Corporate Connections and Unanswered Questions

Corporate Connections and Unanswered Questions investigates the opaque corporate structure of Indonesia’s Kalimantan Agro Sejahtera (KAS) Group, a major palm oil operator linked to large-scale deforestation. Drawing on research by EIA and Kaoem Telapak, the briefing identifies a series of apparent operational, commercial, personnel, accounting and logistical links between the KAS Group and the Fangiono family-owned companies First Resources and FAP Agri. While both companies deny various relationships with the KAS Group, the findings raise significant questions about whether the companies operate more closely than their publicly disclosed corporate structures suggest and whether they are genuinely operationally independent despite being legally separate on paper. The briefing calls for greater transparency and public clarification of the relationships identified.