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New ISPO regulation underpinning Indonesian palm oil diplomacy branded as 'regressive'
30.04.2020 Recent “reform” of palm oil sustainability scheme criticised for threatening forests and human rights
Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood
27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits
Ongoing legal uncertainty risks more conflict at Indonesia palm site linked to murders
21.02.2020 Tension rising once more at KSU Amelia in Sumatra
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Decision of food giant to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill welcomed but a failure to act on other suspect commodity supply chains raises yet more questions
'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua
20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken
Asian banks gave $19bn to palm oil firms linked to Indonesia fires
12.12.2019 NGOs call out financing awarded by region’s largest financial institutions
Double murder escalates conflict at illegal palm oil site in Indonesia
18.11.2019 Two activists found dead in a North Sumatra palm oil estate were allegedly assassinated by security guards on orders of their manager, while a third target escaped alive
RSPO conference rocked by multiple NGO reports of illegalities in member concessions
08.11.2019 Allegations including widespread illegal fires, human rights abuses, fraudulent certifications and permitting irregularities ignored by global palm oil certification body
Singapore palm oil firm guilty of illegal Indonesia fires fined $18m
31.10.2019 Court ruling finds PT Arjuna Utama Sawit to have burnt almost 1,000 hectares of land illegally in Central Kalimantan
