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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
London – HSBC has just published a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy covering its financing of palm oil companies. [1]
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I am the voice for the voiceless
It is hard to imagine a world without forests. It will certainly be a morbid and desolate kind of future. Unfortunately, we are still threatened by this dark possibility. Our survival depends on the state of our forests and we owe it to the animals to ensure their survival, too. “Why?”, you may ask. We…
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HSBC Stop funding forest fires in Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur, 14 Feb 2016 -- Dissatisfied Malaysian customers today presented HSBC with a mock cheque to the value of 228,434 signatures urging the bank to “Stop Funding Forest Fires in Indonesia”. The HSBC customers were joined by activists from Greenpeace and other Malaysian civil society organizations including members of Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia…
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Withdrawing from APRIL’s Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Greenpeace has suspended its engagement with APRIL’s Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) with immediate effect.
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Comment on labour abuses in Wilmar’s palm oil operations
Find out Greenpeace Southeast Asia's official comment on labour abuses in Wilmar’s palm oil operations
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HCS Convergence process concludes
Agreement on Unified Approach to Implementing No Deforestation Commitments.
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Statement on IOI’s response to ‘A Deadly Trade-Off’ report
Greenpeace’s most recent report into the IOI Group, 'A Deadly Trade-Off', found that IOI had been supplying the global market with palm oil from third party palm oil suppliers linked to human rights abuses, deforestation and peatland degradation.
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Greenpeace delivers global anti-haze petition to palm oil giant IOI in Malaysia
Greenpeace has delivered a global petition signed by 300,000 people to the IOI Group in Malaysia, calling on the palm oil company to end its contribution to the regional haze by cutting off all suppliers clearing rainforest for plantations, and by fully protecting peatlands.
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Time for IOI to lead from the front
IOI released a statement concerning the Greenpeace demand that it hold it suppliers to account for destroying Indonesia’s forests and failing to prevent fires.
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100,300 deaths from Indonesia’s fires during 2015, new study estimates
A groundbreaking Harvard and Columbia university study estimates that 100,300 premature deaths resulted across three countries from last year’s devastating Indonesian forest fire crisis.
