Comment on Global Food & Biofuel Price Shocks

May 3, 2022

Indonesia sent shockwaves through the global markets for both food and fuel by banning exports of palm oil on April 28th. Those markets had already been roiled by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a key producer of sunflower oil, as Mighty Earth Founder & CEO Glenn Hurowitz recently discussed with the BBC, and Indonesia’s move is widely viewed as a desperation move to calm political unrest fueled by rising domestic palm oil prices.

Forests,Palm Oil,News

Korean Paper Company Plunders the Last Rainforests While Continuing to Claim Operations are Eco-Friendly

March 15, 2022

A new investigation released today by Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Mighty Earth, Pusaka, Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC), Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), and Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL) details the devastation of pristine forests in the remote province of Papua land, Indonesia. 

Forests,Palm Oil,News

Astra Clearing Forest NOW in Rarest Orangutan Habitat

November 10, 2021

Forests,Palm Oil,Rapid Response,News,Palm Oil

Astra Tertangkap Lakukan Deforestasi di Habitat Orangutan Terlangka

November 10, 2021

Forests,Palm Oil,Palm Oil,Bahasa Indonesia

Notorious palm oil and timber company Korindo expelled by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

July 15, 2021

Climate,News,Palm Oil,Forests,Palm Oil

Notorious Palm Oil Giant Korindo Wins International Bully of The Year Award

May 21, 2021

Forests,Palm Oil,News

Korindo Threatens Legal Action to Bury the Truth

September 9, 2019

Palm oil and timber conglomerate sends Forest Stewardship Council a cease and desist letter the day it was scheduled to release findings from two-year investigation into the company's wrongdoing

Palm Oil,Palm Oil

Kraft Heinz Releases New Palm Oil Policy, But Some NGOs Are Skeptical

March 22, 2017

Palm Oil