Palm Oil Practices Resemble Colonial Exploitation Palm Oil Detectives

Indonesian palm oil workers expose industry practices that mirror colonial exploitation: land grabbing, bad conditions, ecocide. Systemic change is needed!

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Unmasking Socfin's Destructive Palm Oil Empire in Africa Palm Oil Detectives

An investigation reveals Socfin's exploitation of rubber and palm oil in West Africa, leading to deforestation, landgrabbing, and shocking human rights abuses.

SIAT leaves Nigerian farmers starving, illegally "lease" land Palm Oil Detectives

A 5-month investigation by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Kevin Woke of Sahara Reporters reveals how RSPO member SIAT Nigeria Limited is involved in human rights abuses and land-grabbing on host communities' lands.

Palm oil certification is a green lie Palm Oil Detectives

For decades, the palm oil industry, backed by the RSPO, has misled consumers with the false promise of "sustainable" palm oil.

Culture and spirit belong at the center of wildlife conservation (commentary)

Conservation is often framed as a scientific or technical challenge — a matter of policies, protected areas and enforcement. But that lens has led conservation astray. Around the world, biodiversity continues to decline.

Nestlé Palm Oil Detectives

Nestlé is destroying rainforests, releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone - they are gone for good.

Honduras church massacre exposes "sustainable" palm oil violence

Learn how the Honduras church massacre exposes palm oil violence. 20 peasant workers were murdered by paramilitaries for defending their land

Nestlé Palm Oil Detectives

Nestlé is destroying rainforests, releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone - they are gone for good.

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Indonesia: Acid Attack Against Rights Activist

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto should immediately issue a presidential decree setting up a fact-finding team independent of the military to fully investigate the acid attack against a prominent human rights activist who has criticized the mili…

Certification Schemes Fail to Stop Palm Oil Deforestation Palm Oil Detectives

71 rights groups warn that certification schemes like RSPO and FSC fail to stop deforestation and abuses. Learn why they are called tools of greenwashing.

Molotov cocktail, dead chickens sent to Indonesian government critics, rights groups say

(Corrects paragraph 10 to say a dead chicken was found outside a Greenpeace campaigner's house, not Greenpeace country director's) JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of an Indonesian government critic, while others h…

Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua Palm Oil Detectives

Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans' cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weaving

Family ties expose palm oil rights violations in Indonesia Palm Oil Detectives

An explosive report by the Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) details how Indonesia’s Fangiono family, through a wide corporate web, is linked to ongoing #deforestation, #corruption, and #indigenousrights abuses for #palmoil.

‘Justice is optional’: why Trump’s pardon of Honduran ex-president scares nature defenders

Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists – and the release of Juan Orlando Hernández has reinforced its ‘crisis of impunity’, say critics

Spoiled Fruit: Violence and slavery for "sustainable" palm oil Palm Oil Detectives

C4ADS analysis shows that the food conglomerates that feed millions—including giants such as Nestlé, Cargill, Adani Wilmar, IOI, Olenex and more —continue to enable forced labor through their indiscriminate import of tainted palm oil associated with …

Papua’s ‘Empty Lands’: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples Palm Oil Detectives

Challenge a dangerous colonial myth that West Papua is an 'empty land'. This only serves the colonial domination of Indonesia not ancient tribes living there!

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil: 19 years is enough

For nearly two decades now, the RSPO has failed in its mission to make the industrial palm oil sector “sustainable”.

Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems.

Three Reasons To Stand Strong with Environmental and Human Rights Defenders

Human rights defenders face violence, political persecution for standing up for the indigenous peoples, animals and the planet. The world needs their voices!

Amazon Palm Oil: Top Brands source from Amazon destroyers

Expose the truth about brands like Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever sourcing "sustainable" palm oil from Brazil linked to violence, abuses and fraud. Shame!

Danone

Savvy consumers have been pressuring French Dairy multinational Danone for decades to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they actually haven’t stopped this.

Nestlé

Nestlé is destroying rainforests, releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone - they are gone for good.

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Molotov cocktail, dead chickens sent to Indonesian government critics, rights groups say

(Corrects paragraph 10 to say a dead chicken was found outside a Greenpeace campaigner's house, not Greenpeace country director's) JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of an Indonesian government critic, while others h…

Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua

Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans' cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weaving

SIAT leaves Nigerian farmers starving, illegally "lease" land

A 5-month investigation by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Kevin Woke of Sahara Reporters reveals how RSPO member SIAT Nigeria Limited is involved in human rights abuses and land-grabbing on host communities' lands.

Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems.

Palm Oil Workers Exposed to Hazardous Pesticides

Palm oil workers in Colombia, Ghana, and Indonesia are regularly exposed to hazardous EU-banned pesticides like Paraquat for palm oil. Take action!

NUPL lawyer gets death threats

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Atty. Rey Gorgonio during the Writ of Kalikasan public forum.* NUPL - Negros Chapter photo The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers

Mondelēz

Mondelez destroys rainforests, sending animals extinct and release mega-tonnes of carbon into air for so-called "sustainable" palm oil. Boycott them!

Three Reasons To Stand Strong with Environmental and Human Rights Defenders - Palm Oil Detectives

Human rights defenders face violence, political persecution for standing up for the indigenous peoples, animals and the planet. The world needs their voices!

L’Oreal

‘Our goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.’ L’Oreal’s website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmen…

Is your ‘sustainable’ super funding fossil fuels or weapons? How to check the fine print

If you care about particular issues – from climate change to weapons of war – it’s worth looking more closely at where your money is really going.

How Brands Exploit “Green” Certification

Brands and businesses may be tempted to exploit “green” certifications to garner a larger market share at the expense of integrity.