Despite making public commitments to ‘no deforestation’, some of the world’s largest companies have been buying palm oil from a notorious plantation area in Indonesia which has experienced extensive forest destruction. On Wednesday (19 November), EU member states adopted a heavily weakened stance on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), proposing new delays and a review […]
A new report by EIA and our Indonesian partner Kaoem Telapak lays bare alleged deforestation, corruption and human rights violations by companies in Indonesia’s palm oil sector which all have one thing in common – the Fangiono family. The report A Family Affair – Ongoing allegations of deforestation, corruption and human rights violations in Indonesia’s […]
Palm oil is cheap, versatile and used widely in countess thousands of products and in biofuels, but its production has been linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and deforestation, causing considerable harm to indigenous peoples and the habitats of endangered orangutans
After a delay of almost five years to the day, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has finally got around to addressing a complaint filed against a company linked to clearing Papuan rainforests
Some of the companies committing the worst deforestation for palm oil have been entering the supply chains of major international companies with ‘no deforestation’ policies – including consumer brands such as Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle and Unilever – in a clear breach of those standards
Palm oil produced through the destruction of forestland is still being sold around the world with the blessing of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)