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Wilmar International’s exit from the High Carbon Stock Approach marks its failure to end deforestation
Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, has taken a further backward step in implementing its commitment to removing deforestation from its commodity supply chains by resigning from the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) the most credible and widely supported mechanism by which to identify and protect forested areas in plantation company concession areas.
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Taiwan’s major global tuna supplier shows “blind spots” to illegal fishing practices and modern slavery
Labour and human rights abuses continue to exist in Taiwan’s distant water fishing fleets, with one major global seafood trader showing its “blind spots” towards practices such as shark finning, forced labour, and illegal transhipment.[1] According to the new Greenpeace East Asia investigation, migrant fishers, who worked onboard vessels that were either flagged or linked…
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Air pollution a silent killer: Green groups call on govt to take immediate steps to improve air quality in the country
The recent 2019 Air Visual report places the Philippines in the 58th spot out of 98 countries with locations from where air quality data was collected. But the groups emphasize that while available Air Visual data did not place the Philippines as among the countries with the worst air quality, the data nevertheless shows that…
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Toxic Air: The Price of Fossil Fuels
For the first time, Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) have quantified the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels, finding that it has reached an estimated US$8 billion per day, or roughly 3.3% of the world’s GDP.
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day: Greenpeace
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels - primarily coal, oil, and gas - is attributed to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and estimated economic losses of US$2.9 trillion, or approximately 3.3% of global GDP, new research from Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) shows.
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Greenpeace Statement to Mongabay Editor’s Arrest in Indonesia
In reaction to Mongabay Editor Philip Jacobson arrested in Indonesia, Kiki Taufik, Global Head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia's Indonesian forests campaign, said:
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RSPO’s 2013 maps resolution languishes despite announcement
“Too little, too late” said Annisa Rahmawati, Greenpeace Indonesia Senior Forest Campaigner, of the RSPO’s announcement it has published members’ oil palm concession maps for Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak in its own online application.
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First-ever finding on corporate responsibility for climate crisis issued by CHR; Groups hail landmark climate justice victory for communities
In its groundbreaking investigation, the CHR announced that the 47 investor-owned corporations, including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Repsol, Sasol, and Total, could be found legally and morally liable for human rights harms to Filipinos resulting from climate change.
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New testimonials suggest “modern slavery” for Southeast Asian migrant fishers working out at sea
13 foreign distant water fishing vessels have been accused of abusing migrant fishers from Southeast Asia, in cases so severe it has been characterised by many as “modern slavery”
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Major consumer brands linked to massive CO2 emissions from Indonesia forest fires
Some of the world’s best known brands are fueling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pulp linked to Indonesian forest fires, reveals new Greenpeace International analysis.
