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Activists urge Kellogg Co. not to use palm oil from rainforests where endangered tige...
2013-11-20 11:53:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Activists are planning a rally at Kellogg Co. headquarters in Battle Creek to urge the cereal giant to stop using palm oil in its products.
Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia
2013-11-19 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Protesters from 10 Indonesian labor unions and four NGOs descended on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) meetings in Medan last Tuesday, urging the industry body to take serious steps to end what they claim is rampant abuse of workers on RSPO-certified plantations. According to the Indonesian Trade Unions Alliance (SERBUNDO), which organized the demonstration, RSPO standards designed to protect workers have not been enough to prevent low wages, safety problems and even child labor....
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HBSC financing deforestation for palm oil in Borneo
2013-11-12 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: HSBC, the world's third largest bank, continues to lend to companies linked to deforestation despite a policy explicitly prohibiting such practices, alleges a new report from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The report, published last week, looks at two Indonesian palm oil companies that recently received finance from HSBC: Bumitama Agri and Triputra Agro Persada. In the case of Bumitama Agri, EIA found that the plantation giant cleared more than 3,200 hectares (8,000...
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Indonesia: Palm oil giant to forgo development New Guinea rainforest
2013-11-07 00:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Palm oil giant Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) will forgo development of an oil palm plantation in an area of rainforest in Indonesian New Guinea in order to comply with its forest conservation policy. The decision by GAR - which is the parent company for PT SMART, one of Indonesia's largest private palm oil companies - was disclosed in a report on its high carbon stock pilot project, which is a key component of the company's forest conservation policy (FCP). GAR made the commitment in 2011 after...
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Indonesia: Palm oil giant Wilmar caught forest scandal
2013-10-22 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Household brands that source palm oil through Singapore-based palm oil trader Wilmar International, such as the makers of Oreo biscuits, Gillette shaving products and Clearasil, are making consumers unwitting accomplices in the destruction of Indonesias forests, and pushing critically endangered species like the Sumatran tiger to the edge of extinction, revealed Greenpeace International today in fresh investigations. As the worlds biggest player in the palm oil sector, Wilmar has the power...
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