Photo – FYI Weekly News Show presenters with Asha and Jia

After accumulating an impressive one million signatures for their petition against deforestation caused by palm oil production, Asha (Year 10) and Jia Kirkpatrick (Year 8), passionate global campaigners, were invited by Sky News to provide an update on their ongoing efforts during the Sky Kids FYI Weekly News Show.

In early 2020, the passionate sisters made an impression on Kellogg's UK & Ireland bosses after they created a petition to save endangered orangutans.

After securing media coverage on their petition and attending meetings with Kellogg’s UK CEO and CSO, Kellogg’s pledged that they will switch to using a more sustainable palm oil product and launched a Global Deforestation policy that will help to mitigate deforestation.

Building upon their achievement of reaching one million signatures, the young activists subsequently held another meeting with Kellogg's in late March. This time, they met with a global sustainable sourcing expert from the company. Continuously updating their supportive community of followers, Asha and Jia now set their sights on developing fresh initiatives throughout the summer.

You can view Asha and Jia's FYI Weekly News Show feature here at 10 mins 20 seconds.  

It is fantastic to see the students continuing to use their voices to make such a positive change globally. You can sign the petition here.