deployed along with the ruined remains of people’s household items, to highlight the liability of Fonterra and the intensive dairy industry for de-stabilising the climate," the spokesperson said.
Pictures provided by Greenpeace show mattresses, chairs and other items covered with "big dairy big storm" written on them.
"People and the environment bear the brunt of cyclones like Gabrielle while Fonterra and the big dairy industry get off scot-free," the Greenpeace spokesperson said.
A police spokesperson said they were aware of a "small" protest taking place on Fanshawe St and police staff are "currently monitoring the situation".
Fonterra's director of sustainability Charlotte Rutherford responds:
"Fonterra respects the right of New Zealanders to protest peacefully," Rutherford said in a statement to Newshub.
"We are all too aware of the impacts of climate change with many of our farmer shareholders being impacted by the recent weather events."
"Sustainability is core to our strategy and how we create value for future generations and that’s why we’re investing more than a billion dollars in sustainability over the coming years, are committed to getting out of coal by 2037, announcing a scope three target later this year and have 18 methane projects underway."
