Is RSPO member Duta Palma breaking Indonesia's deforestation ban?

Posted by Richardg - 24 April 2013 at 5:52pm - Comments
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Clearing peatland rainforest in a palm oil concession in Riau owned by PT Palma Satu, part of the Duta Palma group.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was set up so you could buy palm oil without fueling deforestation. So why does it look like Duta Palma, an RSPO member, is destroying the Indonesian rainforest?

Forest destroyer APRIL told to shape up

Posted by Richardg - 12 April 2013 at 3:42pm - Comments
A forest fire on the Indonesian island of Sumatra

Some companies just don’t get the hint. You just can't go around destroying Indonesia's rainforests and call yourself a sustainable businesses.

Forest solutions: saving the Great Bear Rainforest

Posted by Richardg - 11 April 2013 at 6:12pm - Comments
A Grizzly Bear on a river ledge in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Co
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We fought for over a decade to protect Canada's Great Bear Rainforest. Over half of this ancient temperate rainforest is now protected from logging and pipelines. Now it's time for the provincial government to keep its promise and put 70% of the forest out of harm's way by the end of next year.

Forests Day: what happened after a forest destroyer stopped cutting down the rainforest?

Posted by Richardg - 21 March 2013 at 11:52am - Comments
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Today is the UN’s International Day of Forests. It’s also about two years since you helped us persuade Golden Agri Resources to stop chopping down Indonesia’s rainforests. Sounds like a good time to look at what happened next.

What's Shell got to celebrate?

Posted by Richardg - 5 March 2013 at 7:10pm - Comments
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According to Shell's CEO in Alaska, #SpillsHappen

We've gatecrashed Shell's swanky party at the National Gallery (for the second year running). This time, we've helped Shell launch a new art exhibit, Annus Horribilis: New works in oil. Shell may have put its Arctic ambitions on hold but we won't stop until the frozen North is put out of their reach.

Valentino proves that 'green' is the new 'black'

Posted by Richardg - 8 February 2013 at 2:03pm - Comments
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At the start of November, we threw down the gauntlet to 15 top Italian and French luxury fashion brands. We challenged them to clean up their products by agreeing not to use toxic chemicals and to ensure their leather and packaging wasn't causing deforestation.

Timeline: how you persuaded Asia Pulp and Paper to stop cutting down Indonesia's rainforests

Posted by Richardg - 5 February 2013 at 12:05pm - Comments

This morning, Asia Pulp and Paper - the world's third largest paper and packaging company - announced that it was turning over a new leaf. It's promised to stop chopping down Indonesia's rainforests, home to the last tigers and endangered orangutans.

The alternative Autumn Statement

Posted by Richardg - 5 December 2012 at 3:34pm - Comments
The sun shines on a new Britain, powered by clean renewable energy

This morning, the Chancellor George Osborne gave his Autumn Statement. People on Twitter say he's launched a dash for gas that would wreck our climate targets and make us the Dirty Man of Europe all over again.

MPs vow to fight for clean electricity as the Energy Bill is published

Posted by Richardg - 29 November 2012 at 4:32pm - Comments
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The government has finally published the long-awaited Energy Bill. There's much to like, but it's still missing that vital commitment to clean electricity.

Government kicks clean electricity into the long grass

Posted by Richardg - 23 November 2012 at 5:39pm - Comments
Giant energy bill outside Centrica offices
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Giant energy bill outside Centrica offices

If a year is a long time in politics, then 2016 is a lifetime away. Yet the government has decided not to commit the UK to clean electricity until after the next election.

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