The driving force behind the strong growth of the palm oil sector are the owners and investors. They have to take responsibility for the social and environmental impacts that the sector causes. In this regard, it is important to note that the ownership of oil palm plantations is more concentrated than it would seem at […]
Jakarta, February 12, 2015 The rapid expansion of Indonesian oil palm plantations creates serious environmental and social problems: vast amounts of valuable forests are converted into plantations; habitats of protected species are endangered; significant greenhouse gas emissions are caused by peatland development; and many communities lose access to land which is crucial for their subsistence […]
**PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release** Golden Veroleum and Golden Agri-Resource’s palm oil operations in Liberia are compounding poverty and food insecurity by taking land without community consent and making hollow promises of development benefits, says new report London, April 1st 2015: Several years of fieldwork by the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and civil society […]
News item | 28-01-2015 By 2020, 100% of the palm oil used in Europe must be sustainable. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, supports this goal laid down by European Sustainable Palm Oil (ESPO), a new initiative from the European chain organisations for margarine, fats and oils. ‘The Netherlands is at the […]
Side event during the Third Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights Organizers: Accountability Counsel, SOMO, Inclusive Development International Date and Time: 1 December, 2014 at 10:00-11:30 Location: Palais de Nations, Room XXII Non-judicial grievance mechanisms at international financial institutions (“IFIs”), like the IFC’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman and the Asian Development Bank’s Accountability Mechanism, offer […]
Financial Times December 18, 2014 7:20 am Shawn Donnan, World Trade Editor The US Congress is putting new pressure on the World Bank to preserve its social and environmental rules for projects in developing countries amid fears that the emergence of rivals backed by China may force it to weaken standards. The World Bank is […]
08 December 2014 Financial Services Authority, Jakarta, December 5, 2014: Financial Services Authority (OJK) and Environment and Forestry Ministry launched Roadmap to Sustainable Finance, which contains exposition about work plan for sustainable finance for financial services industry under OJK`s supervision, namely banking, capital market and non-bank financial industry. The launching event was attended by Environment […]
21 November 2014, Jakarta. Financial Services Authority (OJK) is formed with an aim that the whole activities in financial services sector is organized orderly, fairly, transparently, accountably, and able to protect the interests of consumers or society. In order to realize the balance between the stably growing financial services institutions and consumer protection in financial […]
Under embargo until 07.00 GMT 10 November 2014 Editor’s Note: To download press materials, visit: http://www.forestpeoples.org/news/2014/10/yangon-conference-human-rights-andagribusiness-2014-fpp-press-room (Username: presslogin; Password: yangon2014$) Monday 10 November 2014, Yangon, Myanmar – On 4 – 6 November, National Human Rights Commissions and civil society organisations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Lao PDR and Myanmar, congregated in Yangon for the […]
Over the last decade, various commitments towards sustainability of agro-commodity value chains have been made by governments and private sector. Relevant in this context is the recent zero deforestation pledges included in the New York declaration on Forests. Despite important progress, translating these commitments into effective implementation remains a challenge. The Ecosystem Alliance and its […]
