Indonesia's Supreme Court orders Wilmar to pay Rp 11.88 trillion
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Indonesia's Supreme Court overturned an acquittal in a crude palm oil export permit case and ordered Wilmar to pay Rp 11.88 trillion. Between 2015 and 2023 palm groups led by Wilmar received the largest share of a Rp 179 trillion biodiesel subsidy.
- Wilmar and four other palm groups — Largest recipients of the Rp 179 trillion biodiesel subsidy, 2015–2023
- Pertamina affiliates and Pamapersada — Bought the opening-day carbon credits from Pertamina NRE
- Taxpayers and the export levy fund — Financed the subsidy
- Smallholder palm growers and forests — The subsidy did not reach smallholders, according to the sources reviewed
What happened
Between 2015 and 2023 Indonesia's biodiesel subsidy totalled Rp 179 trillion, with Wilmar the largest recipient at Rp 56.6 trillion, according to Auriga.
On 26 September 2023 the IDXCarbon exchange opened with one seller, Pertamina NRE, which sold 459,953 tonnes for Rp 29.2 billion to buyers that included Pertamina affiliates and coal contractor Pamapersada.
In April 2025 judges who had acquitted three of the subsidy groups in a crude palm oil export case were arrested on bribery charges; the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal and ordered Wilmar to pay Rp 11.88 trillion (IDN Financials).
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- Overturned on appealCrude palm oil export permit case: Wilmar compensationSupreme Court of Indonesia · Civil · Not stated in the sources reviewed → Wilmar
The Supreme Court overturned an acquittal and ordered Wilmar to pay Rp 11.88 trillion, according to IDN Financials. Judges who acquitted three subsidy groups were later arrested on bribery charges. IDN Financials
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What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Unclear Whether Wilmar has paid the Rp 11.88 trillion is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The outcome of the judges' bribery case is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Monthly trading on the carbon exchange fell to eight tonnes in June 2025; this figure has no source URL in the material reviewed.
- None on record The share of the subsidy taken by five groups is attributed to Auriga without a source URL.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- MA convicts Wilmar and orders IDR 11.8 trillion compensationIDN Financials · 2025-09
Connected cases
- Pertamina NRE was sole seller on IDXCarbon's opening day in 2023 Indonesia · 2015–2025
- Wilmar International (Company) — here: largest subsidy recipient; ordered to pay in the export case; there: Largest biodiesel subsidy recipient; ordered to pay compensation
- Pertamina NRE (Company) — here: sole seller on the carbon exchange's opening day; there: Seller of credits on opening day (Pertamina NRE)
- Eight winners named in Indonesia's waste-to-energy tenders, including Chandra Asri unit Indonesia · 2026
- Pertamina NRE (Company) — here: sole seller on the carbon exchange's opening day; there: State oil company; its subsidiary Pertamina Power Indonesia won a tender