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APRIL

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Paper milling & manufacturing

Indonesia's #2 pulp & paper company, after Asia Pulp & Paper. APRIL's plantations are located on the equator in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Company Ownership

Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd   SGP     website   email      
  RGE Pte Ltd   
   owns 100% of Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd  
SGP     website         

Holding company

RGE stands for Royal Golden Eagle, or Raja Garuda Emas. A holding company with activities ranging from paper, palm oil, construction, and energy business sectors.

> About the Ratings

Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd
Environment CDP Forests Score of B
In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests Score of B.
Source: CDP (2019)
Environment Breaking own forest policy
Almost six months after the release of its Sustainable Forest Management Policy, this company continues business-as-usual rainforest destruction, betraying the spirit and substance of its policy. Read more on the Rainforest Action Network website.
Source: RAN (2014)
Environment Rainforest destruction
A 2019 report found that this company violated their zero-deforestation commitments in 2018 by taking wood from a controversial supplier owned by Djarum Group, who are yet to adopt a policy to refrain from deforestation, peatland destruction, or exploitation of local communities.
Source: Environmental Paper Network (2019)
Environment Rainforest destruction
Asia Pulp & Paper and APRIL are among Indonesia's most destructive corporations. Between them, they produce 80 percent of Indonesia's pulp and paper. This comes from clear cutting rainforests and replacing them with monoculture acacia pulp wood plantations grown on these cleared rainforests and peatlands.
Source: RAN (2010)
Environment Fuelling the deforestation of Indonesia
APRIL has been accused by Friends of the Earth of fuelling the deforestation of Indonesia. (Noted here as 'additional information only' due to age of report [2001]).
Source: FOE, UK (2001)
Environment Revoked FSC
Criticised for rampant environmental damage and human rights violations in Indonesia. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: RAN (2010)
Environment Climate action commitments
As listed on the We Mean Business website, this company has committed to the following climate action initiatives: remove commodity-driven deforestation from all supply chains by 2020; develop low carbon action plan.
Source: We Mean Business (2017)
Business Ethics Sustainable Food Laboratory member
The Sustainable Food Lab is a network of business, public sector, and civil society leaders from around the globe who are working together to accelerate sustainability in mainstream food and agriculture.
Source: Sustainable Food Lab (2016)
Business Ethics UN Global Compact participant
The United Nations Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of 10 values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. However it's non-binding nature has been widely criticised, and many signatory corporations continue to violate the Compact's values.
Source: UN Global Compact (2020)
Environment Rainforst pulp
UPM-Kymmene Fine Paper, a strategic alliance between UPM-Kymmene of Finland and Singapore-based APRIL, source raw materials from Riau Pulp pulp mill, whose production is almost completely based on rainforest wood. (Noted here as 'additional information only' due to age of report [1997]).
Source: WRM's bulletin, November 1997 (1997)
Information BankTrack profile
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the banking sector and the activities they finance. Banktrack aims to promote fundamental changes in the banking sector so that banks adopt just and sustainable business practices. BankTrack also has profiles on companies, such as this one, which have been the subject of civil society campaigns for damaging the environment or society. Follow the link to see this company's profile.
Source: BankTrack (2018)
RGE Pte Ltd
Environment 38% in Forest 500 Rankings
The Forest 500 identifies, ranks, and tracks the governments, companies and financial institutions worldwide that together could virtually eradicate tropical deforestation. Rankings are based on their public policies and commitments and potential impacts on tropical forests in the context of forest risk commodities (palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber and paper). This company received a score of 38%.
Source: Forest 500 (2019)
Information Wikipedia profile
One of Indonesia's richest men , Sukanto Tanoto, controls Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), a holding company with activities ranging from paper, palm oil, construction, and energy business sectors.
Source: Wikipedia with links (2020)
Information BankTrack profile
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the banking sector and the activities they finance. Banktrack aims to promote fundamental changes in the banking sector so that banks adopt just and sustainable business practices. BankTrack also has profiles on companies, such as this one, which have been the subject of civil society campaigns for damaging the environment or society. Follow the link to see this company's profile.
Source: BankTrack (2018)

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Company Details

Type Private company

Contact Details

Address Singapore
Email info@aprilasia.com
Website www.april.com.sg

Products / Brands

APRIL
Paper One Printer Paper


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