Destruction calls into question “zero-deforestation” commitment of the world’s largest viscose producer Jakarta, March 18, 2024 – Today, a coalition of leading environmental organizations have released the report Deforestation Anonymous that sheds light on the alarming resurgence of deforestation in Indonesia, driven by PT Mayawana Persada in Indonesian Borneo. The evidence presented in the report […]
Read MoreGlenn Beltz/flicker (CC BY 2.0) At least 46 people have died, and more than 1,100 homes have been destroyed in the worst forest fires to hit Chile in a decade. In the first week of February, the fires have been commonly attributed to climate change. This is correct, but only part of the truth. What […]
Read MoreThis used to be one of the most beautiful places in the world, now it looks like a circle of hell. Tarakan is located on an island three hours by boat from the Malaysian border, facing the estuary of the Sepauk River, an idyllic picture of twisted loops bordered by forests and ponds.In that idyllic […]
Read MoreGreenpeace Canada and Indonesia’s Auriga Nusantara have submitted a complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) calling it to acknowledge that Canadian forestry giant Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) are “two sides of the same coin.” FSC formally disassociated with APP in October 2007 citing “substantial, publicly available information that APP was […]
Read MoreTen years ago (2013) Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Sinarmas published its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), in which it pledged to halt deforestation and peatland conversion as well as to respect human rights while carrying out its activities. Yesterday (25 October), on the tenth anniversary of the APP declarations, Greenpeace International published a report analyzing […]
Read MoreOne year ago, Environmental Paper Network, Mighty Earth, Pusaka, Solutions for Our Climate, Korean Federation for Environmental Movement and Advocates for Public Interest Law released a report exposing the devastation of pristine forests in the remote province of Papua, Indonesia, by the Korean company, Moorim Paper. Immediately after the release of the report, the company […]
Read MoreJakarta, 23 May 2023 – A new investigative report, Pulping Borneo, finds that the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, the world’s largest viscose producer and major paper products company, continues to rely on deforestation in its supply chain despite a high-profile commitment to “No-Deforestation”. The report, co-published by five organizations, also reveals a chain of […]
Read MoreThree major brands of toilet paper in the United States – Fiora, Livi, and LoCor – manufactured by Solaris Paper, are made from fiber supplied by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) or affiliated companies. Fiora, Livi, and LoCor tissue brands are high-risk products linked to Asia Pulp and Paper’s destruction of tropical forests, climate […]
Read MoreIn November 2021, the relatively small and privately owned company, Paper Excellence, acquired Domtar, a major, publicly-traded North American uncoated freesheet paper and packaging producer that today has 11 pulp and paper mills and 9 manufacturing and converting facilities in the U.S.and Canada, in a transaction valued at $3 billion USD. Not long after, in […]
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