Internationally, financial institutions (FIs) continue to be exempt from crucial regulations to raise their efforts and responsibility to halt deforestation and human
The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on June 1, 2023. Under the CSDDD, companies —
On November 24, 2022, the palm oil company Bumitama Agri Ltd issued a statement clarifying its commitment to its No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE)
The owner of Agropalma SA, the largest exporter of palm oil in Brazil, is considering the sale of the company. Agropalma is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alfa Group,
Analysis conducted by CRR partner AidEnvironment shows that Indonesia remains the deforestation hotspot in the Southeast Asia, based on concession data for the first six
Cargill and Bunge, the world’s two largest traders of Brazilian soy, have been recently linked to a contested farm in Brazil, connecting the companies to human rights
A subsidiary of Jhonlin Group, PT Jhonlin Agro Raya (JAR), is currently launching an Initial Public Offering (IPO) through the Indonesia Stock Exchange. According to the
In April 2022, the government of Indonesia introduced a new regulation to ban the export of palm oil. The regulation (Minister of Trade Regulation Number 22/2022)
BrasilAgro, a Brazilian rural real estate firm and soy producer, has plans to convert at least 10,000 hectares (ha) of Cerrado native vegetation for livestock and grain
Investors are continuing to urge governments and companies to take actions to conserve forests and curb commodity-driven deforestation. A group of NGOs and activist
