Maybank: The Single Largest Palm Oil Financier
Maybank is the world’s single largest financier of the palm oil sector – it provided 11% of all loans and underwriting to selected palm oil… Read More
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Major International Banks Continue to Finance Indofood Despite Evidence of Systemic Labor Abuses
A new report published by Rainforest Action Network, OPPUK—an Indonesian labor rights advocacy organization—and International Labor Rights Forum titled, “The Human Cost of Conflict Palm… Read More
Indonesian NGOs urge financiers to divest from APRIL
A group of 30 Indonesian NGOs have sent a letter of concern to major financiers and buyers of APRIL, as a result of the company’s… Read More
NGO recommendations for the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan
A coalition of NGOs have put together an anthology of analysis, positions and recommendations on priorities for the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan. They… Read More
IOI Group Sets New Standards for an Industry Rife with Forced Labour, Child Labour and Worker Exploitation
In October 2017, Malaysian palm oil giant IOI Group announced three major labour policies: to stop charging recruitment fees to its workers, respect the right… Read More
In the Red: Bank Policies Failing to Ensure They Will Avoid Irresponsible Investment in the Pulp & Paper Industry
An assessment by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) reveals that the banking sector does not have adequate policies to avoid irresponsible investment in damaging pulp… Read More
UNPRI signatories are fueling climate change and deforestation through their investments in banks
A new report, Banks: High Carbon, Hidden Risks, by Rainforest Action Network, demonstrates that… Read More
Financiers Beware: Sale of Controversial Pulp and Paper Company Eldorado Brasil
Eldorado Brasil is involved in major corruption scandals, and has a legacy of serious environmental damage and social conflict. Various potential… Read More
New Indonesian Regulation on Sustainable Finance important step in addressing the role of banks and investors in forest destruction and human rights abuses
In July 2017, the Indonesian financial services authority (OJK) published a new Regulation on Sustainable Finance (POJK). The POJK is a welcome and important step… Read More