Wilmar, Musim Mas supplier still destroying forest for oil palm in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

mongabay.com - 3 July 2015

A supplier of palm oil giants Wilmar and Musim Mas has continued to bulldoze valuable forest in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem despite its most prominent customers’ zero-deforestation commitments and repeated exposés of its activities, according to a new report from environmental group Greenomics-Indonesia.

Both Wilmar and Musim Mas have suspended their dealings with the company, Mopoli Raya, whose subsidiary Aloer Timur was still destroying high carbon stock (HCS) forest in Leuser as of June 24, according to photographic evidence provided in the report. Wilmar has urged the company to adopt a sustainability policy similar to its own. It has given Mopoli Raya three months to do so or face an indefinite termination of their relationship. Read more...