S’pore palm oil firms named in Greenpeace fire report
Environmental group Greenpeace has linked three palm oil companies to fires and smoke detected in Indonesian plantations. While the companies deny responsibility, the report highlights ongoing concerns regarding deforestation and supply chain management.
Why it matters
This report underscores the tension between industrial palm oil production and environmental sustainability, impacting global supply chain transparency and corporate accountability.
The report identified plantation concessions associated with the three companies where fires and smoke were detected between August and September.
Listen Summarise Greenpeace linked Singapore-listed Bumitama Agri and First Resources, plus First Borneo Plantations, to Indonesian plantation areas where fires and smoke were detected in August and September. First Resources denied the fires started on its land, saying hotspots near its concessions did not prove responsibility and needed ground checks and spread analysis. The report raises concern over palm oil supply chains and fire risks in West Kalimantan, where past claims also accused First Borneo of deforestation and orangutan habitat loss. AI generated
SINGAPORE – Two Singapore-listed palm oil companies, Bumitama Agri and First Resources, have been linked to plantation areas in Indonesia where fires and smoke were detected, according to an investigation by environmental group Greenpeace.
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