Entries by TuK Indonesia
Zulhas’ Statement Opposing the Anti-Deforestation Law is Misguided
Press conference – Zulhas’ Statement Opposing the Anti-Deforestation Law is Misguided Jakarta, August 3, 2023. The recently enacted European Union Anti-Deforestation Law is regarded as one of the positive initiative that can encourage industry to stop destroying forests and thus reduce the rate of global carbon emissions. Indonesia, as one of a destination countries for […]
Press Release – ResponsiBank Indonesia Coalition
ResponsiBank Indonesia Coalition Assesses Implementation Commitments of Sustainable Finance in Indonesian Banking Remains Low “The financial sector plays an important role in supporting sustainable financing, for this reason, it is time for financial institutions to have written and explicit policies related to financing commitments made. Furthermore, the role of OJK here is very important, so […]
Tiberias Village Head’s Sole Protest at the Supreme Court
Tiberias Village Head’s Sole Protest at the Supreme Court After the Lone Protest of Tiberias Village Head at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, Abner Patras, the Head of Tiberias Village, engaged in discussions with TuK INDONESIA concerning the Dispute Case of Tiberias Village Farmers in Kec. Poigar, Kab. North Sulawesi Bolmong, involving […]
Protest against 36 Banks Complicit in Environmental Crime
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Linda Rosalina ([email protected]/+62 812 1942 7257) Protest against 36 Banks Complicit in Environmental Crime Civil society demands that Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) and Ministry of Finance push the implementation of Sustainable Finance by G20 Members which are funding businesses driving deforestation and human rights violations Jakarta, 10 November […]
Report: Global Bank Policies ‘Dangerously Inadequate’ to Prevent Financing of Deforestation, Climate Chaos and Human Rights Abuses
Report: Global Bank Policies ‘Dangerously Inadequate’ to Prevent Financing of Deforestation, Climate Chaos and Human Rights Abuses As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 160% between 2020 and 2021. A new report, released today by the Forests & Finance Coalition – Rainforest Action Network, Profundo, TuK Indonesia, […]
Chinese Banks’ Forest-Risk Financing
Forest-Risk – Financial flows and client risks About this report This report has been commissioned by Rainforest Action Network. It is supported by TuK Indonesia, BankTrack, China Environmental Paper Network, and Jikalahari. About Forests & Finance Forests & Finance is an initiative by a coalition of campaign and research organisations including Rainforest […]
Banks contribute to deforestation, land degradation: Report
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil Jakarta / Fri, September 11 2020 An ongoing report by environmental groups suggests that the banking and financial services sector should be liable for deforestation, as they continue to provide services to clients driving massive fires that raze swathes of land and tropical forest cover in countries like Indonesia. According to […]
Joint Press Release Coalition of Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Organisations officially lodge a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) contesting threats to indigenous rights in Borneo
15th July 2020 On 9th July 2020, 14 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and the Forest Peoples Programme, submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) requesting its consideration of the situation of Dayak and other indigenous groups of Kalimantan under the Committee’s urgent action and early […]
Urgent appeal in preventing further human rights abuses associated with the operations of the Korindo Group and POSCO
To Korindo Group POSCO International Indonesian Presidential Staff Office Chief of Police, Indonesian National Police Office of the Inspectorate General of the National Police Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission National Human Rights Commission Indonesia Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Jakarta United Nations Human Rights Council UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Special Rapporteur […]
