World's Biggest Palm Oil Trader Shamed

1 July 2007

2 reports revealing that Wilmar, the world's biggest trader in palm oil, is illegally logging rainforests, setting forests on fire and violating the rights of local communities in Indonesia.

Policy, practice, pride and prejudice: Review of legal, environmental and social practices of oil palm plantation companies of the Wilmar Group in Sambas District, West Kalimantan (Indonesia)

Buyers and financiers of the Wilmar Group

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