{"id":67835,"date":"2025-09-11T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/?p=67835"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:08:07","slug":"asia-pulp-and-paper-walks-back-on-its-2013-commitment-to-no-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/press\/67835\/asia-pulp-and-paper-walks-back-on-its-2013-commitment-to-no-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pulp and Paper Walks Back on its 2013 Commitment to No Deforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

10th September, Jakarta:  Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has downgraded their long-standing commitment to no deforestation and peatland restoration with the announcement of its new \u2018Forest Positive Policy\u2019<\/a> today in Jakarta.  <\/p>\n\n

\u201cFollowing the trend of many companies, APP has gone back to focusing on PR rather than changing on the ground by producing another piece of paper with lots of hollow commitments. APP\u2019s rollback of its cut-off date is nothing short of a deception of progress,\u201d said Kiki Taufik, Greenpeace Global Indonesian Forests Campaign Lead. \u201cThis allows APP to whitewash deforestation that devastated forests, peatlands, and Indigenous lands between 2013 and 2020, undermining both trust and global standards. This is not progress \u2013 it is greenwashing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAPP has walked back on its commitment to No Deforestation in its supply chain by changing its cut-off date for deforestation from 2013 to the end of 2020, as well as dropping its commitment to following the High Carbon Stock Approach – the methodology for putting in place no deforestation on the ground,\u201d said Mr Taufik.  <\/p>\n\n

Between 2013 and 2022, investigations1<\/sup> revealed that APP and its suppliers destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forests, including at least 75,000 hectares<\/strong> of critical ecosystems and 3,500 hectares of peatlands<\/strong> in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The new cut-off date means these destructive practices are now considered \u201cacceptable\u201d under APP\u2019s revised pledge.<\/p>\n\n

In 2023, Greenpeace produced a 10-year progress report card<\/a> on APP\u2019s performance against its policies, providing a compilation of evidence of ongoing breaches, broken promises, and ongoing harm to the environment and local communities. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cAs well, there is notably no commitment to peatland protection or restoration; instead, it has taken the business-as-usual approach of just \u2018best management practices\u2019. This will be a disaster for Indonesian peatlands that urgently need to be rewetted and restored to prevent their huge greenhouse gas emissions, as well as preventing haze-producing fires.\u201d added Kiki Taufik. <\/p>\n\n

Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Kiki Taufik, Global Indonesian Forest Campaign Lead. +62 811 8706074<\/p>\n\n

Achmad Saleh Suhada, Deputy Head of Global Indonesia Forest Campaign Lead, +628119000564<\/p>\n\n

Igor O\u2019Neill, Greenpeace Indonesia \u2013 ioneill@greenpeace.org, +61 414 288 424<\/p>\n\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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  1. See:\u00a0 Greenpeace 2023: APP Sinarmas: Promises Pulped.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/10\/5267ad2c-app-10-year-report_241023_rev.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. See: Environmental Paper Network Report, 2025\u00a0https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ss7GMvz05ZbYST-zcHCUQCxO6ZKWKH-l\/view<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

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