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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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South Korean-financed coal plants predicted to cause up to 151,000 deaths
At a time of increasingly serious global impacts of climate change from burning coal, South Korea - through its public finance agencies (PFAs) - is financing overseas coal-fired power plants that can emit up to 33 times more air pollution than those built in South Korea.
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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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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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CP and Coca-Cola among worst offenders for plastic pollution in Thailand based on Greenpeace report
This report provides more evidence of how corporations have greatly contributed to the plastic crisis that we find ourselves in. Their continued reliance on single-use plastic packaging translates to more throwaway plastic into the environment.
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Greenpeace report uncovers how top brands fool consumers with ‘false solutions’ to plastic pollution
The report, titled Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution "Solutions,’”[1] shows how multinational companies, such as Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, and Procter & Gamble, continue to harm the environment by using paper and crops-based bioplastics, which cause deforestation and threaten food security. Moreover, chemical recycling offers false hopes and lock in demand…
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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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Communities and Greenpeace volunteers clean up beach and conduct plastic brand audit in Songkhla
On International Coastal Cleanup Day, around 60 volunteers from the Songkhla Forum, Beach for Life, and Greenpeace together cleaned up the beach at Laem Son On in Songkhla province.
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We must put an end to modern-day slavery at sea
With the ever growing demand for seafood, commercial fishing vessels need to work overtime and catch as much as they can, whenever they can. For such a labor-intensive business, you would need a lot of man-power. Men from Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines end up working on these ships. For most, their freedom…
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Japan funds toxic coal plants abroad emitting 13-40 times more pollution than domestic plants – Greenpeace analysis
The Japanese Government and its public finance agencies JBIC, JICA, NEXI are exporting pollution to other countries by funding coal-fired power plants abroad, that emit far more toxic air pollutants than would be allowed in Japan.
