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Indonesian paper company APRIL bails on Forest Stewardship Council certification

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Forests Destruction in Indonesia © Greenpeace / John Novis

Did it see the writing on the wall?

Notorious Indonesian pulp and paper producer APRIL has had a chequered history with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). But late last week we heard that the relationship has finally came to an end – and in a most unexpected way.

News came last Friday that before an NGO-initiated FSC complaint process even had an opportunity to begin to investigate APRIL’s deforestation practices, the company had effectively walked out on the FSC’s certification scheme. Seemingly, APRIL did not want to risk the scrutiny of FSC’s Policy for Association complaints process. Continue reading →

More than undercooked chicken in Canada’s KFC

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#KFCNoGood

A “disgusting chicken sandwich” purchased at a KFC Canada restaurant in Ontario this August is fast becoming an internet sensation. The incident reportedly occurred on August 31stafter an Ontario man unknowingly bought what appears to be an uncooked KFC chicken sandwich and took a bite before realizing something was seriously wrong. Continue reading →

Global protests grow as KFC bosses sit in stunned silence

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by Bustar Maitar

KFC 'Crime Scene' in the Netherlands

The past 10 days have seen a growing chorus of protests aimed at KFC’s destructive packaging while the company has remained totally silent over what action it will take to cut the infamous Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) out of its supply chain.

In India, Greenpeace activists dressed as orangutans held banners emblazoned with “KFC: No Good For Rainforests” outside a KFC store in downtown Delhi

. A follow-up in Kolkata swiftly followed, with more orangutans lining up to demand that KFC stop turning rainforests into trash to make cheap packaging.

Protests took a forensics turn in the Netherlands, with no less than 29 KFC locations turning into “Forest Crime Scenes” depicting the victim of KFC’s destructive packaging sourcing: the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. There are now fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers in the wild, but KFC supplier APP is still pulping the remaining rainforest habitat of these magnificent creatures to fuel its mills. This even includes APP’s own “tiger sanctuary”.

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Greenpeace volunteers send a message to Barnes & Noble in Torrance, CA

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Guest post by Wendell Covalt.

greenpeace volunteers reach out to barnes and noble customers about the companies use of paper made by rainforest destroyer APP

My name is Wendell Covalt and I’m a new Greenpeace volunteer. I’m a retired part owner of a computer software company where I did sales and marketing. I’ve supported Greenpeace for many years, and this weekend I organized an event at a local Barnes & Noble to get the company to stop purchasing paper from notorious forest destroyer Asia Pulp & Paper.

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Protesting Barnes and Noble’s role in deforestation

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This St. Patrick’s Day I was not particularly interested in wearing something green, or having holiday drinks with my friends. Instead, to be green. So, I dressed in orange and black, and stood outside of Barnes & Noble in Newport Beach, California to draw attention to the bookstore’s ties to illegal rainforest destruction in Indonesia.

Home of the endangered Sumatran tiger and orangutan, Indonesia’s Paradise forest is being destroyed at a break neck rate for products like toilet paper, packaging, and books. Greenpeace recently came out with a report, The Ramin Paper Trail,
linking the illegal logging of the protected ramin trees from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) mills in Indonesia to American products like some books sold at Barnes & Noble. Continue reading →

Illegal wood at APP’s mill – now you see it, now you don’t

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Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill

Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill

Blogpost by Zul Fahmi, Greenpeace South East Asia

More than two weeks ago, Greenpeace submitted video evidence documenting illegal ramin logs at APP’s Indah Kiat mill to the Indonesian authorities – both the Ministry of Forestry and the National Police. Today, the Ministry of Forestry notified us that it intends to visit the mill. Meantime, ongoing monitoring indicates that the company has been engaged in a rapid clean-up operation, removing ramin from its logyards.

In public APP has neither confirmed or denied whether there is ramin at its mill. Instead, it claimed that a ‘specialist team’ has been sent in to investigate the issue – two weeks quicker off the mark than the Ministry. The findings have yet to be made public.
Greenpeace’s year-long investigation confirmed that APP’s claims to keep illegal timber out of it’s supply chain do not reflect reality. Ramin was documented throughout the mill logyards. Now, the Ministry’s failure to act immediately appears to have given APP time to ensure that the evidence disappears. Continue reading →

APP customers start to take action as we deliver evidence to police in Indonesia

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By Zul Fahami, Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaign Director

Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill

Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill

It’s been a momentous 24 hours since we released the results of our investigation into Asia Pulp and Paper’s illegal timber scandal. While we in Greenpeace are best known for our direct actions, it’s our investigation work that provides the foundation to expose these environmental crimes. Our Indonesian forest campaign is no different and with APP so adamant that it has ‘zero tolerance for illegal timber’ we knew we had to go to the heart of this issue and uncover the reality.

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Asia Pulp & Paper in illegal rainforest scandal

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by Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace Indonesia

APP: “Zero tolerance for illegal wood.” – @AsiaPulpPaper

These are the five words that say a lot but apparently mean little to a company that has made a mantra out of repeating something which is simply not true.  And today, we’ve released proof that what APP says is wrong – the results of a yearlong investigation uncovering how APP is systematically violating Indonesia’s laws which protect ramin, an internationally protected tree species under CITES. Continue reading →

Yet more proof that Asia Pulp and Paper’s green claims don’t stack up

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By Jamie, Greenpeace UK
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi

Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi

Another blow has been delivered to the credibility of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), thanks to some excellent work by WWF. In a survey of the certification bodies that APP regularly references to prop up its flimsy claims of sustainability, none of them would support APP’s assertions about its environmental performance. Continue reading →