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Shadow Integration: When “Sustainable” Supply Chains Hide Deforestation

In today’s global economy, sustainability sells. Corporations proudly promote “deforestation-free” commitments, and consumers increasingly expect ethical sourcing behind their everyday products. What happens when those claims don’t match reality? A recent investigation by The Gecko Project exposes a troubling pattern: major corporations may be maintaining clean reputations on paper while quietly benefiting from environmental destruction […]

Forests, Profits, and Displacement: The Brazil Land Disputes Shadowing Stora Enso

Protesters rally outside Finlandia Hall during Stora Enso AGM Helsinki, Finland — Activists gathered outside Finlandia Hall in central Helsinki to raise awareness about alleged environmental and human rights violations linked to the Nordic forestry giant Stora Enso, as the company’s annual general meeting and shareholders’ assembly took place inside. Demonstrators distributed leaflets to attendees […]

From Argentina to Chile: Southern Forests in Flames

More than 50,000 people have been evacuated in Chile’s Ñuble and Biobío regions, where wildfires have destroyed at least 250 homes and claimed a minimum of 18 lives. Authorities warn that the death toll is likely to rise as fires continue to spread. This disaster is neither sudden nor unexpected. Just two years ago, in […]

Justice for Sumatra’s Forests: A Turning Point After Deadly Floods – Now Remedy Must Follow

On January 20, 2026, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered the revocation of business permits for 28 companies operating in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The decision followed catastrophic floods and landslides that struck Sumatra in late 2025, killing at least 1,200 people, leaving 143 missing, and forcing more than 114,000 to flee their homes. […]

Continued abuses and deforestation in Indonesia by PT Mayawana Persada

On Tuesday, December 9, the West Kalimantan police tried to forcibly arrest Mr. Tarsisius Fendy Sesupi, the Traditional Head of Lelayang Hamlet, Kualan Hilir Village, Simpang Hulu District, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. For years, the community has resisted the encroachment on its customary land and the deforestation—largely illegal—carried out by the logging company PT […]

Old Habits Die Hard – Asia Pulp & Paper violations exposed

September 10, 2025 – Environmental Paper Network (EPN) International and Jikalahari, an Indonesian network of NGOs, released a paper highlighting the failure of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to implement their green policies. The paper is being released as APP, one of the world’s largest companies, unveils a new sustainability policy in Jakarta — essentially […]

Brazil rises against eucalyptus plantations: ‘These are not forests!’

Around 1000 women from Sem Terra ocupam protest in Aracruz (Espirito Santo, Brazil). Foto: © MST On March 13th, in the city of Aracruz (Espírito Santo, Brazil), 1,000 women from the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) occupied land owned by Suzano Papel e Celulose, the world’s largest pulp producer, to protest the environmental impact of […]

Chile, pulp and paper industry’s war on the poor

Land disputes in peri-urban areas involving the powerful pulp and paper cartel are on the rise in Chile. In addition to longstanding issues of land ownership, these disputes are now being exacerbated by a widespread housing crisis. Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, the country’s biggest pulp and paper company, has recently taken a confrontational stance against […]

The FSC and the ‘independent’ business consultant

How an ‘independent third-party’ assessment casts shadows over the most highly regarded sustainable forestry certification scheme. Is Paper Excellence, Canada’s largest forestry company, controlled by the notorious giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)? The question is relevant because the certification standard Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) formally disassociated from APP in October 2007, citing “substantial, publicly […]