Kabuyu Village vs Astra Agro Lestari
Astra Agro Lestari logo. Credit: AwasMifee
Update March 19, 2023
Infosawit published a new report on PT Astra Agro Lestari's violations of FPIC
This is the reason why international companies refuse to absorb Astra Agro's palm oil
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Previously, Forest and Garden Campaign Manager for the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) National, Uli Arta Siagian, said that several international companies' decision to stop buying palm oil from AAL was inseparable from WALHI's report with Friends of the Earth (FOE) US on March 2022 which documented how the three subsidiaries committed various violations.
The three AAL subsidiaries referred to by Uli are PT Mamuang, PT Lertari Tani Teladan and PT Agro Nusa Abadi (ANA). PT ANA in North Morowali, he said, had been operating for 15 years without having Cultivation Rights (HGU), and had criminalized eight smallholders who were accused of stealing palm oil there. Infosawit
Update March 17, 2023
Astra Agro Ready for Dialogue with PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina About Sustainability
Managing Director of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, Santosa, during the Talk To The CEO event in Semarang plays coy with Infosawit
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Following the invitation from PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina to their suppliers to no longer use palm oil sourced from PT Astra Agro Lestari TBk., PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. is ready to invite PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina to have a dialogue and doing business while preserving nature. Not only caring for and protecting the earth, this national oil palm plantation company also invited the two companies to see first-hand the implementation of Astra Agro in upholding human rights (HAM).
"We don't want to argue about Astra Agro's commitment to the principles of sustainability, it's better if we show concrete actions that are truly beneficial," said President Director of Astra Agro, Santosa in an official statement received by InfoSAWIT,
Update March 16, 2023
Astra Agro Lestari responds to the latest round of public statements by Pepsico and Friesland Campina, asking their suppliers to stop buying from AAL
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – After the publication of reports from non-profit organizations FoE and ENS, several palm oil buyers such as detergent manufacturers Tide, Procter & Gamble Co, and Nestle, the owner of Nescafe instant coffee, immediately took action against their suppliers not to use palm oil from PT Astra Agro. Lestari Tbk., which is suspected of being a subsidiary of the Astra Group, has committed human rights violations and seized community land.
Now the US-based food and soda producer PepsiCo Inc and Dutch milk producer FrieslandCampina are also pushing their suppliers not to accept palm oil from Astra Agro. Infosawit
Infosawit published a new report on PT Astra Agro Lestari's violations of FPIC
This is the reason why international companies refuse to absorb Astra Agro's palm oil
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Previously, Forest and Garden Campaign Manager for the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) National, Uli Arta Siagian, said that several international companies' decision to stop buying palm oil from AAL was inseparable from WALHI's report with Friends of the Earth (FOE) US on March 2022 which documented how the three subsidiaries committed various violations.
The three AAL subsidiaries referred to by Uli are PT Mamuang, PT Lertari Tani Teladan and PT Agro Nusa Abadi (ANA). PT ANA in North Morowali, he said, had been operating for 15 years without having Cultivation Rights (HGU), and had criminalized eight smallholders who were accused of stealing palm oil there. Infosawit
Update March 17, 2023
Astra Agro Ready for Dialogue with PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina About Sustainability
Managing Director of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, Santosa, during the Talk To The CEO event in Semarang plays coy with Infosawit
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Following the invitation from PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina to their suppliers to no longer use palm oil sourced from PT Astra Agro Lestari TBk., PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. is ready to invite PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina to have a dialogue and doing business while preserving nature. Not only caring for and protecting the earth, this national oil palm plantation company also invited the two companies to see first-hand the implementation of Astra Agro in upholding human rights (HAM).
"We don't want to argue about Astra Agro's commitment to the principles of sustainability, it's better if we show concrete actions that are truly beneficial," said President Director of Astra Agro, Santosa in an official statement received by InfoSAWIT,
Update March 16, 2023
Astra Agro Lestari responds to the latest round of public statements by Pepsico and Friesland Campina, asking their suppliers to stop buying from AAL
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – After the publication of reports from non-profit organizations FoE and ENS, several palm oil buyers such as detergent manufacturers Tide, Procter & Gamble Co, and Nestle, the owner of Nescafe instant coffee, immediately took action against their suppliers not to use palm oil from PT Astra Agro. Lestari Tbk., which is suspected of being a subsidiary of the Astra Group, has committed human rights violations and seized community land.
Now the US-based food and soda producer PepsiCo Inc and Dutch milk producer FrieslandCampina are also pushing their suppliers not to accept palm oil from Astra Agro. Infosawit
Update March 11, 2023
PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina Halt Business With Astra Agro Lestari
US soda and food maker PepsiCo and Dutch dairy producer FrieslandCampina have asked their suppliers to cease buying palm oil from plantation owner Astra Agro Lestari, accused by environmental groups of land and human-rights abuses.
Corporate supply chains are under scrutiny as regulators and investors increasingly consider environmental and social impacts, and as consumers worry about climate change and biodiversity loss.
Environmental groups last year found that Jakarta-based palm oil producer Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) did not obtain consent from local communities before claiming land, improperly disposed of waste and cleared areas leading to flooding in Indonesia. ESM/ Bloomberg
PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina Halt Business With Astra Agro Lestari
US soda and food maker PepsiCo and Dutch dairy producer FrieslandCampina have asked their suppliers to cease buying palm oil from plantation owner Astra Agro Lestari, accused by environmental groups of land and human-rights abuses.
Corporate supply chains are under scrutiny as regulators and investors increasingly consider environmental and social impacts, and as consumers worry about climate change and biodiversity loss.
Environmental groups last year found that Jakarta-based palm oil producer Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) did not obtain consent from local communities before claiming land, improperly disposed of waste and cleared areas leading to flooding in Indonesia. ESM/ Bloomberg
Update March 02, 2023
"We've seen many cases [in Indonesia] where community members were attacked by either police or company security personnel. It's a very common strategy to silence protesting communities." Professor Ward Berenschot from the University of Amsterdam.
This report discusses the political dynamics shaping natural resource management in Indonesia. Synthesizing a wide range of studies on the competitive struggle over control of land, timber and other natural resources in Indonesia’s forest zones, the report provides an accessible guide to the practices and incentives generated by Indonesia’s ‘forest politics’, and offers broad guidelines on how to design interventions that better engage with how the sector really operates. UVA NL
"We've seen many cases [in Indonesia] where community members were attacked by either police or company security personnel. It's a very common strategy to silence protesting communities." Professor Ward Berenschot from the University of Amsterdam.
This report discusses the political dynamics shaping natural resource management in Indonesia. Synthesizing a wide range of studies on the competitive struggle over control of land, timber and other natural resources in Indonesia’s forest zones, the report provides an accessible guide to the practices and incentives generated by Indonesia’s ‘forest politics’, and offers broad guidelines on how to design interventions that better engage with how the sector really operates. UVA NL
Communities in Sulawesi land conflict with Astra Agro Lestari
Update February 25, 2023
Villagers protesting against Astra Agro Lestari's palm oil plantations in Sulawesi, have sent CSPO Watch, a list of their demands.
Translated below. Text in bracketed italics to clarify the accusations. Original in Bahasa can be downloaded here.
1. CRIME OF PT. Mamuang ( Communities accuse PT Mamuang of having committed these "crimes" against them)
*. PT. Mamuang destroyed a public grave ( which served ) as a sign of the civilization of the Kailli topo Tado tribe in the SOULOKA area.
*. PT. Mamuang destroyed the gardens belonging to the Topo Tado Kabuyu community, between the Bayu river and the Kasonjo river.
*. PT Mamuang destroyed the community's oil palm plantation in the Paninggio area, totaling 931 palm trees.
*. PT Mamuang destroyed the GAMPIRI paddy house belonging to the Topo Tado Kabuyu community (harassment of adat).
*. The oil palm planting was carried out by PT Mamuang which was too close to the river. So that there is a decrease in surface water and river abrasion (erosion) occurs. Because the watershed and the Boundary are damaged.
*. PT Mamuang made arrests of women and children who were discarded scavengers. ( arrested for picking up loose fruits )
*. Making articles in the law a scourge that scares the public, by removing verses that are in favor of the community.
2.Public demand for consumer brands.
*. Stop buying CPO from PT Mamuang/AAL.
*. Put pressure on PT Mamuang/AAL to return the land cultivated by the Tado Kabuyu topo.
*. Support the demands of the Kabuyu community on PT Mamuang/AAL.
3. THE DEMAND of the people of Kabuyu to PT Mamuang/AAL.
*. Return agricultural land and arable land to the Kabuyu community.
*. Stabilize the watersheds and riverbanks in KABUYU.
*. Be responsible for the destruction of public graves and the destruction of GAMPIRI.
*. Be responsible for the destruction of gardens belonging to the Kabuyu community, from 1990 to the last in 2020.
*. Give compensation to the Kabuyu people who are victims of the destruction. Since 1990.
4. Forms of economic recovery.
*. Provide proper residential land for the Kabuyu people. Not a watershed nor a border.
*. Give agricultural and plantation land as a substitute for land that has been damaged. Not DAS and Boundary.
*. Follow the customary settlement provisions for burning GAMPIRI, as a tribute and honor to the Kailli topo Tado custom.
*. Resolve and provide compensation for the destruction of oil palm plantations belonging to the Kabuyu community.
*. PT Mamuang returned to its usufructuary rights in Martajaya village.
Villagers protesting against Astra Agro Lestari's palm oil plantations in Sulawesi, have sent CSPO Watch, a list of their demands.
Translated below. Text in bracketed italics to clarify the accusations. Original in Bahasa can be downloaded here.
1. CRIME OF PT. Mamuang ( Communities accuse PT Mamuang of having committed these "crimes" against them)
*. PT. Mamuang destroyed a public grave ( which served ) as a sign of the civilization of the Kailli topo Tado tribe in the SOULOKA area.
*. PT. Mamuang destroyed the gardens belonging to the Topo Tado Kabuyu community, between the Bayu river and the Kasonjo river.
*. PT Mamuang destroyed the community's oil palm plantation in the Paninggio area, totaling 931 palm trees.
*. PT Mamuang destroyed the GAMPIRI paddy house belonging to the Topo Tado Kabuyu community (harassment of adat).
*. The oil palm planting was carried out by PT Mamuang which was too close to the river. So that there is a decrease in surface water and river abrasion (erosion) occurs. Because the watershed and the Boundary are damaged.
*. PT Mamuang made arrests of women and children who were discarded scavengers. ( arrested for picking up loose fruits )
*. Making articles in the law a scourge that scares the public, by removing verses that are in favor of the community.
2.Public demand for consumer brands.
*. Stop buying CPO from PT Mamuang/AAL.
*. Put pressure on PT Mamuang/AAL to return the land cultivated by the Tado Kabuyu topo.
*. Support the demands of the Kabuyu community on PT Mamuang/AAL.
3. THE DEMAND of the people of Kabuyu to PT Mamuang/AAL.
*. Return agricultural land and arable land to the Kabuyu community.
*. Stabilize the watersheds and riverbanks in KABUYU.
*. Be responsible for the destruction of public graves and the destruction of GAMPIRI.
*. Be responsible for the destruction of gardens belonging to the Kabuyu community, from 1990 to the last in 2020.
*. Give compensation to the Kabuyu people who are victims of the destruction. Since 1990.
4. Forms of economic recovery.
*. Provide proper residential land for the Kabuyu people. Not a watershed nor a border.
*. Give agricultural and plantation land as a substitute for land that has been damaged. Not DAS and Boundary.
*. Follow the customary settlement provisions for burning GAMPIRI, as a tribute and honor to the Kailli topo Tado custom.
*. Resolve and provide compensation for the destruction of oil palm plantations belonging to the Kabuyu community.
*. PT Mamuang returned to its usufructuary rights in Martajaya village.
Update February 20, 2023
The RSPO Complaints Panel rejected a complaint co-filed by a villager from Kabuyu and CSPO Watch
"Upon reviewing the allegations made and following the due diligence conducted
by the Secretariat, this Complaint is rejected on the following grounds:-
a. The Complainant lodged this Complaint against the Respondent for the sole
reason that the Respondent are allegedly sourcing from PT Mamuang (a
subsidiary of PT Astra Agro Lestari) (PT AAL).
b. The Secretariat’s Membership Unit have confirmed that PT Mamuang and
PT Astra Agro Lestari are not members of the RSPO.
c. It is evident from the Complaint that the Complainant wishes to have actions
taken against the non-members and not against the Respondent.
d. It is not within the power of the Secretariat and/or the Complaints Panel to
influence or direct a Respondent on its business decisions, so long as it
complies with the relevant Key Documents and are not in breach of the
same. To note, the Complainant made no allegation against the
Respondent of any breach.
e. The Complainant has failed to show any nexus between its grievances and
the Respondent to which the complaint is made against.
As such, this Complaint is misplaced, and the Complaints Panel has no
jurisdiction over this Complaint."
Specifically, the complaint filed against Unilever, as a founding member of the RSPO and the world's biggest corporate buyer of palm oil, was based on RSPO requirement of FPIC
The primary requirement of FPIC as found in Criteria 4.4 of the 2018 RSPO P&C. Annex 2 states: “FPIC is a guiding principle and should be applied to all RSPO members throughout the supply chain”. The failure of the RSPO Complaints Panel to see the obvious connection between the villagers in Sulawesi, Astra Agro Lestari and Unilever is a weak excuse to not get its hands dirty in this controversial case.
The admittance of the RSPO that it has no influence over members supply chains, makes certified sustainable palm oil look bad overall. FPIC problems also plague RSPO members in Cameroon and Liberia also.
CSPO Watch will be reaching out to Astra Agro Lestari in an effort to resolve FPIC problems in direct engagement with the villagers in Sulawesi.
The RSPO Complaints Panel rejected a complaint co-filed by a villager from Kabuyu and CSPO Watch
"Upon reviewing the allegations made and following the due diligence conducted
by the Secretariat, this Complaint is rejected on the following grounds:-
a. The Complainant lodged this Complaint against the Respondent for the sole
reason that the Respondent are allegedly sourcing from PT Mamuang (a
subsidiary of PT Astra Agro Lestari) (PT AAL).
b. The Secretariat’s Membership Unit have confirmed that PT Mamuang and
PT Astra Agro Lestari are not members of the RSPO.
c. It is evident from the Complaint that the Complainant wishes to have actions
taken against the non-members and not against the Respondent.
d. It is not within the power of the Secretariat and/or the Complaints Panel to
influence or direct a Respondent on its business decisions, so long as it
complies with the relevant Key Documents and are not in breach of the
same. To note, the Complainant made no allegation against the
Respondent of any breach.
e. The Complainant has failed to show any nexus between its grievances and
the Respondent to which the complaint is made against.
As such, this Complaint is misplaced, and the Complaints Panel has no
jurisdiction over this Complaint."
Specifically, the complaint filed against Unilever, as a founding member of the RSPO and the world's biggest corporate buyer of palm oil, was based on RSPO requirement of FPIC
The primary requirement of FPIC as found in Criteria 4.4 of the 2018 RSPO P&C. Annex 2 states: “FPIC is a guiding principle and should be applied to all RSPO members throughout the supply chain”. The failure of the RSPO Complaints Panel to see the obvious connection between the villagers in Sulawesi, Astra Agro Lestari and Unilever is a weak excuse to not get its hands dirty in this controversial case.
The admittance of the RSPO that it has no influence over members supply chains, makes certified sustainable palm oil look bad overall. FPIC problems also plague RSPO members in Cameroon and Liberia also.
CSPO Watch will be reaching out to Astra Agro Lestari in an effort to resolve FPIC problems in direct engagement with the villagers in Sulawesi.
Update February 11, 2023
Mongabay covers the land conflicts in a new report that looked at how PT Astra Agro Lestari has impacted children in its concessions.
Mongabay covers the land conflicts in a new report that looked at how PT Astra Agro Lestari has impacted children in its concessions.
- Kabuyu Village, located in Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawesi , is walking around an oil palm plantation . Its subsidiary companies, PT Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), operate in this area. When the company came, land conflicts with residents ensued, for years. The lives of residents are affected, including children.
- Long before the palm oil industry changed the landscape and logging companies operated, the people of Kabuyu depended on the blessings of forests, rivers and swamps . They cultivate rice—plant sago, durian, jackfruit, bananas, catch fish in the river, or go hunting.
- People who used to live from nature, changed after the company came. The lands became oil palm plantations, some residents became company workers. When the people's land is minimal, they work odd jobs, including looking for palm kernels. Children also sometimes participate in order to seek additional income.
- In agrarian conflicts, such as in this oil palm company, children often receive impacts that will stick with them until they become adults. Ari Moch Arif, Director of the Climate Change and Circular Economy Program, Save the Children Indonesia , said that environmental conflicts always place children as forgotten actors. Given their position as children, they are considered a group that has no voice . Mongabay ID
Update Jan 24, 2023
WALHI Central Sulawesi Suggests State Legalized Land Areas Managed by the People
PALU- Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Forum for the Environment (WALHI) proposes that a people's governance area be legalized by the state, through several schemes. The scheme is like social forestry and land as objects of agrarian reform (TORA). This is in light of allegations that oil palm plantation companies by ASTRA Group annexed land managed by local communities.
In addition, he urged the government to carry out evaluations and stop granting permits for companies to carry out bad practices that are not in accordance with the law.
The head of the WALHI Central Sulawesi Advocacy and Law Department, Aulia Hakim, made this suggestion after a meeting with several farmer representatives from West Sulawesi, Poso Regency and Morowali Regency during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi WALHI secretariat office on Jalan Tanjung Manimbaya, Palu City, Tuesday (24/24). 1). Media Alkhairaat
Original Post below:
WALHI Central Sulawesi Suggests State Legalized Land Areas Managed by the People
PALU- Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Forum for the Environment (WALHI) proposes that a people's governance area be legalized by the state, through several schemes. The scheme is like social forestry and land as objects of agrarian reform (TORA). This is in light of allegations that oil palm plantation companies by ASTRA Group annexed land managed by local communities.
In addition, he urged the government to carry out evaluations and stop granting permits for companies to carry out bad practices that are not in accordance with the law.
The head of the WALHI Central Sulawesi Advocacy and Law Department, Aulia Hakim, made this suggestion after a meeting with several farmer representatives from West Sulawesi, Poso Regency and Morowali Regency during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi WALHI secretariat office on Jalan Tanjung Manimbaya, Palu City, Tuesday (24/24). 1). Media Alkhairaat
Original Post below:
- There is no shortage of news reports on transgressions of certified sustainable palm oil principles by PT Astra Agro Lestari (PT AAL), one of Indonesia’s biggest palm oil producers
- The International Federation for Human Rights published a letter from its members addressed to PT AAL’s buyers under “Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia: Ongoing criminalisation, human rights abuses and land grabbing”
- Reuters reported that Nestle will stop sourcing from Indonesian palm oil producer AAL over the accusations of land and human rights abuses
- Unilever has decided to take a different approach and not remove Astra Agro Lestari from its supply chain
- This prompted Milieudefensie, associated with Friends of the Earth, to issue a petition demanding that Unilever cut off ties with Astra Agro Lestari.
- Astra Agro Lestari, in its defense against the accusations, has published its own statement.
AAL’s corporate response to the accusations seems to be been taken at face value by its buyers including Apical Group, Wilmar International, ADM etc.
False claims?
Indonesian media coverage of the accusations of human and land rights abuses suggest the claims made against Astra Agro Lestari are without basis.
Gatra published a report where a local resident, Wayan Sucana, said he was the head of Martasari village and proceeded to rubbish the claims.
“In Kabuyu, there are also residents who claim to own 250 hectares of land. The land was later released by the company. But unfortunately, after being released, the land was sold. Later there were those who sued again on the grounds that their land was not in the area that had been released, but in another place.
"They sued all the way to the South Sulawesi Regional Police, the High Court. I was often summoned as a witness. I answered as it was, that there was no basis for them to seize the company's land. Often I gave them views on real rights, there had to be evidence, but that's it.
Wayan himself confirmed that it was less than 15% of the residents who made demands. Most of them were outsiders who had nothing to do with land in the village.”
Kontan published its report based on the opinions of Public Relations spokesperson for PT Mamuang, Hermanto Rudi who gave a more reasonable explanation for the agrarian conflicts.
“In the past, there were only seven to ten people in Kabuyu. The land provider team did not include 250 hectares in the HGU application because they thought that in the next 30 years, the population of Kabuyu would increase. So, the 8,000 hectare HGU is net owned by the company. The boundaries between our land and the community are also clear, there are roads, ditches and other things,"
This mess is quite typical of palm oil development in Indonesia in the early years.
Overlapping licensed areas, lack of FPIC was rampant. It was indeed, problems like these, which led to the creation of the Roundtable On Sustainable Oil (RSPO) in 2004, to try and clean up the supply chain for palm oil.
Unfortunately for the residents of Kabuyu village with a grievance against Astra Agro Lestari, the company is not a member of the RSPO and therefore, not bound to operate according to the principles of the RSPO.
This explains why, the numerous NGOs that have worked on the case, sought to target buyers of PT AAL including Unilever, Nestle, Apical Group etc.
Fortunately for the residents of Kabuyu village, all these buyers of PT AAL palm oil, are members of the RSPO.
Can the influence of the RSPO be brought to bear in a situation where the accused is not a member but its goods are bought by RSPO members? This should be done as it taints the supplies of palm oil from Wilmar, Apical Group and all the companies named in the Friends of the Earth report on Astra Agro Lestari.
There is no doubt that Astra Agro Lestari has contributed to local development in Sulawesi, which makes this case of Kabuyu village such an unfortunate one. The community is only asking for the return of 250 hectares of land they claim as theirs. It goes without saying that resolving the complaints from Kabuyu village may open up a whole bunch of claims from other villages, which Mongabay ID has covered in a series of reports.
The only way forward is to ignore findings prior to 2015, which is when Astra Agro Lestari made its corporate commitment towards NDPE and re-examine all the complaints that are still boiling over in 2022. This should in no way, affect whatever happens with the mining activities of Astra International as it is a sector that has not committed to NDPE.
As communicated to CSPO Watch by Kabuyu village, "we are only asking the return of village lands. If the claims are not clear, we are prepared to work with PT Mamuang. Let's go down to the field together."
This should be done as AAL in its public statement has said that "AAL takes all allegations seriously and will work towards mutually agreeable solutions. We have no tolerance for any violation of land or human rights and will work to assure stakeholders of our compliance with company policies."
Stay tuned to this page as we monitor the developments of Kabuyu village vs Astra Agro Lestari
Published November 2022. CSPO Watch
Update Jan 24, 2023
WALHI Central Sulawesi Suggests State Legalized Land Areas Managed by the People
PALU- Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Forum for the Environment (WALHI) proposes that a people's governance area be legalized by the state, through several schemes. The scheme is like social forestry and land as objects of agrarian reform (TORA). This is in light of allegations that oil palm plantation companies by ASTRA Group annexed land managed by local communities.
In addition, he urged the government to carry out evaluations and stop granting permits for companies to carry out bad practices that are not in accordance with the law.
The head of the WALHI Central Sulawesi Advocacy and Law Department, Aulia Hakim, made this suggestion after a meeting with several farmer representatives from West Sulawesi, Poso Regency and Morowali Regency during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi WALHI secretariat office on Jalan Tanjung Manimbaya, Palu City, Tuesday (24/24). 1). Media Alkhairaat
WALHI Central Sulawesi Suggests State Legalized Land Areas Managed by the People
PALU- Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Forum for the Environment (WALHI) proposes that a people's governance area be legalized by the state, through several schemes. The scheme is like social forestry and land as objects of agrarian reform (TORA). This is in light of allegations that oil palm plantation companies by ASTRA Group annexed land managed by local communities.
In addition, he urged the government to carry out evaluations and stop granting permits for companies to carry out bad practices that are not in accordance with the law.
The head of the WALHI Central Sulawesi Advocacy and Law Department, Aulia Hakim, made this suggestion after a meeting with several farmer representatives from West Sulawesi, Poso Regency and Morowali Regency during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi WALHI secretariat office on Jalan Tanjung Manimbaya, Palu City, Tuesday (24/24). 1). Media Alkhairaat
Sulawesi villagers urge Unilever and RSPO to help their case with Astra Agro Lestari
Update December 12, 2022
Villagers from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with grievances against Astra Agro Lestari, have ramped up their campaign with an email to stakeholders in AAL's supply chain.
The email which was addressed to Unilever, was sent to Astra Agro Lestari and various corporate accounts as well as NGOs.
CC's in the email from the villagers included Wilmar, Nestle, Apical Group etc. A full copy of the email can be downloaded here
Villagers from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with grievances against Astra Agro Lestari, have ramped up their campaign with an email to stakeholders in AAL's supply chain.
The email which was addressed to Unilever, was sent to Astra Agro Lestari and various corporate accounts as well as NGOs.
CC's in the email from the villagers included Wilmar, Nestle, Apical Group etc. A full copy of the email can be downloaded here
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Two villagers from Sulawesi, Indonesia, have issued public statements asking for help in their fight for land rights against PT Astra Agro Lestari and its subsidiary, PT Mamuang who is being accused of land grabs.
Video quality is poor as these villagers use older smart phones to tape the video statements. Regardless, their message to buyers of Astra Agro Lestari is clear. They need help to recover their ancestral lands and farm lands. |
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Update November 28, 2022 Residents from the villages of Kabuyu, Rio Mukti and Polanto Jaya, which have on-going disputes with Astra Agro Lestari, have sent us some videos for distribution. We have uploaded their videos on YouTube to give them a voice on social media. Please watch, Like or leave a comment on YouTube |
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