The clean, colourful tomatoes, aubergines, and courgettes in the aisles of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and other UK supermarkets might look healthy… but they’ve got a nasty secret.

These stores sell food sourced from all over the world. Some of it is grown with the help of neonicotinoid pesticides -- the same ones you helped ban in the EU because of their danger to bees.

We can’t let this historic bee victory be undermined by supermarkets. Aldi has already cut bee-toxic neonic pesticides from its global supply chain – now Tesco, Asda and co. need to do the same, supporting farmers in the process, so that bees everywhere are protected.

But they won’t act until you and I use our power as consumers to force them to change their ways. That’s why we and our friends at Pesticide Action Network UK need your help now. Together, we’ll pressure these supermarket giants into ditching neonics -- on behalf of bees around the world.

Iceland, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, M&S, Waitrose: Stop selling fruit, veg and other products treated with neonic pesticides!

The 2018 ban on three of the most toxic neonicotinoid pesticides – passed thanks to pressure from the public, including thousands of SumOfUs members like you – was a giant leap forward in protecting Europe’s bees.

And while some supermarkets -- like Waitrose and M&S -- have severely restricted the use of bee-toxic neonics, Aldi is the only one we know that's banned them all together. It’s not good enough, and has to change.

As long as our supermarkets are selling imported produce and other ingredients treated with bee-harming neonics, we’re just passing on the risk to millions of bees in other parts of the world. We can’t let them get away with it.

UK supermarkets: Protect the bees and cut neonics out of your supply chain!

We don’t need bee-killing pesticides to grow great produce -- quite the opposite! Aldi has already proven that supermarkets can thrive without relying on these poisons. Now we’ve got to ramp up the people power, just like we did to get these harmful pesticides banned in Europe, to convince the others to do the same.

Big retailers are vulnerable to your pressure. We saw that in Australia, where members like you got the country’s hardware stores to stop stocking neonics. If enough of you sign on, you’ll force the rest of the UK to follow Aldi’s lead and pull all neonic-treated products -- for a cleaner conscience and a more bee-friendly planet.

We're working on this campaign in collaboration with Pesticide Action Network UK.

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