Cases / Lobbying, PR and greenwashing · Indonesia · 2013–2018
Greenpeace ends all engagement with APP Sinar Mas over deforestation
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Greenpeace International ended its engagement with APP Sinar Mas in 2018 after clearing was found in company-linked concessions. At stake: forest cover, and whether zero-deforestation pledges hold up in practice.
What?
Greenpeace International ended all engagement with APP Sinar Mas in May 2018 over deforestation linked to its concessions. Greenpeace International
Where?
Indonesia; concessions linked to the company (regions not stated) Greenpeace International
When?
2013 policy; engagement ended in May 2018 Greenpeace International
Who?
Gained
- APP Sinar Mas — About five years of reputational credit from a 2013 forest policy Greenpeace International
Lost
- Forest in company-linked concessions — About 8,000 hectares cleared, per Greenpeace's 2018 statement Greenpeace International
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Forest policy and zero-deforestation commitments, followed by clearing in company-linked concessions. Greenpeace International
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Greenpeace International said in May 2018 that it was ending all engagement with APP Sinar Mas over its links to deforestation.
Clearing of about 8,000 hectares was found in concession areas linked to the company before the relationship was ended.
Greenpeace was said to have helped shape a 2013 forest policy, which gave the company about five years of reputational credit.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: at least 75,000 hectares were cleared in the nine years after APP's zero-deforestation pledge, followed by its Forest Positive and Regenesis programmes.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the regions and concession names where the 2018 clearing took place.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- Greenpeace slams APP/Sinar Mas over links to deforestation, ends all engagement with companyGreenpeace International · 2018-05
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- Greenpeace International (NGO) — here: NGO that ended engagement with the company; there: Defendant in the North Dakota suits; claimant in the Amsterdam anti-SLAPP case
- Greenpeace ends all engagement with APP and Sinar Mas over deforestation links Indonesia · 2018
- Greenpeace International (NGO) — here: NGO that ended engagement with the company; there: ended engagement with APP and Sinar Mas