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3M, banks pressure APRIL over deforestation
Singapore-based pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL) and its parent group, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) are under pressure after “Post-It Notes” maker 3M became the latest company to suspend purchases from RGE because of the group’s ongoing destruction of Indonesian rainforests.
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Sime Darby must match New Britain Palm Oil’s Progress
The completed purchase of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd puts buyer Sime Darby Plantations on the spot: will it match NBPOL’s responsible palm oil practices on the ground, in particular by adopting a comprehensive forest conservation policy across its entire supply chain?
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Greenpeace on the Rainforest Alliance’s independent evaluation of APP’s progress
Greenpeace statement on Rainforest Alliance report ‘An Evaluation of Asia Pulp & Paper’s Progress to Meet its Forest Conservation Policy (2013) and Additional Public Statements’
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Playing with fire: Why I want to stop the haze
So what does haze feel like in Singapore?
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Palm oil industry needs to support Jokowi’s leadership on forest and peat protection
Following last week’s strong pro-peatlands and forests commitment by new Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, two of the world’s largest palm oil producers and traders have announced policies to address criticism of deforestation in their supply chains.
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Steering Group established to oversee the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach for implementing ‘No Deforestation’ commitments
A group of leading plantation companies with commitments to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, NGOs and technical support organisations met on 25th and 26th August in Singapore to establish a governance and standardisation body for the methodology, known as the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach, to be used to implement these commitments.
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Help Stop The Haze
Forest and peat fires are emerging as a global threat and are driving a public health emergency in Southeast Asia.
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Be An Ocean Defender: Things You Can Do
Make a change today! Here are the top 10 things you can do to be an ocean defender.
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Energy and water security for a robust, green economy
This year’s World Water Day theme addresses the critical dependencies between water and energy usage, also known as the “water-energy nexus.”
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Palm oil giant Wilmar caught in forest scandal – Greenpeace
Household brands such as P&G, Reckitt Benckiser and Mondelez exposed to tiger extinction
