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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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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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Greenpeace halts engagement with Wilmar-Unilever-Mondelez over continued failure to take necessary action to cut deforestation from their supply chains
According to the recent IPCC report, land use, including deforestation, makes up 23% of greenhouse gas emissions. Companies such as Wilmar, Unilever and Mondelez must stop buying from any source that is linked to deforestation.
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Greenpeace occupies refinery loaded with dirty palm oil in Indonesia
Bitung North Sulawesi, Indonesia - Thirty Greenpeace activists are currently occupying a palm oil refinery belonging to Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader and supplies major brands including Colgate, Mondelez, Nestlé and Unilever.
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Wilmar executives resign as fallout from deforestation scandal spreads
Martua Sitorus, the co-founder of the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, has resigned one week after Greenpeace exposed his links to Gama Plantation
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World’s largest palm oil trader linked to rainforest destruction twice the size of Paris
Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.
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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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Greenpeace comment on Wilmar’s ‘No Deforestation’ Progress Report
Find Greenpeace's Comment on Wilmar’s ‘No Deforestation’ Progress Report inside
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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