Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Indonesia · 2017
Indonesian court cancels discharge permits of three Citarum textile factories
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.
An Indonesian court cancelled the discharge permits of three textile factories on the Citarum river, Undark reported in 2017, and a 2025 Unpas thesis says the Citarum programme missed its target. The sources do not give the river's current water quality.
What?
An Indonesian court cancelled the discharge permits of three textile factories discharging into the Citarum river. Undark
Where?
Citarum river, Indonesia Undark
When?
Permit cancellation reported February 2017 Undark
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Cancellation of discharge permits held by three textile factories. Undark
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
An Indonesian court cancelled the discharge permits of three textile factories that discharged into the Citarum river (Undark, February 2017).
A 2025 Unpas thesis reports that the Citarum programme did not meet its target.
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
- None on record The sources do not say which parties gained from the discharges or who bore the clean-up cost.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the Citarum programme's target or the figures behind the 2025 finding.
- Unclear Whether the cancelled permits were later restored is not stated in the sources reviewed.
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
Press and investigations
- Citarum: discharge permits cancelledUndark · 2017-02-23
Researchers
- Citarum programme target not met (thesis)Unpas · 2025