Golden Agri turns over a green leaf

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The move – seen as a response to intense pressure and lobbying by green groups such as Greenpeace recently over allegations of illegal forest clearing – will not have a significant impact or cost on its operations, said the firm.

GAR is the world’s No.2 palm oil producer and the largest in Indonesia with annual revenues of US$2.3 billion (S$2.9 billion). It signed a deal on Wednesday in Jakarta with The Forest Trust (TFT), a Geneva- based non-profit organisation, which will start work now with GAR to identify high carbon-stock forests, high conservation value (HCV) areas and peat lands.

via Straits Times.

Golden Agri refutes Greenpeace’s claims of harming the environment

It says contrary to Greenpeace’s claims, there are no orang utan habitats in SMART’s concession area in P-T Bangun Nusa Mandiri.

SMART also reiterates that before developing land, it conducts the necessary environmental assessments.

With regard to concession areas in the Papua province, SMART says it only manages a total of about 13,000 hectares, not 1 million hectares as stated by Greenpeace.

via Channel NewsAsia