Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO). The Nestle Case
Welcome to the CSPO Watch analysis of Nestle's palm oil supply as certified by the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) initiative. We thank Nestle global for their insistence on transparency and independent third party reports on their use of palm oil as guided by the Nestle Responsible Sourcing Standards. Quoting from Nestle's response to CSPO Watch:
We are supportive of MSPO as a nation-wide initiative to transform the Malaysian palm oil industry broadly, including by driving traceability industry wide. MSPO compliance is not specifically part of our Responsible Sourcing requirements, except that the Responsible Sourcing requirements require complying with all local laws. To that end, our assessments would make sure they are in legal compliance, but we are not tracking how they are progressing against MSPO requirements. At the moment, we will continue to use our existing traceability systems focusing on meeting our Responsible Sourcing Standard and share the transparency of this via our supplier and mill list disclosure. To demonstrate no deforestation in our supply chain, we use our traceability information combined with Starling satellite monitoring.
The focus of our reports will be exclusive to the Nestle supply chain for palm oil from Malaysia and as such, we will commence with the vertification of palm oil supplies from their Tier 1 suppliers in Malaysia and trace it back to the mills.
To get updates on our progress on tracing Nestle's palm oil supply from Malaysia, please sign up below.
Welcome to the CSPO Watch analysis of Nestle's palm oil supply as certified by the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) initiative. We thank Nestle global for their insistence on transparency and independent third party reports on their use of palm oil as guided by the Nestle Responsible Sourcing Standards. Quoting from Nestle's response to CSPO Watch:
We are supportive of MSPO as a nation-wide initiative to transform the Malaysian palm oil industry broadly, including by driving traceability industry wide. MSPO compliance is not specifically part of our Responsible Sourcing requirements, except that the Responsible Sourcing requirements require complying with all local laws. To that end, our assessments would make sure they are in legal compliance, but we are not tracking how they are progressing against MSPO requirements. At the moment, we will continue to use our existing traceability systems focusing on meeting our Responsible Sourcing Standard and share the transparency of this via our supplier and mill list disclosure. To demonstrate no deforestation in our supply chain, we use our traceability information combined with Starling satellite monitoring.
The focus of our reports will be exclusive to the Nestle supply chain for palm oil from Malaysia and as such, we will commence with the vertification of palm oil supplies from their Tier 1 suppliers in Malaysia and trace it back to the mills.
To get updates on our progress on tracing Nestle's palm oil supply from Malaysia, please sign up below.
November 01, 2019. Nestlé today joined a coalition of major palm oil producers and buyers to support and fund the development of a new, publicly available radar-based forest monitoring system known as Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation (RADD). Read full report on CSRwire
September 17, 2019. Swiss NGO criticises Nestle over migrant workers in Malaysia.
A Swiss NGO has criticised food giant Nestlé for buying palm oil from Malaysian suppliers who it claims exploit workers, including children, on plantations where forced labour is widespread. Read report on Swissinfo.ch
Can Nestlé monitor its palm oil from the sky?Nestlé has offered journalists a sneak peek into the satellite technology it is using to monitor its palm oil supply chain. Yet despite moves towards more transparency over deforestation, it is unlikely to be made available to consumers anytime soon. Read original report on Swissinfo.ch
Update on Nestle in the news on palm oil from Southeast Asia.
Nestle continues to be named in public media posts linking the company to risky operations alleged to have caused deforestation. Notable among these public media criticisms is the Indonesia based website foresthints.com.
Allegations of deforestation links to Nestle's palm oil supply from Malaysia
News Alert May 02, 2019
KUCHING, May 2 — Sarawak Assistant Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources Datuk Len Taliff Salleh said today areas approved for oil palm planter Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd did not encroach onto land gazetted for the Mulu National Park, a world heritage and cultural site, in the interior of Baram. MalayMail
KUCHING: A 1km buffer zone will be imposed along the common border between Mulu National Park and a provisional lease (PL) area issued to a plantation company, says a Sarawak assistant minister. TheStar
News Alert Feb 08 2019
Land illegally cleared to plant oil palm at Bukit Kledang, IpohIPOH: Perak Menteri Besar Incorporated (MB Inc) today confirmed the existence of illegal land-exploration activities at Bukit Kledang here for the purpose of planting oil palm.
Source: FreeMalaysiaToday
News Alert Feb 07 2019. Chain Reaction Research on BLD in Sarawak
In fifth place is Bintulu Lumber Development (BLD) Plantations, which was the largest deforester in Malaysia in 2018. BLD Plantations has developed approximately 3000 ha of peat this year on its plantation in Mukah division in Sarawak, Malaysia. BLD appears in the supply chains of multiple traders and consumer goods companies, including Fuji Oils, AAK, ADM, Nestlé, IOI, Cargill, and Reckitt Benckiser.
Source: https://mailchi.mp/chainreactionresearch.com/the-chain-ndpe-uptake-impacts-list-of-top-10-deforesters-in-se-asia?e=3aa637f9f2
News Alert Jan 23 2019. Flagged for follow up.
Mulu natives have reportedly written to Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg to ask for help in stopping the clearing of rainforests for oil palm plantations in areas surrounding Gunung Mulu National Park, a UN-recognised world heritage site.
Source: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/461469
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The biggest deforester this year has been the Malaysian company Bintulu Lumber Development (BLD), which cleared 1,702 ha of peat and 1,307 ha of peat forest on its plantation in Mukah division in Sarawak, Malaysia. BLD’s products appear in the supply chains of multiple traders and consumer goods companies, including AAK, ADM, Nestlé, Olam, IOI, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, Lipsa and Reckitt Benckiser.
Source: https://chainreactionresearch.com/the-chain-malaysian-bld-tops-list-of-major-deforesters-in-2018/
Contested publicly by BLD
https://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/bld-questions-sarawak-reports-allegations-against-oil-palm-plantations/
BLD questions Sarawak Report’s allegations against oil palm plantations
Status: Nestle supply link to BLD ongoing trace
Allegations of deforestation links to Nestle's palm oil supply from Indonesia
Update December 20 2018. New sanctions imposed as NDPE policies still on paper only
The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry has concluded that major palm oil buyers and traders that have already adopted a No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE) policy have yet to change their corporate culture in that their supply chains remain linked to peat violations.
This situation confirms that global palm oil supply chains are not yet serious about adhering to an NDPE policy, especially in terms of legal compliance, given that the practice of new peat drainage has been banned in Indonesia since early December 2016 by President Joko Widodo.
These key conclusions were delivered by the Ministry’s Law Enforcement Director General Rasio “Roy” Ridho Sani at a discussion forum at the ministry building on the effectiveness of the NDPE policy and its connection with legal compliance. Read whole article
Environmental Activists: Nestle, Mars, Mondelez And Hershey’s Hiding Rainforest Destruction In Halloween Candy
Source: https://www.valuewalk.com/2018/10/candy-makers-palm-oil-plantations/
The world's top three biggest food companies in 2018, Cargill, Nestlé and PepsiCo, are still sourcing palm oil from the Jakarta-listed company PT TBLA Tbk which continues to drain Indonesia’s targeted peat restoration areas to this day.
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/2018-biggest-food-firms-still-sourcing-from-peat-destroyer
PEAK is a subsidiary of Mulia Sawit Agro Lestari (MSAL), a palm oil supplier to Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars, ADM, Bunge and others. This demonstrates how global palm oil supply chains still remain linked to the disappearance of Borneo's orangutan-inhabitat peat forests
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/peak-clearing-peat-forests-despite-palm-oil-moratorium
PEAK is a subsidiary of Mulia Sawit Agro Lestari (MSAL), a palm oil supplier to Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars, ADM, Bunge and others. This demonstrates how global palm oil supply chains still remain linked to the disappearance of Borneo's orangutan-inhabitat peat forests
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/new-papua-deforestation-seen-as-a-real-test-for-nestle
September 17, 2019. Swiss NGO criticises Nestle over migrant workers in Malaysia.
A Swiss NGO has criticised food giant Nestlé for buying palm oil from Malaysian suppliers who it claims exploit workers, including children, on plantations where forced labour is widespread. Read report on Swissinfo.ch
Can Nestlé monitor its palm oil from the sky?Nestlé has offered journalists a sneak peek into the satellite technology it is using to monitor its palm oil supply chain. Yet despite moves towards more transparency over deforestation, it is unlikely to be made available to consumers anytime soon. Read original report on Swissinfo.ch
Update on Nestle in the news on palm oil from Southeast Asia.
Nestle continues to be named in public media posts linking the company to risky operations alleged to have caused deforestation. Notable among these public media criticisms is the Indonesia based website foresthints.com.
Allegations of deforestation links to Nestle's palm oil supply from Malaysia
News Alert May 02, 2019
KUCHING, May 2 — Sarawak Assistant Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources Datuk Len Taliff Salleh said today areas approved for oil palm planter Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd did not encroach onto land gazetted for the Mulu National Park, a world heritage and cultural site, in the interior of Baram. MalayMail
KUCHING: A 1km buffer zone will be imposed along the common border between Mulu National Park and a provisional lease (PL) area issued to a plantation company, says a Sarawak assistant minister. TheStar
News Alert Feb 08 2019
Land illegally cleared to plant oil palm at Bukit Kledang, IpohIPOH: Perak Menteri Besar Incorporated (MB Inc) today confirmed the existence of illegal land-exploration activities at Bukit Kledang here for the purpose of planting oil palm.
Source: FreeMalaysiaToday
News Alert Feb 07 2019. Chain Reaction Research on BLD in Sarawak
In fifth place is Bintulu Lumber Development (BLD) Plantations, which was the largest deforester in Malaysia in 2018. BLD Plantations has developed approximately 3000 ha of peat this year on its plantation in Mukah division in Sarawak, Malaysia. BLD appears in the supply chains of multiple traders and consumer goods companies, including Fuji Oils, AAK, ADM, Nestlé, IOI, Cargill, and Reckitt Benckiser.
Source: https://mailchi.mp/chainreactionresearch.com/the-chain-ndpe-uptake-impacts-list-of-top-10-deforesters-in-se-asia?e=3aa637f9f2
News Alert Jan 23 2019. Flagged for follow up.
Mulu natives have reportedly written to Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg to ask for help in stopping the clearing of rainforests for oil palm plantations in areas surrounding Gunung Mulu National Park, a UN-recognised world heritage site.
Source: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/461469
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The biggest deforester this year has been the Malaysian company Bintulu Lumber Development (BLD), which cleared 1,702 ha of peat and 1,307 ha of peat forest on its plantation in Mukah division in Sarawak, Malaysia. BLD’s products appear in the supply chains of multiple traders and consumer goods companies, including AAK, ADM, Nestlé, Olam, IOI, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, Lipsa and Reckitt Benckiser.
Source: https://chainreactionresearch.com/the-chain-malaysian-bld-tops-list-of-major-deforesters-in-2018/
Contested publicly by BLD
https://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/bld-questions-sarawak-reports-allegations-against-oil-palm-plantations/
BLD questions Sarawak Report’s allegations against oil palm plantations
Status: Nestle supply link to BLD ongoing trace
Allegations of deforestation links to Nestle's palm oil supply from Indonesia
Update December 20 2018. New sanctions imposed as NDPE policies still on paper only
The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry has concluded that major palm oil buyers and traders that have already adopted a No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE) policy have yet to change their corporate culture in that their supply chains remain linked to peat violations.
This situation confirms that global palm oil supply chains are not yet serious about adhering to an NDPE policy, especially in terms of legal compliance, given that the practice of new peat drainage has been banned in Indonesia since early December 2016 by President Joko Widodo.
These key conclusions were delivered by the Ministry’s Law Enforcement Director General Rasio “Roy” Ridho Sani at a discussion forum at the ministry building on the effectiveness of the NDPE policy and its connection with legal compliance. Read whole article
Environmental Activists: Nestle, Mars, Mondelez And Hershey’s Hiding Rainforest Destruction In Halloween Candy
Source: https://www.valuewalk.com/2018/10/candy-makers-palm-oil-plantations/
The world's top three biggest food companies in 2018, Cargill, Nestlé and PepsiCo, are still sourcing palm oil from the Jakarta-listed company PT TBLA Tbk which continues to drain Indonesia’s targeted peat restoration areas to this day.
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/2018-biggest-food-firms-still-sourcing-from-peat-destroyer
PEAK is a subsidiary of Mulia Sawit Agro Lestari (MSAL), a palm oil supplier to Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars, ADM, Bunge and others. This demonstrates how global palm oil supply chains still remain linked to the disappearance of Borneo's orangutan-inhabitat peat forests
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/peak-clearing-peat-forests-despite-palm-oil-moratorium
PEAK is a subsidiary of Mulia Sawit Agro Lestari (MSAL), a palm oil supplier to Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars, ADM, Bunge and others. This demonstrates how global palm oil supply chains still remain linked to the disappearance of Borneo's orangutan-inhabitat peat forests
Source: http://www.foresthints.news/new-papua-deforestation-seen-as-a-real-test-for-nestle