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The longest Greenpeace firefighting operation in pictures
Catastrophic wildfires, fueled by climate change, swept the world in 2019, including Indonesia. Find out the photo flashbacks and memories of Ratri Kusumohartono, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace South-East Asia.
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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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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.
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The RSPO dodges responsibility for its members’ role in Indonesia’s fires crisis
Greenpeace International’s newly published report Burning Down the House shows that 21 of the 30 palm oil producer groups most strongly associated with Indonesia’s ongoing fires crisis are (in whole or part) members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Collectively these RSPO members and their associates account for three-quarters of the fire hotspots…
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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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A haze-free ASEAN by 2020 – are we there yet?
This year, the plummeting air quality in Southeast Asia, caused by forest fires in parts of Indonesia and the Mekong Sub-Region, has raised questions on the effectiveness of an ASEAN agreement to prevent haze pollution.
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ASEAN HAZE 2019: THE BATTLE OF LIABILITY
Indonesia saw massive forest fires and haze during the period July - October 2019. Transboundary haze from these fires, particularly from sources in in Sumatra and Kalimantan reached Singapore and Malaysia during September 2019, noticeably worsening measured air quality.
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Greenpeace unfurls two urgent messages for Jokowi’s second term
Two giant banners were dropped from Jakarta’s most iconic statues this morning: the Aerospace Statue at Pancoran in South Jakarta, and the Welcome Statue which stands at the heart of the city at the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout. The urgent messages, addressed to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) call on him to drop dirty coal energy and…
