JAKARTA: Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesia may have found its way into their supply chains.
Trucks are seen near a palm oil plantation in Sepaku, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia , on Mar 8 2023. JAKARTA: Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesia may have found its way into their supply chains.
Some images, which RAN said were taken during a field investigation in February 2024, showed that oil palm seedlings were planted on burnt ground surrounded by fallen trees inside the reserve, according to the report published on Monday . A Nestle spokesperson said it promptly engaged with its direct supplier regarding GSS to investigate RAN's findings, adding that, by the end of 2023, 96 per cent of its palm oil supply was"deforestation-free".Procter & Gamble told Reuters that it had conducted an investigation following RAN's findings and immediately suspended sourcing from both GSS and ATAK.
Indonesia, home to the world's third largest tropical rainforest, says it reduced its deforestation rate to under 140,000ha annually between 2020 and 2023, down from more than 400,000ha in 2016-2020.
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