Estimated Potential State Revenue from OIL PALM TAX in Jambi Province This is the second study conducted regarding the potential State revenue from palm oil tax. The first study was conducted in Central Sulawesi in 2020. This scope of the second study in 2021 was for Jambi with updated data collection methods. We conducted field […]
Civil Society Demands That Danamon Bank Be Also Responsible for Climate Crisis Civil society sends gifts and flower bouquets to urge Danamon Bank to stop funding forest-destroying companies which are causing climate crisis and human rights violation Jakarta, 25 August 2021. Civil society is demanding a progressive role of banks to take more responsibility […]
Demanding accountability Strengthening corporate accountability and supply chain due diligence to protect human rights and safeguard the environment Embargoed: 15 June 2021 Media release: New report documents multiple human rights abuses in the Indonesian palm oil industry supplying the world’s biggest companies 15 June 2021 NOTE to journalists: This report will be launched 15 June, […]
Bank Danamon becomes MUFG’s subsidiary that is exempted from MUFG’s new palm oil and forestry policies, impairing the quality of its Annual Sustainability Report and its Sustainable Finance Action Plan Jakarta, 5 April 2021 – A civil society coalition is staging a protest in front of a branch office of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial […]
Dear Members of the Consumer Goods Forum: Ten years ago, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) made a commitment to end deforestation in member companies’ supply chains by 2020, with an emphasis on high-risk commodities such as soy, beef, palm oil, and pulp and paper. In 2014, additional companies joined this pledge as part of the […]
On May 16, 2020, a member of the Indonesian Police, Brigadier Police Melkianus Yowei (MY) assaulted and tortured a civilian Indigenous Papuan named Marius Betera (MB) until he was severely injured and subsequently died from the assault. The violence and torture committed by Brigadier Police MY happened at the office of palm oil plantation (POP) […]
On May 16, 2020 , an Indonesian police officer, on behalf of police Brig Melkianus Yowei (MY), used physical violence against an indigenous Papuan civilian named Marius Betera (MB) to which resulted in MB’s death. The location of the violence took place at the office of the oil palm plantation company PT Tunas Sawa Erma […]
THE KOTA KINABALU STATEMENT ON PALM OIL AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 7 February 2020 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia We, Indigenous Peoples and Non-Governmental Organisations from palm oil-producing countries in Latin America, Africa and South East Asia demand the right to expose the realities we face in our communities about the impacts of the palm oil […]
Group of CSOs and local communities from Riau, Jambi, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and Merauke district (West Papua) planned a national action to stop deforestation and forest degradation caused by the pulp & paper industry. The fundamental goal of this national action is to achieve good governance in timber […]
17 holding groups controlling forest-burner companies have received at least US$19.2 billions in corporate loans and underwriting facilities since 2015. Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) has sealed off 64 companies in Sumatra and Kalimantan involved in forest and land fires in 2019. An investigation by TuK INDONESIA (Perkumpulan Transformasi untuk Keadilan) finds out […]
