Illegal Deforestation Monitor

Independent audit reveals Indonesia’s biggest palm oil project still hidden from RSPO

23.07.2019 HSA Group has denied ties to contentious mega-project, but new Earthsight research shows staff links between Yemeni firm and the Papua project

Cargill dubbed ‘worst company in world’ in damning Mighty Earth report

19.07.2019 US commodities giant given the malign moniker amid tide of illegal deforestation, child labour and environmental abuse allegations across its global supply chains

Australian banks urged to ‘cut ties’ with palm oil firms as $6.4bn investments revealed

17.07.2019 Friends of the Earth report says that in financing the likes of Wilmar and Olam, banks are complicit in illegal deforestation

Are KitKat sales helping line the pockets of a man who bribed Indonesia’s top judge?

05.07.2019 Purchases in Malaysia by Wilmar, the world’s largest palm oil trader, are helping fund deforestation in neighbouring Indonesia, to the benefit of a criminal businessman

Concerns over deforestation – much of it illegal – could see palm oil demand drop for first time in 20 years

24.06.2019 Palm oil demand depressed as EU buyers resist long-term deals while awaiting greater regulatory action

Indofood loses Citigroup investment following labour abuse revelations

20.06.2019  US bank pulls $140 million financing after RSPO dropped Indonesian palm oil giant for widespread labour violations

What we learned from two years investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia

08.05.2019 

And what it says about how to fix the nation’s deforestation and land rights crisis

How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans

28.03.2019 An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao discussing how plantation firms influence and exploit indigenous communities

Indonesian palm oil company embroiled in lawsuit for burning forest in Kalimantan

07.03.2019 PT Arjuna Utama Sawit, a Musim Mas supplier, has also been connected to land conflicts and the illegal clearing of peatland

Tackling bad ag in Indonesia demands increased transparency, say NGOs, as yet another information attempt ignored

25.02.2019