{"id":1133,"date":"2018-12-18T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:46:25","slug":"one-step-closer-to-ending-deforestation-for-palm-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/story\/1133\/one-step-closer-to-ending-deforestation-for-palm-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re now one step closer to ending deforestation for palm oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a full year of campaigning to end forest destruction for dirty palm oil. After Greenpeace International exposed how\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/18478\/forest-destroying-products-and-producers-times-up\/\">Wilmar was\u00a0still buying palm oil from rainforest destroyers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0selling this dirty palm oil to brands all over the world, you took action.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1133 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/dirty-palm-oil-protest-against-the-stolt-tenacity-in-rotterdam\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/68dbe06f-gp0stspub-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Dirty Palm Oil Protest against the Stolt Tenacity in Rotterdam. \u00a9 Marten  van Dijl \/ Greenpeace\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1135\" data-image-size=\"thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-malaysia-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2019\/04\/68dbe06f-gp0stspub.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1135'>\n\t\t\t\tA team of climbers from Greenpeace Netherlands hang from the side of the Stolt Tenacity, preventing the gigantic palm oil tanker from mooring in Rotterdam harbour. \u00a9 Marten van Dijl \/ Greenpeace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/story\/1133\/one-step-closer-to-ending-deforestation-for-palm-oil\/wings-of-paradise-mural-in-jakarta\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/954db70a-gp0stsgjh-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Wings of Paradise Mural in Jakarta. \u00a9 Jurnasyanto Sukarno \/ Greenpeace\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1137\" data-image-size=\"thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-malaysia-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2019\/04\/954db70a-gp0stsgjh.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1137'>\n\t\t\t\tKids play before a mural painted by street artist Riyan &#8220;Popo&#8221; Riyadi in South Jakarta. \u00a9 Jurnasyanto Sukarno \/ Greenpeace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/story\/1133\/one-step-closer-to-ending-deforestation-for-palm-oil\/direct-action-at-wilmar-refinery-in-north-sulawesi-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/34796dcb-gp0stsi9i-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Direct Action at Wilmar Refinery in North Sulawesi. \u00a9 Rendra Hernawan \/ Greenpeace\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1139\" data-image-size=\"thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-malaysia-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2019\/04\/34796dcb-gp0stsi9i.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1139'>\n\t\t\t\tThirty activists occupy a Wilmar refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi. \u00a9 Rendra Hernawan \/ Greenpeace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the last few\u00a0months alone,\u00a0street artists painted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/19214\/20-artists-present-worldwide-street-art-exhibition-to-end-deforestation-for-palm-oil\/\">murals in 20 cities<\/a>\u00a0around the world to\u00a0draw attention to rainforest destruction for palm\u00a0oil.\u00a0Activists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/18608\/greenpeace-occupies-refinery-loaded-with-dirty-palm-oil-in-indonesia\/\">occupied one of Wilmar\u2019s palm oil refineries<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/19379\/palm-oil-shipment-heading-to-europe-delayed-by-greenpeace-for-over-24-hours\/\">intercepted a<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/19379\/palm-oil-shipment-heading-to-europe-delayed-by-greenpeace-for-over-24-hours\/\">tanker<\/a>\u00a0carrying Wilmar\u2019s palm oil products into Europe \u2013 twice!<\/p>\n<p>Then Greenpeace activists and supporters confronted one of Wilmar\u2019s biggest customers: the snack food giant\u00a0Mondelez, the makers of Oreo cookies. Together we called on them to live\u00a0up to their \u2018no deforestation\u2019 claims. After exposing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/19317\/what-do-oreo-mondelez-wilmar-have-to-do-with-orangutans\/\">Mondelez\u2019s links to dirty palm oil<\/a>\u00a0producers who were found destroying rainforests and orangutan habitat, hundreds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/19521\/the-world-wakes-up-to-oreos-dirty-secret\/\">volunteers took to the streets<\/a>demanding action.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/italy\/storia\/4455\/basta-deforestazione-per-lolio-di-palma\/\">A Mondelez factory<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Italy was blockaded by Greenpeace Italy, while scenes of forest destruction appeared at Mondelez HQs in\u00a0Germany,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/press-releases\/greenpeace-brings-scene-forest-destruction-featuring-lifelike-orangutan-headquarters-oreo-cookies\/\">the UK\u00a0<\/a>and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/despite-corporate-promises-dirty-palm-oil-continues\/\">\u00a0USA<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1146\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1146\" class=\"wp-image-1146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev.jpg\" alt=\"Stop Palm Oil Action at Mondelez Factory in Italy. \u00a9 Lorenzo Moscia \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-malaysia-stateless\/2019\/04\/299d5586-gp0stssev-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greenpeace Italy activists take action at Mondelez\u2019s factory in Capriata d\u2019Orba. \u00a9 Lorenzo Moscia \/ Greenpeace<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We challenged Mondelez to cut Wilmar off for selling it dirty palm oil. \u00a0And they heard us! Mondelez along with other brands told Wilmar it had to reform. All this\u00a0pressure, combined with the million-plus people demanding change meant they could no longer ignore us.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to over 1.3 million of you who called on the biggest global brands to drop rainforest destroyers \u2013 we have been able to move the\u00a0world\u2019s largest palm oil trader,\u00a0Wilmar to action.\u00a0They have now\u00a0published a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/19898\/worlds-largest-palm-forest-destroyers-nowhere-to-hide\/\">groundbreaking plan<\/a>\u00a0to map and monitor its suppliers and, ultimately, stop buying from forest destroyers!<\/p>\n<p>If Wilmar sticks to its word, forest destroyers will have nowhere to hide. This could change the entire industry; other traders will be under pressure to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Brands and traders who promised to clean up their supply chains by 2020 have so far come up short. With less than 400 days to go, time is running out to meet commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Now Wilmar needs to\u00a0put its promises into action\u00a0and other palm oil companies need to do the same. If that happens, it would be the beginning of the end for deforestation for palm oil.<\/p>\n<p>This is not over by any means. Greenpeace will be closely watching to make sure Wilmar delivers and consumer companies follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, brands and traders have to keep to their promise and protect forests by 2020. \u00a0Today is a significant milestone but we\u2019ll save the real celebrating until then.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Annisa Rahmawati<\/strong> is a forests campaigner at Greenpeace Indonesia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Greenpeace International exposed how\u00a0Wilmar was\u00a0still buying palm oil from rainforest destroyers\u00a0and\u00a0selling this dirty palm oil to brands all over the world, you took action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[19,84,114],"p4-page-type":[16],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-future","tag-forests","tag-environmental-justice","tag-wins-and-losses","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/1495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}