BRUSSELS Indonesia’s timber industry is known for having the only legality system in the world that’s robust enough to be recognized by the European Union. And now, the country is in the process of revising that timber legality system by adding sustainability components such as geolocation so that its timbers could still be exported […]
JAKARTA Less than a quarter of companies producing or sourcing palm oil from Indonesia have forest-related policies in line with best practices, a new report says. The report, by CDP, a global nonprofit that promotes environmental reporting and risk management by companies and cities, analyzed data provided by 167 firms. While 86% of companies […]
Importers must step up support for sustainable palm oil, and producers be bold in revoking the licences of illegal palm estates, writes Andre Barahamin
Indonesian environmental groups have thrown their support behind an ambitious new EU regulation seeking to clean up its consumption of commodities linked to deforestation.