This Greenpeace investigation conducted by Greenpeace Netherlands (from here on referred to as “Greenpeace”) reveals that deforestation, deep peat conversion, land disputes and illegal practices continue to occur in the plantation estates owned by a company that is RSPO certified for part of its operations.
The findings in this report clearly shows the failure of the company, the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) and the certification process to tackle the issue of deforestation. How can it be that United Plantations have received their certifi cation for plantations in Malaysia, whilst they continue ‘business as usual’ destructive practices in Indonesia? This shows that the RSPO is failing to enforce even its own minimum, and from Greenpeace’s point of view, insuffi cient criteria.
