Rapid Response
Astra Clearing Forest NOW in Rarest Orangutan Habitat
Astra Clearing Forest NOW in Rare Orangutan Habitat
New Satellite Imagery Shows October 2021 Forest Destruction
BATANG TORU, NORTH SUMATRA, 9 NOVEMBER 2021 – New satellite imagery caught Indonesian mining, financial services, auto and agribusiness giant Astra International destroying the home forests of the rarest great ape in the world – as recently as last week. The investigation shows operations at Astra’s Martabe gold mine eating away at the habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli Orangutan between October 9 and 29, 2021.[1]
“Since February, Astra has been in talks over a plan to gauge the impact of the neighboring Martabe mine on Tapanuli Orangutan habitat,” said Annisa Rahmawati, Environmental Advocate at Mighty Earth. “But while talks have dragged on for months, this new evidence shows deforestation continuing all along.”
The Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) was identified in just 2017, the first time since the 1920s that a new species of great ape had been found. Indonesia is the only country outside of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that can boast of being home to three species of Great Ape. Fewer than 800 Tapanuli orangutans exist in the world, less than any other great ape species.
“The Batang Toru ecosystem landscape is our last frontier forest in North Sumatra. The government should evaluate all permits on this landscape and take a firm action against companies that threaten the sustainability of this critical landscape,” said Roy Lumbangaol, a campaign manager at WALHI North Sumatra.
Astra International is also a major player in the palm oil sector, with a special policy on deforestation. Its managed palm plantation operations and trading operations (under the company name Astra Agro Lestari) operate under a No Deforestation policy.
“Astra has not extended its palm oil sustainability policy to operations like the Martabe mine,” said Annisa . “That’s even though many of their consumer-product customers like Hershey’s and Unilever have cross-commodity-deforestation commitments on record. In essence, this recklessness around Martabe puts their entire agribusiness operation at risk.”
Scientists estimate that the Tapanuli orangutan population has almost halved since 1985, and it will continue to decline unless comprehensive protection measures are implemented. Conservation biologists have projected that if the adult population decreases by more than 1% of
each year, the genetic diversity of the primate will decline to the point that it will go extinct That’s why scientists with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature have called for a moratorium [2] on the development of projects impacting the Tapanuli orangutan’s habitat.
The Batang Toru Ecosystem is also home to the critically endangered Sumatran tiger, pangolin and helmeted hornbill. Sun bears, tapir, serow and a host of other rare endangered species, including more than 300 bird species, also rely on this habitat.
References:
1 https://www.planet.com/stories/astra-jardine-martabe-gold-mine-expansion_vers3-pzV7oNKng
2 https://www.iucn.org/news/secretariat/201904/iucn-calls-a-moratorium-projects-impacting-critically- endangered-tapanuli-orangutan
# # # For further information,please contact:
Indonesian Campaign Advocacy, Mighty Earth
Annisa Rahmawati
08111097527 [email protected]
PR Consultant, Image Dynamics
Ayunda Putri
08122001411 [email protected]
Agribusiness giants JBS and Cargill complicit in razing forests, new monitoring system reveals
Agribusiness giants JBS and Cargill complicit in razing forests, new monitoring system reveals
Today, Mighty Earth launches its Soy & Cattle Deforestation Tracker, a unique monitoring system that links mega–farms responsible for large-scale deforestation and land clearance in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado to major soy traders and meatpackers. The Tracker provides unprecedented visibility into opaque and destructive supply chains.
The Tracker combines near real-time satellite deforestation data with investigative supply chain research provided by research group Aidenvironment. The top 10 major soy traders and meatpackers in Brazil are then ranked based on the extent, severity, and response to the deforestation and ecosystem conversion in their supply chains.
Two major agribusinesses – JBS and Cargill – are the worst performing companies with respective scores of 1 and 25 out of 100 possible points. JBS, a Brazilian-owned beef company, is linked to 42,538 hectares of conversion – an area about half the size of New York City. Nearly 50% of this clearance represents possible illegal clearance under Brazilian law. JBS is the top importer of beef from Brazil into the United States.
Cargill, the largest privately held company in the US and major soy trader, is connected to mega–farms that have cleared 61,260 hectares in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado – an area about the size of Chicago. Brazilian soy from Cargill and other soy traders typically ends up as animal feed for livestock.
Many of the world’s leading brands have made commitments to achieve zero-deforestation in their supply chains by 2020, yet they continue to buy from corporations like JBS and Cargill connected to deforestation and land clearance.
Mighty Earth’s research shows that retailers like Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Ahold Delhaize USA, and Publix sell JBS products, while Costco, Stop & Shop and Food Lion all buy from Cargill.
“American customers have spoken out loudly and clearly – they don’t want to be complicit in the destruction of Brazil’s precious forests,” Asha Sharma, Director at Mighty Earth said. “However, retailers and their suppliers – the soy traders and meatpackers featured in our Tracker – continue to allow business as usual. These corporations must take immediate action to address customers’ demands and purge deforestation from their supply chains.”
No corporation featured in the Tracker scores higher than a 66, indicating the large extent to which the Brazilian soy and cattle sectors are linked to deforestation. The two other US companies included in the Tracker – Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Bunge also perform poorly with respective scores of 47 and 31.
According to Brazil’s space agency (INPE) deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has surged to a 12-year high. Uncontrolled expansion of industrial agriculture, particularly for beef and soy production, is the leading cause of Brazil’s deforestation.
“Customers have the right to know how their food is produced and whether their purchases are associated with environmental destruction. Mighty Earth’s Soy & Cattle Deforestation Tracker shows the importance of publicly available monitoring systems that hold corporations accountable to their sustainability commitments and promises to their customers,” Sharma said.
Consumer Brands Set Precedent by Suspending Samling Group
As the notorious timber and palm oil conglomerate Samling Group continues to destroy rainforests, Mighty Earth’s new scorecard reveals that many consumer brands like Nestlé and Unilever have taken action to suspend the group from their palm oil supply chains.
These actions could signal a new trend of adopting zero tolerance towards egregious groups that continue to engage in deforestation, peatland destruction and exploitation of vulnerable forest-dependent communities. However, urgent action is needed to close out markets for other rainforest destroyers like Samling.
Our Rapid Response Deforestation Monitoring system uses satellite imagery to detect new instances of deforestation and peatland development across palm oil and timber plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia. The system identified at least 1,038 hectares of deforestation since August 2017 within Samling’s concessions in Sarawak, Malaysia. This is one of the largest amounts of deforestation by any single group detected by Rapid Response over the past three years. Furthermore, the company has a long history of egregious human rights abuses.
Therefore, buying palm oil from Samling constitutes a serious violation of the No-Deforestation, No-Peat and No-Exploitation (NDPE) policies that many of the world’s largest consumer brands have adopted. Mighty Earth reviewed the publicly available palm oil mill lists of these brands and contacted 17 companies that disclosed supply chain links to Samling.
More than half of the 17 brands have taken the progressive step of instructing their suppliers to suspend Samling, earning an “A” score. These companies include Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, FrieslandCampina, Hershey’s, Nestlé, PZ Cussons, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever and Upfield.
By issuing a clear suspension instruction to their direct suppliers, these brands have taken a preventative stance on purging Samling palm oil from their supply chains. These suspensions block potential points of leakage from other companies that continue to source from Samling, such as BLD Plantation (part of the KTS Group), even though the company has adopted an NDPE policy. They also ensure that brands are not reliant on their direct suppliers – palm oil traders – to maintain suspensions themselves on rogue palm oil producers and sends a much stronger signal upstream that non–compliant producers will not have access to the NDPE markets.
An example of an “A” score from a brand is: “We have communicated the suspension of direct / indirect supply from this group until further investigations and corrective actions are taken.”
Many other brands have failed to issue a clear directive to all suppliers to suspend Samling but have engaged with their palm oil suppliers to ensure Samling palm oil is not entering their supply chains, receiving a “B.” These companies are General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, Mars, P&G and PepsiCo.
An example of a “B” score from a brand is: “We identified potential links through several of our direct suppliers. We reached out to all suppliers with potential links to Samling and confirmed that all have either suspended or will not engage Samling in their supply chains.”
Avon and Mondelēz International have failed to respond to Mighty Earth’s repeated emails, earning an “F.”
In total, 88% of brands in our scorecard have taken varying levels of action to expel Samling palm oil from their supply chains. Notably, these consumer brands acted largely as a result of the evidence of Samling’s ongoing deforestation for timber plantations rather than for palm oil production. Doing so demonstrates that brands have begun to understand the need to implement a group-level, cross-commodity approach to eradicating deforestation from their supply chain. For true transformational change, brands should exclude groups from their supply chains that continue to engage in deforestation and human rights abuses, regardless of what commodity was the driver of the violations. In the end, the profits from commercial purchases go to the group’s owners or beneficiaries, who use them to continue their destructive practices and/or expand their business.
However, more action is needed. Samling continues to destroy rainforest and has not adopted a group-wide NDPE policy or committed to remediate past destruction and abuses. Other tycoon-owned Sarawak logging and palm oil conglomerates such as Rimbunan Hijau Group and Shin Yang Group continue to clear rainforest in Sarawak and are still in the supply chains of major palm oil traders and consumer brands.
The Samling case illustrates the value of transparency. Based on companies’ public mill lists, Mighty Earth was able to communicate with key buyers of Samling and enable them to take action. Those brands whose supply chains remain hidden from public view remain at severe risk of having rogue actors like Samling lurking in their supply chains. They cannot guarantee consumers that they have proper due diligence processes in place to eliminate deforestation and human rights violations from their supply chains. For example, brands such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Starbucks and Yum Brands! have refused to release any publicly available information about the mills that they’re sourcing their palm oil from.
Until consumer brands commit to true traceability, transparency and implementation of their NDPE policies, palm oil from unethical suppliers like Samling will continue to infiltrate the supply chains of many of the brands we know and love.
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Note to Readers
Our scoring rubric for evaluating company actions in response to Samling’s record was as follows:
A: Full Suspension
Company has communicated a “no-buy” requirement to their palm oil suppliers to ensure Samling is excluded from their supply chains
B: Partial Suspension
Company has not issued a formal “no-buy” requirement; however, the company has taken other significant action to ensure Samling palm oil is excluded from their supply chain
C: Engagement
Company is engaging their suppliers on the issue of Samling
F: No response
Company has not responded to Mighty Earth’s emails
Cargill Hides its Deforestation Impacts in Misleading Report
By: Asha Sharma
As yet another company distances itself from Cargill, the agribusiness giant has attempted to satiate its customers’ demands for reform with a new, deceptive report. Cargill’s 2020 Soy Progress Report Mid-Year Update touts the company’s progress mapping its Brazilian supply chain for soybeans and calculating the share of its soy grown on deforestation- and conversion-free land. However, an analysis by Mighty Earth mapping and supply chain experts has found that Cargill’s accounting methods are both grossly inaccurate and intentionally misleading.
Key problems we identified with the report are:
- Overstating the percentage of Cargill soy that is deforestation and conversion free (DCF). Cargill claims that 95.68 percent of its soy volumes qualify, but uses data too vague and generic to actually attribute DCF sourcing to its farms. Independent reports from organizations like Trase have found Cargill to have the second highest deforestation risk in Brazil out of all soy exporters. Cargill cannot claim that any of their soy is deforestation-free until more improvements are made in their supply chain traceability, transparency and monitoring efforts.
- Ignoring Critical Role of Cargill’s Indirect Suppliers. Cargill claims that is has mapped 100 percent of its suppliers. In truth, this statement covers only the company’s direct suppliers, which account for just 69 percent of the total supply chain. The information Cargill did collect about indirect suppliers only includes the “points of procurement,” i.e., where they bought the soy from. These locations can be silos or other aggregation points and are, in terms of monitoring for deforestation, entirely useless information.
- Exaggerating the Accuracy of Cargill’s Mapping. Cargill admits in the report that it has only single-mapped the suppliers. Single-point mapping shows generally where a farm is located, but it is not useful information for a comprehensive monitoring effort. A single point on a map can hardly encapsulate the full scale of some of these soy plantations, which can stretch for thousands of kilometers. This style of mapping is therefore insufficient for making claims of being deforestation and conversion free. In order for a monitoring system to accurately track deforestation, it must document the full boundaries of properties for both direct and indirect suppliers in its supply chain.
- Sweeping Other Important Issues Under the Rug. Cargill did not report on any other impacts of its deforestation, including illegal clearance, clearance on Indigenous and community lands, or use of fires – but the company is known to have impacts in all of these areas. Ignoring these issues does nothing to mitigate their destruction.
Cargill has long prioritized press releases and public relations strategies over tackling the thorny issues that have earned them the reputation as the “Worst Company in the World.” And while they dither, forests continue to burn. Supermarkets like Costco, Ahold Delhaize, and Casino must demand true accountability and action from Cargill or find another business partner, because people around the around the world expect better from the brands they trust.
Soy and Cattle: Report 6
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 6 | October 2019
Based on August 2019 alerts
Soy and Cattle: Report 5
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 5 | September 2019
Based on June 2019 alerts
Soy and Cattle: Report 4
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 4 | August 2019
Based on June 2019 alerts
This report presents 12 cases of deforestation alerts based on data from DETER (System for Monitoring Deforestation on Real Time) and PRODES (Program for Deforestation Calculation) observed between 27 May and 27 June 2019 in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes in Brazil. Deforestation alerts considered in this report were visually confirmed. Six alerts are in the Amazon biome (one of which is ongoing deforestation at a farm already featured in an earlier report), and six are in the Cerrado biome (of which four are ongoing deforestation at farms already featured in earlier reports). Three separate alerts that fall in São José farms are considered as one case, as they are in an area under a land tenure conflict between JJF Holding de Investimentos e Participações (owned by José Valter Dias) and Coaceral.
Palm Oil: Report 17
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Palm Oil, Report 17 | July 2019
Indonesian companies:
EvershineAsset Corporation / Everbright Resources Corporation: PT AnugerahMakmur Sejati
IncasiRaya Group: PT Arvenasepakat
CB InudstrialProduct Holding / JhonlinGroup: PT KurunSumberRezeki
Makin Group: PT MekarKaryaKahuripan
Dharma SawitNusantara Tbk(DSN Group): PT Prima SawitAndalan
KiranaMegatara: PT Putra KatinganPratama
Malaysian companies:
RGE Group: PT Usaha SawitUnggul
Shin Yang Holding SdnBhd/ Sarawak Oil Palm Bhd: DataranLinauSdnBhd(Lot 1 Block 14 MurumLD)
YuwangGroup: Empresa(M) SdnBhd(OT/0351)
RimbunanHijau: PohZhen SdnBhd
WTK Group: Southwind Plantation SdnBhd
SamlingGroup: Syarikat SamlingTimber SdnBhd(LPF 0014)
Woodman Group: AdongEstate, Part of LPF 0004
Woodman Group: LikuEstate, Part of LPF 0004
Additional Cases Identified Using Filtered GLAD Alerts: Unknown Group: PT AgroLintas Nusantara, Unknown Group: PT, TriomasForestry Development Indonesia, Unknown Group: PT RutaJonaLestari, CilandryAnkyAbadi Group: PT Citra AgroAbadi, First Borneo Group: PT WahanaHamparanHijau, First Borneo Group: PT KhatulistiwaAgroAbadi, Unknown Group: KoperasiUsaha Mandiri, Unknown Group: PT KatinganHijauLestari
Sources for supply chain information:https://bit.ly/32sPnez
Supply chain information included in Rapid Response reports is based on latest publicly versions of mill disclosures and grievance logs. Mighty Earth encourages companies to send updated versions of mill disclosures as soon as they become available and any decision to suspend supplies with a given group/company listed in those mill disclosures; please send to [email protected].
Soy and Cattle: Report 3
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 3 | July 2019
Based on May 2019 alerts
This report presents 9 cases of deforestation alerts from DETER (System for Monitoring Deforestation on Real Time) and PRODES (Program for Deforestation Calculation) observed between 27 April and 27 May 2019, in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes within Brazil. Seven cases are linked to private properties in 7 municipalities within the states of Bahia, Piauí, Maranhão and Mato Grosso. One of the cases presents deforestation alerts found in the National Forest of Jamanxim and in overlapping areas with the PDS Vale do Jamanxim, in Novo Progresso, Pará state. The first is a category of federal natural conservation area, and the second a type of rural settlement within the national program of agrarian reform. Finally, the report presents a summary of deforestation alerts found inside Indigenous lands and details their legal status within the demarcation process, from initial stages to full recognition and demarcation.
Soy and Cattle: Report 2
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 2 | July 2019
Based on April 2019 alerts
The present report presents fourteen cases of deforestation alerts in Brazil observed between 27 March and 27 April 2019 by DETER (System for Monitoring Deforestation in Real Time) and PRODES (Program for Deforestation Calculation). The fourteen cases cover deforestation alerts in eight municipalities of five Brazilian states: Piauí, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, and Roraima.
Soy and Cattle: Report 1
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Soy and Cattle, Report 1 | June 2019
Based on March 2019 alert
Palm Oil: Report 15
Rapid Response Monitoring System
Palm Oil, Report 15 | May 2019
Indonesian companies:
Indonusa Group: PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera
Genting Plantations Bhd: PT Citra Sawit Cemerlanhg
Genting Plantations Bhd: PT Permata Sawit Mandiri
Mulia Sawit Group: PT Persada Era Agro Kencana
Widya Corporation: PT Mulia Inti Perkasa
Anglo Eastern Plantations: PT Kahayan Agro Plantation
CB Industrial Product Holding: PT Jaya Jadi Utama
Additional Cases Identified Using Filtered GLAD Alerts: Hayel Saeed Anam Group: PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, KPP Group: PT Kayan Plantation, Unknown Group: PT Palmakharisma Sekawan, Unknown Group: PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera, Korompis Family and Peak Capital: PF Berau Karetindo Lestari, Mitra Jaya Group: PT Sumber Sawit Mitrajaya, Metro Lestari Jaya Group: PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari, Unknown Group: PT Borneo Agro Sawit, Mariya Family: PT Malindo Jaya Diraja, Puncak Niaga Holdings: Danum Sinar (Sarawak), Unknown Group: PT Marita Makmur Jaya, Unknown Group: PT Borneo Estate Sejahtera, Unknown Group: PT Repindo Sawit Sejati
Sources for supply chain information: https://bit.ly/2El4goY
Supply chain information included in Rapid Response reports is based on latest publicly versions of mill disclosures and grievance logs. Mighty Earth encourages companies to send updated versions of mill disclosures as soon as they become available and any decision to suspend supplies with a given group/company listed in those mill disclosures; please send to [email protected].
Palm Oil: Report 14
Indonesian companies:
Pactra Group: PT Arjuna Utama Sawit
Family – Jeff Setiawan and Ir. Daud: PT Rimbun Sawit Papua
Unknown Group: PT Ichiko Agro Lestari
Unknown Group: PT Bhakti Usaha Dinamik
Metro Lestari Jaya Group: PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari
Tsani Hutani Abadi Group: PT Rimba Karya Rayatama
Genting Plantations Group: PT Citra Sawit Cemerlang
Unknown Group: PT Aotani Rimba Raya
Anglo Eastern Plantations: PT Kahayan Agro Plantation
Malaysian companies:
Puncak Niaga Group: Danum Sinar Sdn Bhd
TH Plantations Group: Hydroflow Sdn Bhd
Kwantas Group: Kwantas Pelita Plantation (Balingian) Sdn Bhd
April 2019
Prepared with support from MapHubs
Sources for supply chain information: bit.ly/2VCs6mL
Supply chain information included in Rapid Response reports is based on latest publicly versions of mill disclosures and grievance logs. Mighty Earth encourages companies to send updated versions of mill disclosures as soon as they become available and any decision to suspend supplies with a given group/company listed in those mill disclosures; please send to [email protected].
Palm Oil: Report 13
Mighty Earth Rapid Response Report 13
Indonesian companies:
HSA Group – PT Kartika Cipta Pratama
Mariya Family – PT Malindo Jaya Diraja
Palma Serasih Group – PT Global Primatama Mandiri
PT Rimbun Sawit Papua
Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd. – PT Sebaung Sawit Plantation
Malaysian companies:
Samling Group – Samling Reforestation (Bintulu) Sdn Bhd
Shin Yan Group / Sarawak Oil Palms Group – Linau Sinar Sdn Bhd
Double Dynasty Group – Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd
March 2019
Prepared with support from Aidenvironment and MapHubs
HSA Group: PT Kartika Cpta Pratama
Concession Information: PT Kartika Cipta Pratama is located in Boven Digoel Regency, Papua. The concession covers a total area of 41,257 hectares. (Long 140°12’31.6″E, Lat 6°20’26.6″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between January 11, 2019 and January 31, 2019, a total of 77 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Kartika Cipta Pratama concession. (Imagery Sentinel-2).
Ownership Information:
In 2012, four UAE holding companies (Prestige Holding Ltd., Malindo Investments Ltd, Crescent Investments Ltd, and Green Resources Ltd) believed to be affiliated with the Yemen-based HSA Group purchased 80% stake of each of these four companies located in the Boven Digoel district of West Papua, Indonesia: PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, PT Graha Kencana Mulia and PT Energi Samudera Kencana. PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama are two concessions involved in Tanah Merah project in Boven Digoel Regency. These concessions cover a combined 155,330 hectares. Since January 2014, around 5,000 hectares of forest have been cleared in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama.
Up until June 5, 2018, the four plantation companies had Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam listed as President Commissioner on their notary acts. Fouad Hayel Saeed is Regional Director-Malaysia of the HSA Group and Managing Director of Pacific Inter-Link, the group’s subsidiary. Legal documents also listed Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed as Commissioner of PT Energi Samudera Kencana & PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and President Director of PT Graha Kencana Mulia & PT Kartika Cipta Pratama. Hayel Saeed is Director of Pacific Inter-Link’s refining division, PT Pacific Palmindo Industri. Recent notary acts confirm that on June 5, 2018, Fouad Hayel Saeed ceased to be President Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, and Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed is no longer Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and President Director of PT Kartika Cipta Pratama. Nakul Rastogi also disappeared from PT Kartika Cipta Pratama’s notary acts.
However, June 5, 2018 notary acts does not show any change in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, PT Graha Kencana Mulia and PT Energi Samudera Kencana shareholders. Hence, it is assumed that these companies remain affiliated with the HSA Group. Little is known about the new directors of the two concessions, except that some notable individuals in Indonesian politics and business are involved. Mr. Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab, former Foreign Minister of the Indonesian government, has become President Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Ray. Drs. Tommy Sagiman is now the commissioner of PT KCP. He is ex-Inspector General of the police. Nata Singh Gurdev Singh became director of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya in June 2018. Until April 2018, he worked for Sime Darby. Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab is the Indonesian President’s special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The HSA Group is one of the oldest business conglomerate in the Middle East, founded in 1938 by Al Haj Hayel Saeed Anam and his brothers Mohamed, Abdo and Gazern. The Group is today headed by Abdul Gabbar Hayel Saeed, CEO and Chairman. The HSA Group is involved in the palm oil industry through its subsidiaries PT Pacific Palmindo Industri, PT Pacific Medan Industry, PT Pacific Indopalm Industries, Pacific Oil & Fats Industries and Pacific Inter-Link, which are all RSPO members2, and PT Pacific Indomas.
Additional evidence shows continued family links to the PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries timber complex, a joint-venture project with Bumimas Raya Sdn Bhd, Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd, Yakin Dijaya Sdn Bhd and Al Salam Bank Bahrain’ announced by Tadmax Resources in 2012.3 The PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries timber complex is situated within the PT Kartika Cipta Pratama concession.
Malindo Investments Ltd which holds 80% shares in PT Kartika Cipta Pratama (see above), also holds 40% of the shares in the Malaysian-based parent company of PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries – i.e. Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. Mr. Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed and Mr. Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam are directors of Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd, in addition to their positions in the Indonesian subsidiary (PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries) as of 28 April 2018.
In the period 21 February 2013 to 24 April 2018, Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed held 1 share in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries, with the remaining 499 shares held by Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. As of 11 November 2018 Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed and Mr Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam were no longer directors of Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. However, Malindo Investments Ltd still holds 40% in Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd.
Between 24 April 2018 and 13 December 2018, Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed was no longer a shareholder and director in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries. Also, Mr Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam ceased to be a director in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries.
Supply Chain Information:
The HSA Group company Pacific Inter-Link (PIL) used to trade with Unilever, IOI, Cargill and Nestlé, however these companies have suspended trade with the company due to concerns over its involvement in deforestation. Pacific Inter-Link claims to be one of the largest palm oil traders to the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
Mariya Family: PT Malindo Jaya Diraja
Concession Information: PT Malindo Jaya Diraja is located in Tanah Laut and Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan. The concession covers a total area of 31,043 hectares. (Long 115° 5’25.86″E, Lat 3°47’22.15″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 20, 2018 and January 12, 2019, a total of 9 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Malindo Jaya Diraja concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Mariya Family
PT Malindo Jaya Diraja is 70% owned by Ms Mariya, who is currently the Commissioner, 20% by Marita family members and 10% by Sidharta.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Palma Serasih Group: PT Global Primatama Mandiri
Concession Information: PT Global Primatama Mandiri is located in Berau Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers a total area of 7,396 hectares. (Long 117° 7’0.09″E, Lat 1°30’37.39″N)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between January 4, 2019 and February 7, 2019, a total of 102 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Global Primatama Mandiri concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc and Sentinel 2.)
Ownership Information:
Palma Serasih Group
PT Global Primatama Mandiri is part of the Palma Serasih group, controlled by Palma Serasih.
Supply Chain Information:
Group: Undetermined – PT Rimbun Sawit Papua
Concession Information: PT Rimbun Sawit Papua is located in Fakfak Regency, West Papua. The concession covers a total area of 19,931 hectares. (Long 133° 2’48.08″E, Lat 2°54’14.94″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between January 2, 2019 and January 22, 2019, a total of 95 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Rimbun Sawit Papua concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc).
Ownership Information:
PT Rimbun Sawit Papua
PT Rimbun Sawit Papua is owned by Jeff Setiawan Winata (through direct shares), Ir. Daud (through PT Palmandiri Plantation), Junus Sutiono and Watson Dharma. Mr. Junus Sutiono and Mr. Watson Dharma own PT Rimbun Sawit Papua through PT Mulia Abadi Lestari, one of the shareholding companies of PT Duta Rendra Mulya, a Salim owned plantation company.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd. PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations
Concession Information: PT Sebaung Sawit Plantation is located in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers a total area of 8,886 hectares. (Long 117°21’45.73″E, Lat 3°51’23.24″N)
Peat Development:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between January 6, 2019 and February 2, 2019, a total of 48 hectares of peat were developed in the PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations concession (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd.
PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations is owned by Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd (90%) and by PT Citra Makmur Sentosa (10%). Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd is a China-registered company specializing in fatty acids and derivative products.
Mr. Tjia Ke Seng (alias ‘Dachlan’), a Chinese citizen, is the President Director of PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations. He is also the Director of PT Palem Segar Lestari, also located in North Kalimantan.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Samling Group: LPF/0008 Marudi & Batu Belah
Concession Information: LPF/0008 Marudi & Batu Belah is located in Long Lama and Marudi Regency, Sarawak. The concession covers an area of 31,679 hectares. (Long 114°30’22.64″E, Lat 4° 4’16.98″N)
Forest Clearing:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between January 7, 2019 and February 16, 2019, a total of 44 hectares of forest were cleared in the LPF/0008 Marudi & Batu Belah concession (Imagery © 2018 Planet Labs Inc.). Under the Malaysia regulations relating to LPFs, a proportion of the licensed area can be planted with oil palm.
Ownership Information:
Group: Samling group
LPF/0008 Marudi & Batu Belah was issued to Samling Reforestation (Bintulu) Sdn Bhd in Sarawak, Malaysia – a subsidiary of Syarikat Samling Timber Sdn Bhd (SST) and a member of the Samling group. The Samling group – which was founded by Tan Sri Yaw Teck Seng, a Malaysian businessman – is engaged in timber, oil palm, property and automotive business ventures.
Supply Chain Information:
Shin Yang Group/ Sarawak Oil Palms Group
Linau Sinar Sdn Bhd (Metalon OP Estate, Lot 2, Danum LD)
Concession Information: Metalon OP Estate (Linau Sinar Sbn Bhd, Lot 2, Danum LD) is located in Belaga Regency, Sarawak. The concession covers a total area of 6,951 hectares. (Long 114°45’24.59″E, Lat 2°37’30.09″N)
Peat Development:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 13, 2018 and January 30, 2019, a total of 10 hectares of peat were developed in the Linau Sinar Sdn Bhd oil palm concession: Metalon OP Estate, Lot 2, Danum LD (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Shin Yang / Sarawak Oil Palms
Linau Sinar Sdn Bhd is wholly owned subsidiary of Shin Yang Holding Sdn Bhd (Shin Yang Group), which is involved in the oil palm and timber sectors in Sarawak.
The Group was founded by Tan Sri Datuk Ling Chiong Ho, who holds 25% of the shares of Shin Yang Holding Sdn Bh, with the remaining shares held equally by his three brothers: Ling Chiong Seing, Ling Chiong Sing and Ling Chiong Ping.
Forbes ranked Ling Chiong Ho as the 48th richest person in Malaysia in 2017 stating that ‘today his Shin Yang Group builds ships, exports timber and develops property. But he derives most of his wealth from listed Sarawak Oil Palms.’
Ling Chiong Ho and his three brothers collectively holds 28.51% of the shares of the publicly listed company Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd (Sarawak Oil Palms Group) through their deemed interest in Shin Yang Plantation Sdn Bhd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin Yang Corporation Sdn Bhd, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin Yang Holding Sdn Bhd). Ling Chiong Ho also holds an additional 7.02% shares of Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd.
Hence, the Sarawak Oil Palms Group is part of the broader Shin Yang Group and needs to be treated as one group for the purposes of supply chain grievances.
Supply Chain Information:
Double Dynasty Group: Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd
Concession Information: Radiant Lagoon Bhd Sdn is located in Long Lama Regency, Sarawak. Lot 2 and 3 of the concession covers an area of ~4,440 hectares. (Long 114°44’31.81″E, Lat 4° 2’54.55″N)
Forest Clearing:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 31, 2018 and January 20, 2019, a total of 98 hectares of forest were cleared or prepared for clearance in the Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd concession (Imagery © 2018 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Double Dynasty
Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Onlyee Plantations Sdn Bhd, which is part of the Double Dynasty group. The group is controlled by Tan Sri Yee Ming Seng and his family.
According to the Bruno Manser Fund, Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd is currently involved in a major conflict with indigenous Penan and Berawan communities as a result of the development of this concession.
Supply Chain Information:
Sources for supply chain information:
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Palm Oil: Report 12
Mighty Earth Rapid Response Report 12
Indonesian Companies:
PT Kapuasindo Palm Industri, PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, PT Palem Segar Lestari, PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera, PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera, PT Marita Makmur Jaya, PT Persada Era Agro Kencana, PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations, PT Dwiwira Lestari Jaya, PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan, PT Sentosa Suksesutama
Malaysian company:
Jaya Tiasa / Rimbunan Hijau Group
January 2019:
Prepared with support from Aidenvironment and MapHubs
Evershine Asset Corporation and Everbright Resources Corporation: PT Kapuasindo Palm Industry
Concession Information: PT Kapuasindo Palm Industry is located in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 18,443 hectares. (Long: 111°49’16.50″E, Lat: 0°46’42.77″N)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between November 28, 2018 and January 10, 2019, a total of 44 hectares of peat forest were cleared and an additional 65 hectares of peat was developed in the PT Kapuasindo Palm Industry concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet & Sentinel-2).
Ownership Information:
Group: Evershine Asset Corporation and Everbright Resources Corporation
PT Kapuasindo Palm Industry is owned by Evershine Asset Corporation (90%) and Everbright Resources Corporation (10%), through PT Kencana Agung Lestari and PT Binanusa Mukti Sentosa. Everbright Resources Corporation also ultimately owns PT Buana Tunas Sejahtera and PT Sentrakarya Manunggal. The companies all share the same President Director (Johanes Ibrahim Tjendana), Director (Juliana Lukmin) and President Commissioner Ricky Surjana).
Supply Chain Information:
HSA Group: PT Kartika Cipta Pratama
Concession Information: PT Kartika Cipta Pratama is located in Boven Digoel Regency, West Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 41,257 hectares2. (Long 140°12’31.6″E, Lat 6°20’26.6″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 6, 2018 and January 11, 2019, a total of 286 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Kartika Cipta Pratama concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc & Sentinel-2).
Ownership Information:
Group: HSA Group
In 2012, four UAE holding companies (Prestige Holding Ltd., Malindo Investments Ltd, Crescent Investments Ltd, and Green Resources Ltd) believto be ed affiliated with the Yemen-based HSA Group purchased 80% stake of each of these four companies located in the Boven Digoel district of West Papua, Indonesia: PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, PT Graha Kencana Mulia and PT Energi Samudera Kencana. PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama are two concessions involved in Tanah Merah project in Boven Digoel Regency. These concessions cover a combined 155,330 hectares. Since January 2014, around 5,000 hectares of forest have been cleared in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama.
Up until June 5, 2018, the four plantation companies had Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam listed as President Commissioner on their notary acts. Fouad Hayel Saeed is Regional Director-Malaysia of the HSA Group and Managing Director of Pacific Inter-Link, the group’s subsidiairy. Legal documents also listed Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed as Commissioner of PT Energi Samudera Kencana & PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and President Director of PT Graha Kencana Mulia & PT Kartika Cipta Pratama. Hayel Saeed is Director of Pacific Inter-Link’s refining division, PT Pacific Palmindo Industri. Recent notary acts confirm that on June 5, 2018, Fouad Hayel Saeed ceased to be President Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, and Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed is no longer Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya and President Director of PT Kartika Cipta Pratama. Nakul Rastogi also disappeared from PT Kartika Cipta Pratama’s notary acts.
However, June 5, 2018 notary acts does not show any change in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, PT Kartika Cipta Pratama, PT Graha Kencana Mulia and PT Energi Samudera Kencana shareholders. Hence, it is assumed that these companies remain affiliated with the HSA Group. Little is known about the new directors of the two concessions, except that some notable individuals in Indonesian politics and business are involved. Mr. Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab, former Foreign Minister of the Indonesian government, has become President Commissioner of PT Megakarya Jaya Ray. Drs. Tommy Sagiman is now the commissioner of PT KCP. He is ex-Inspector General of the police. Nata Singh Gurdev Singh became director of PT Megakarya Jaya Raya in June 2018. Until April 2018, he worked for Sime Darby. Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab is the Indonesian President’s special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The HSA Group is one of the oldest business conglomerate in the Middle East, founded in 1938 by Al Haj Hayel Saeed Anam and his brothers Mohamed, Abdo and Gazern. The Group is today headed by Abdul Gabbar Hayel Saeed, CEO and Chairman. The HSA Group is involved in the palm oil industry through its subsidiaries PT Pacific Palmindo Industri, PT Pacific Medan Industry, PT Pacific Indopalm Industries, Pacific Oil & Fats Industries and Pacific Inter-Link, which are all RSPO members3, and PT Pacific Indomas.
Additional evidence shows continued family links to the PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries timber complex, a joint-venture project with Bumimas Raya Sdn Bhd, Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd, Yakin Dijaya Sdn Bhd and Al Salam Bank Bahrain’ announced by Tadmax Resources in 2012.4 The PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries timber complex is situated within the PT Kartika Cipta Pratama concession.
Malindo Investments Ltd which holds 80% shares in PT Kartika Cipta Pratama (see above), also holds 40% of the shares in the Malaysian-based parent company of PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries – i.e. Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. Mr. Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed and Mr. Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam were directors of Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd, in addition to their positions in the Indonesian subsidiary (PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries) as of 28 April 2018.
In the period 21 February 2013 to 24 April 2018, Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed held 1 share in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries, with the remaining 499 shares held by Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. As of 11 November 2018 Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed and Mr Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam were no longer directors of Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd. However, Malindo Investments Ltd still holds 40% in Tulen Jayamas Sdn Bhd.
Between 24 April 2018 2018 and 13 December 2018, Mr Salah Ahmed Hayel Saeed was no longer a shareholder and director in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries. Also, Mr Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam ceased to be a director in PT Tulen Jayamas Timber Industries.
Supply Chain Information:
The HSA Group company Pacific Inter-Link (PIL) used to trade with IOI and Nestlé, however both companies have suspended trade with the company due to concerns over its involvement in deforestation. Pacific Inter-Link claims to be one of the largest palm oil traders to the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
Henan Jiujiu Chemical Co. Ltd.: PT Palem Segar Lestari
Concession Information: PT Palem Segar Lestari is located in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers a total area of 14,433 hectares. (Long 117°32’19.68″E, Lat 3°50’2.05″N
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 18, 2018 and January 10, 2019, a total of 44 hectares of peat was developed in the PT Palem Segar Lestari concession – Area A and B. (Imagery © 2019 Planet).
Ownership Information:
Group: Henan Jiujiu Chemical Co. Ltd.
PT Palem Segar Lestari is 90% owned by Henan Jiujiu Chemical Co. Ltd and 10% owned by PT Citra Makmur Sentosa. Henan Jiujiu Chemical Co. Ltd is a China-registered company specializing in fatty acids and derivative products.
Mr. Tjia Ke Seng (alias ‘Dachlan’), a Chinese citizen, is the President Director of PT Palem Segar Lestari7. He is also the Director of PT Sebaung Sawit Plantation, also located in North Kalimantan.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Unknown group: PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera
Concession Information: PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera is located in Bulungan Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 7,613 hectares8. (Long 117°34’6.17″E, Lat 2°33’32.50″N)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 17, 2018 and January 7, 2019, a total of 21 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc).
Ownership Information:
Group: Unknown
PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera is owned (99%) by Mr. Ir. Daud through PT Cahaya Agro Pratama. He is the Director of PT Sawit Berkat Sejahtera and PT Cahaya Agro Plantation, and also served as the President Director of PT Rimbun Sawit Papua.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Indonusa Agromulia group: PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera
Concession Information: PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera is located in Papua province. The concession covers an area of 25,395 hectares10. (Long 140°48’22.6″E, Lat 7°19’30.0″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 4, 2018 and January 6, 2019, a total of 109 hectares of forest were cleared in Area A of the PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera concession. Also, between December 11, 2018 and January 6, 2019, a total of 108 hectares of forest were cleared in Area B of the PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet & Landsat 8 Imagery 2019).
Ownership Information:
Group: Indonusa Agromulia Group/Indonusa Group
PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera is part of Indonusa Agromulia Group, commonly known as Indonusa group. PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera is owned by Rosna Tjuatja (99.87%), who sits as the Commissioner on the Indonusa Agromulia Group and also serves as President commissioner at PT Profindo International Securities.
Supply Chain Information:
Mariya family: PT Marita Makmur Jaya
Concession Information: PT Marita Makmur Jaya is located in Bengkalis Regency, Riau. The concession covers an area of 6,612 hectares. (Long 101°29’5.18″E, Lat 2° 2’7.99″N)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 24, 2018 and January 12, 2019, a total of 52 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Marita Makmur Jaya concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Family: Mariya
PT Marita Makmur Jaya is 70% owned by Ms Mariya, who is the currently the Commissioner, 20% by Marita family members and 10% by Sidharta.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Mulia Sawit group: PT Persada Era Agro Kencana
Concession Information: PT Persada Era Agro Kencana is located in Katingan district, Central Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 12,933 hectares14. (Long 113° 17′ 02′′ E, Lat 2° 34′ 09′′ S).
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 5, 2018 and January 7, 2019, a total of 189 hectares of peat forest were developed in the PT Persada Era Agro Kencana concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc).
Ownership Information:
Group: Mulia Sawit group
PT Persada Era Agro Kencana is a subsidiary of Mulia Sawit group. Mulia Sawit group is owned by Kurnia Lukman Goutama, Tjio Andre Yenatha, Kevin Wusman and Sanjaya Lukman. Tjio Andra Yenatha, known as Andre, also serves as a Director of PT Bangun Jaya Alam Permai of the Best Plantation Group.
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Pundi Group: PT Pinang Witmas Abadi
Concession Information: PT Pinang Witmas Abadi is located in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 10,680 hectares16. (Long 109°38’17.67″E, Lat 0° 6’38.97″S).
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between December 9, 2018 and January 10, 2019 (Area A and B) a total of 66 hectares of peat forest were developed in the PT Pinang Witmas Abadi concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Pundi group
PT Pinang Witmas Abadi is owned by PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa through PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa, which is located in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan. Currently, the Director of Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa is The Kie Jok, who also serves as the President Director of PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa. Mr. Suryadi Polem is the main shareholder in both PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa and PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa.17 Ownership of PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa is shown below.
Group: Pundi group
PT Pinang Witmas Abadi is owned by PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa through PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa, which is located in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan. Currently, the Director of Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa is The Kie Jok, who also serves as the President Director of PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa. Mr. Suryadi Polem is the main shareholder in both PT Pundi Lahan Khatulistiwa and PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa.17 Ownership of PT Pundi Bhakti Khatulistiwa is shown below.
Supply Chain Information:
Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd.: PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations
Concession Information: PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations is located in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 15,304 hectares. (Long 117°21’45.73″E, 3°51’23.24″N)
Peat Development:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between October 24, 2018 and January 6, 2019, a total of 48 hectares of peat were developed in PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations concession (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd.
PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations is owned by Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd (90%) and by PT Citra Makmur Sentosa (10%). Shanghai Xinjiu Chemical Co. Ltd is a China-registered company specializing in fatty acids and derivative products.
Mr. Tjia Ke Seng (alias ‘Dachlan’), a Chinese citizen, is the President Director of PT Sebaung Sawit Plantations19. He is also the Director of PT Palem Segar Lestari, also located in North Kalimantan.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Triputra Agro Persada group: PT Dwiwira Lestari Jaya
Concession Information: PT Dwiwira Lestari Jaya is located in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 12,665 hectares. (Long 117°59’35.86″E, Lat 1°23’13.30″N
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between November 23, 2018 and January 12, 2019, a total of 56 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Dwiwira Lestari Jaya concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc).
Ownership Information:
Group: Triputra Agro Persada Group (Triputra Group)
PT Dwiwira Lestari Jaya is part of the Triputra Agro Persada Group (TAP), which is in turn part of Triputra Group.21 The Triputra Group was founded by Theodore Permadi Rachma and Benny Subantio. Mr. Arif Rachmat is the CEO of TAP and is a Director of Triputra group.
Supply Chain Information:
Unknown group: PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan
Concession Information: PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan is located in Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 13,382 hectares23. (Long: 113°21’2.52″E, Lat: 1°35’59.06″S)
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between November 20 and December, 2018, a total of 106 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan concession. (Imagery © 2018 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: No information group
PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan has previously been reported to be part of the Makin Group. The company claims that the location permit (ILOK) of PT Krida Dharma Kahuripan was returned to the local government (Katingan Regency) in July 2017 and the concession land is categorized by the government as production forest area and therefore cannot be converted to plantations.
Supply Chain Information:
No supply chain information available.
Wings Group Indonesia: PT Sentosa Suksesutama
Concession Information: PT Sentosa Suksesutama is located in Bulungan Regency, North Kalimantan. The concession covers an area of 22,612 hectares24. (Long 116°44’57.27″E, Lat 2°38’47.65″N
Deforestation:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between November 19, 2018 and January 12, 2019, a total of 6 hectares of forest were cleared in the PT Sentosa Sukses Utama concession. (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
Ownership Information:
Group: Wings Group Indonesia
PT Sentosa Suksesutama is part of Wings Group Indonesia (also known as Katuari Family Group) through PT Gawi Makmur Kalimantan, PT Wahana Wings Surya and PT Wings Indonesia Consumer Products.25
The Wings Group was founded by Johannes Ferdinand Katuari.26 His son, Eddy William Katuari is the President Commissioner of PT Gawi Makmur Kalimantan, President Director of PT Wahana Wings Surya, PT Wings Indonesia Consumer Products and PT Wings Group Indonesia.
Supply Chain Information:
Jaya Tiasa Holding Berhad (Rimbunan Hijau Group) LPF/0024
Concession Information: LPF/0024 is located in Belaga Regency, Sarawak. The concession covers an area of 110,220 hectares27. (Long 114°29’30.22″E, 1°56’58.34″N)
Peat Development:
Satellite imagery (see below) shows that between November 3, 2018 to January 11, 2019 a total of 85 hectares of forest were cleared in LPF 0024 concession (Imagery © 2019 Planet Labs Inc.)
