Our soap is palm oil free, palm oil is environmentally damaging, palm tree plantations destroy valuable irreplaceable rainforest which is the habitat of Orangoutangs, which are now endangered. More rainforest is being cleared everyday to satisfy growing demand for palm oil, which is a cheap ingredient in many foods and cosmetics, it is usually listed as sodium palmate on soaps or as palm kernel oil or palm oil, vegetable oil is often palm oil or contains a percentage of palm oil-be sure to ask.
Here are some links so you can read for more information on palm oil:
http://www.thevine.com.au/news/articles/palm-oil-kills-orang_utans.aspx
http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/About-Palm-Oil.aspx
http://www.thevine.com.au/news/articles/palm-oil-kills-orang_utans.aspx
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1104-hance_borneo_cats.html
http://www.orangutan.org.au/palmoil.html
http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/pages/what-is-palm-oil.html
