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Malaysia / NGOs allege palm oil labour abuses violate US law, while EU legislation falls short

Illegal Deforestation Monitor

Are KitKat sales helping line the pockets of a man who bribed Indonesia’s top judge?

05.07.2019 Purchases in Malaysia by Wilmar, the world’s largest palm oil trader, are helping fund deforestation in neighbouring Indonesia, to the benefit of a criminal businessman

Palm oil / Concerns over deforestation – much of it illegal – could help global demand drop for first time in 20 years

Illegal Deforestation Monitor

Malaysian politician under fire for suspect oil palm deal near UNESCO site that led to alleged illegal deforestation

13.05.2019 Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud is accused of granting favourable leases to firm which later allegedly carried out illegal deforestation of timber

Felda Global Ventures / Malaysian palm oil giant sanctioned for forced labour and rights violations

Analysis

Scandal-ridden Malaysian plantation firm is the cause of smallholders’ problems, not the EU

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Climate Advisers / New analysis of major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors

TIAA / US pension giant found to have investments of $172m in Southeast Asian palm oil companies

Switzerland / Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil plantation companies

Are KitKat sales helping line the pockets of a man who bribed Indonesia’s top judge?

Malaysian politician under fire for suspect oil palm deal near UNESCO site that led to alleged illegal deforestation

Scandal-ridden Malaysian plantation firm is the cause of smallholders’ problems, not the EU

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