COMING SOON: RISKY BUSINESS

With some of Indonesia’s last remaining orangutan strongholds being flattened at an alarming rate, our investigators have, for the first time, traced the timber companies buying the wood produced through this deforestation – and their biggest European clients.

Combined with analysis of trade data, the documents reveal that the biggest Indonesian buyers of logs produced through this clearance of natural forest – rather than logging that leaves the rest of the forest standing – are all shipping wood products to Europe.

Find out more on the 21st October 2025