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Greenpeace and Raja Ampat youth confront nickel industry during conference
Banners unfurled at Indonesia Critical Minerals Conference demand accountability: “What’s the True Cost of Your Nickel?”
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From the Papuan wilderness, indigenous youths unite and call on ID government to save remaining forests
The camp was organized to encourage indigenous youths play an active role in responding to environmental problems, as well as to empower them to ask the government to recognize our customary land and our rights as Indigenous People.
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Stand with the Indigenous Auyu to defend Papuan Forests
For the Auyu, defending their forest lands in cold courtrooms might be their last recourse to protect their homes and livelihood- to preserve their culture and way of life. It is vital that their voices be heard, and they need our support.
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Joint NGO statement on failure of RSPO to meet the demands of global climate crisis
Last year, RSPO members approved a new set of Principles and Criteria that align with the global “No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation” policies of many of its members. Yet the RSPO’s new standard will only be meaningful if it is audited and upheld in a thorough, comprehensive and competent way.
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There is no smoke without fire
The fires blazing in Indonesia, that have placed nearly 10 million children at risk, are linked to companies widely considered to be “sustainability leaders” in palm oil. Greenpeace International’s research found that Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, and P&G are each linked to nearly 10,000 fire hotspots in 2019 alone.
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Top consumer companies’ palm oil sustainability claims go up in flames
Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, and P&G are each linked to up to 10,000 fire hotspots, as they buy from palm oil producer groups with the highest numbers of fire hotpots in 2019. The palm oil traders Wilmar, Cargill, Musim Mas, and Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) have extensive links to this year’s fires in Indonesia and together supply…
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Palm oil and pulp companies with most burned land go unpunished as Indonesian forest fires rage
Despite the ongoing Indonesian forest fire crisis, no serious civil or administrative sanctions have been given to the ten palm oil companies with the largest areas of burned land from 2015 to 2018, new Greenpeace Indonesia mapping analysis revealed. The Indonesian government has also not revoked a single palm oil licence due to forest fires.
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Indonesian Forest Fires Crisis: Palm oil and pulp companies with largest burned land areas are going unpunished
A total of 3,403,000 hectares (ha) of land burned between the years 2015 and 2018 in Indonesia, according to analysis of official government burn scar data. In 2015 alone more than 2,600,000 ha of land burned. The fires that ravaged Indonesia in 2015 are considered one of the greatest environmental disasters of the 21st century…
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Greenpeace calls on fast food giants to take a stand against Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction
As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.
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Greenpeace statement to Golden Agri-Resources response
"Eight years ago, GAR committed to forest protection and extended that to cleaning up its third-party suppliers in 2014. After five years we would have expected any serious company to have completed this. However, GAR is still at the stage of mapping pilots with no commitment to transparently map and monitor all suppliers at the…