Greenpeace has sent an open letter to the chairman of APP, confirming that Greenpeace is ready to resume their involvement with APP on issues relating to the implementation of its Forest Conservation Policy. Greenpeace and other NGOs suspended engagement with APP after Indra Pelani, a 22 year-old from Lubuk Mandarsah village in Jambi, was beaten to death […]
Read MoreNew BankTrack analysis reveals finance for RGE Group breaks all six of the Swiss bank’s exclusion rules Credit Suisse is breaching its own rules on almost every count by financing pulp and paper company Royal Golden Eagle Group (RGE Group), an analysis by BankTrack shows. The analysis was published on the day that Greenpeace launched […]
Read MoreOn Friday, February 27, Indra Kailani (23) of Lubuk Mandarsah was killed by security guards hired by Asia Pulp & Paper sister company PT. Wirakarya Sakti (WKS) in Bukit Tigapuluh landscape, Jambi Province, Sumatra. On the day of the murder, “Tebo Farmers Group (Serikat Petani Tebo)” including the village was organizing a rice harvest festival. […]
Read MoreForestEthics today announced support of a new 3M sustainability policy that will ensure that the maker of Post-it Notes will have a minimal impact on forests, wildlife and human rights. 3M’s paper-based products and packaging require pulp and paper from sources around the world. Working in collaboration with ForestEthics and Greenpeace, the company launched a […]
Read MoreRecently, the Environmental Paper Network met with Santander Bank regarding its financing of deforestation carried out to produce pulp and paper in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia. A public campaign by Greenpeace generating almost 150,000 petition signatures was undertaken for the last few weeks as well. Today, Mongabay.com is reporting that Santander has changed course. “Our parent company, […]
Read MoreDespite ongoing rainforest clearance, APRIL and its affiliate companies in the Royal Golden Eagle group do not seem to have any problems in finding money to support their activities. Greenpeace last week launched a major campaign against Santander for its role in financing APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Limited), the Indonesian pulp and paper producer described by […]
Read MoreToday, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) released the first independent evaluation of its progress to implement its commitment to zero deforestation and its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP) announced in February 2013. The evaluation concludes that the company has made moderate progress towards meeting its commitments, but it also highlighted a number of shortcoming that need […]
Read MoreToday is the one year anniversary of the announcement of a new Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) by Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International, LTD. (APRIL) APRIL is part of the Singapore based conglomerate known as Royal Golden Eagle group (RGE). The policy was criticized widely by international and Indonesian […]
Read MoreIt’s fitting that fifth year celebrations are known as “wood” anniversaries since that’s largely what this one is about. On August 5th, Kimberly-Clark and Greenpeace will mark five years of the company’s new fibre buying policyand the end of the “Kleercut” campaign. That day, conflict and confrontation turned into collaboration that continues to this day. The story of […]
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