Last week saw Sinar Mas, one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia,
come to London for a press conference to try and turn the tables on
two years of Greenpeace investigations into their deforestation
practices.
The palm oil producer came to explain that they are a
responsible company, that they don't destroy rainforests and how the
likes of Unilever, Nestlé and Kraft had been mistaken to suspend them
from their supply chains.
Posted by jamie — 10 August 2010 at 3:48pm
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An important fact about the Sinar Mas group: it is destroying carbon-rich rainforests and peatlands in Indonesia, including endangered wildlife habitat.
If you take away one thing from this post, that's the most important.
Today, the notorious forest destroyer tried to clear its name as it released an audit it commissioned to examine Greenpeace investigations of its oil palm plantations. Ironically, the audit confirms that Sinar Mas has been clearing forests and peatland, but rather than acknowledging this Sinar Mas is trying to hide the audit through a greenwash exercise.
Posted by jamie — 10 August 2010 at 10:09am
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Laura from our international office updates on what's been going on since Nestlé's Facebook page went into meltdown.
"Social media: as you can see, we're learning as we go. Thanks for
the comments." On 19 March, that was the status message on Nestlé's
Facebook fan page - which had already been under siege for three days.
The message didn't stay up there for long but it was obviously in
recognition of the page administrator's poor handling of the comments
and criticisms that had been streaming in since the launch of our KitKat ad spoof.
Those of us following social media/marketing blogs
know what happened to Nestlé's online reputation - it quickly became
synonomous with words like: "disaster", "kitkatastrophe", "nightmare",
"meltdown" and so on. But what did all of those Facebook comments do for
Indonesia's rainforests?
Sinar Mas group is notorious for its destruction of millions of
hectares of Indonesian rainforest, peatland and wildlife habitat. Two
divisions within the group lead the destruction: pulp and palm oil.
Recently, the group has diversified into coal.
New photographic evidence, aerial monitoring and field analysis
details how the Sinar Mas group continues to clear rainforest
containing priceless biodiversity - such as orang-utan habitat - and
carbon-rich peatlands, despite public promises it has made to clean up
its act.
Posted by victoria.chan — 29 July 2010 at 9:59am
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Guest blogger Laura Kenyon from our international office reveals the latest evidence we've collected showing how Sinar Mas breaking its own commitments on protecting rainforests and peatlands.
The short answer: not likely.
In fact, not only will they not be likely to come 'clean', but today we are releasing fresh evidence that Sinar Mas's notorious forest-destroying practices continue unabated and in direct violation of the company's own environmental commitments on protecting forests and peatlands.
Greenpeace are asking certification
scheme PEFC to stop stalling and drop the under-fire pulp and paper giant APP,
who were again exposed earlier this week for pushing orangutans and tigers
towards extinction with their destructive logging
practices.
PEFC said yesterday that they have
asked an auditor to investigate APP, following the publication of a Greenpeace
report earlier this week.
Posted by jamie — 8 July 2010 at 9:21am
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Wahey, you've scored
another victory! After receiving nearly 10,000 emails (and seeing
some excellent
spoof adverts), HSBC has sold its shares in Sinar Mas,
one of the worst companies responsible for ripping up the Indonesian
rainforest for palm oil and pulp plantations. It's fantastic news (as The Guardian was quick to agree) that has
shone a light on the financial side of deforestation. And you made
this happen - thanks!
Orang-utans and tigers are being pushed towards extinction by pulp and paper giant APP, according to a new report released today by Greenpeace.
The report documents the areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where APP, part of the notorious Sinar Mas group, are destroying the rainforest.
Among the areas is the Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape, which is one of the last remaining rainforest homes of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger and home to the only successful re-introduction program for the Sumatran orangutan.
Posted by jamie — 6 July 2010 at 9:56am
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Like orang-utans, the future of Sumatran tigers is being jeopordised by the relentless destruction of their habitat by paper giant APP
Even though we've
had huge success in turning companies like Unilever, Nestlé and Kraft
off palm oil produced by Sinar Mas, that only represents one part of the jigsaw and Sinar Mas is still chewing
its way through Indonesia's rainforests.
Palm oil is one of two
plantation products which are driving deforestation in Indonesia, paper
being the other big hitter. Needless to say, Sinar Mas is up to its
neck in the paper business as well and we've compiled new evidence
in a report called Pulping the Planet which shows exactly how its pulp and paper operations are threatening
the forests just as much as its palm oil business is.
Controlled by the Indonesian Widjaja
family, the Sinar Mas group is one of
the largest conglomerates in Indonesia
engaged in clearing rainforests and
destroying peatlands. The group also
has significant interests in coal mining,
amongst other sectors.
Sinar Mas’ pulp and paper division, Asia
Pulp and Paper (APP), is Indonesia’s
largest pulp and paper producer.