Asia Pulp & Paper

This 2001 report by Friends of the Earth UK examines the responsibility of international financial institutions for Indonesian forest destruction, social conflict and the financial crisis of Asia Pulp & Paper.
Source: Friends of the Earth UK (2001)

'The company has profited from a corporate ethic founded on corruption and environmental exploitation. In Indonesia's Riau province, where APP has fed paper mills for some two decades, forests have been devastated, while the local population has remained one of the poorest in the country.' Multinational Monitor article outlining criticisms. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: Multinational Monitor (2005)

A number a companies cut ties with APP in 2008 on environmental grounds including Office Depot, Walmart, Staples, Ricoh and Australian retailer Woolworths Ltd.
Source: Wikipedia with links (2008)

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)

A 2012 Greenpeace investigative report exposed how APP pulp mills were riddled with ramin, an internationally protected tree species. The logging and trade in ramin is banned under Indonesian law. Greenpeace was calling APP's customers to stop doing business with APP until they clean up their act. APP has since announced a moratorium on further forest clearance and a range of measures to stop its role in deforestation.
Source: Greenpeace (2012)

'Four years ago, APP made a public pledge to protect some of the high conservation value forests within its holdings... APP is now touting a hollow commitment to conservation in an elaborate public relations and advertising campaign at the same time they are accelerating the clearing of rainforests.' [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: WWF (2006)

This company is a member of The Sustainability Consortium, an organization of diverse global participants that work collaboratively to build a scientific foundation that drives innovation to improve consumer product sustainability. They develop transparent methodologies, tools, and strategies to drive a new generation of products and supply networks that address environmental, social, and economic imperatives.
Source: Sustainability Consortium (2019)

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Source: Wikipedia (2015)

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)

A 2008 report on the sustainability claims of Malaysia's palm oil lobby, with a special focus on the state of sarawak.
Source: FOE (2008)

Criticisms in this Greenpeace report include illegal logging, large-scale deforestation and expansion of palm oil plantations into previously forested areas. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: Greenpeace (2008)

This Greenpeace report reveals how Sinar Mas is engaged in clearing rainforests and destroying peatlands. The group also has significant interests in palm oil and coal mining, amongst other sectors.
Source: Greenpeace (2010)

This company appeared ninth on RepRisk's top ten "most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 2010". Companies on the list were severely criticised during 2010 by the world's media, governments and NGOs. Criticisms of Sinar Mas include excessive deforestation to make way for palm oil production in Indonesia, destroying the habitats of endangered orangutans and Sumatran tigers, illegally burning forests, damaging rivers and fish stocks, destroying indigenous ways of life, and creating social conflict through land rights and resources disputes. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: RepRisk (2010)

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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Source: Wikipedia (2020)