Bumitama Agri Ltd is a palm oil producer in Indonesia, and supplies palm oil to one of the largest global traders in palm oil, Wilmar International. Despite numerous promises to clean up its act, Bumitama continues to produce illegal palm oil, with financial support from well-known European banks including HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Rabobank. This …
Bumitama’s diary of destruction
European and US banks and pension funds must stop financing illegal palm oil and deforestation, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. New findings show that Bumitama Agri, an Indonesian palm oil company and recipient of financial support from numerous European and US financiers, continues to clear land and run an illegal palm oil plantation …
Conference: four footprints in policy and practice
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland welcomed a packed room today at their conference exploring how the four resource footprints – carbon, water, land and material – are already being used in policy and in practice. The one day event brought together policy-makers, academics, campaigners and experts from business who are already …
Wilmar still needs to clean up its act
Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, recently bowed to civil society pressure and committed to cut out deforestation, peat land destruction and the exploitation of human rights from its supply chain. This comes after years of land-grabbing, according to Friends of the Earth Europe, fueling conflicts, the destruction of endangered habitats, and human …
Conference: The four footprints in policy & practice
How land, water, carbon and material footprints can help create a more resource efficient Europe 11th February 2014, 9.15am – 6.30pm Press Club Brussels, 95 Rue Froissart – 1040 Bruxelles Friends of the Earth invites you to a conference exploring how the four footprints – Carbon, Water, Land and Material footprint – are already being …
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Europe must reduce its use of world’s land
A report published today by the United Nations International Resource Panel highlights how global land consumption is unsustainable in a world of finite resources. [1] The findings echo research by Friends of the Earth Europe on Europe’s global land footprint. [2] Increasing demand for limited land – to grow food, to produce energy and wood, …
