Two Days Before Event on Labor Rights In The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector: On The Right Path?
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Month: November 2021
Labor Rights In The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector: On The Right Path?
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Greenpeace and Legality, Round Two
Greenpeace renewed its attacks on Indonesia this past week, again pushing out a report it published in October. The report – when it was released – appeared to be designed to push regulators in the UK, EU and US away… Read more
Palm Oil’s Due Diligence Battle Is About to Heat Up
Last week, the UK confirmed that its due diligence regime for deforestation in imported commodities – including palm oil – would be based on legality, rather than sustainability criteria.
This was particularly significant for palm oil exporting countries, as they… Read more
UK Spin on COP26 Declaration Angers Indonesia
Social media and the environmental press went into overdrive at the weekend with the news that Indonesia had taken issue with the way the UK had presented the Glasgow Declaration on Climate and Land Use.
More specifically, Indonesian officials objected… Read more
BBC Gets On The Anti-Indonesia Bandwagon
In our last blog we revealed the Norwegian Government was funding the BBC and the Gecko Project to take aim at Indonesia’s smallholder farmers.
This week, the BBC appears to have made good for its new donors. Coinciding with the… Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Is the BBC now Norway’s new ‘voice’ in Indonesia?
Palm Oil Monitor has obtained documents being circulated by the BBC in Indonesia that appear to be aimed at undermining the smallholder sector in Indonesia.
BBC Media Action – the ‘charity arm’ of the UK’s public broadcaster – has been… Read more