JAKARTA – A Korean palm oil giant has been rejected from the world’s leading green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation.
The BBC had earlier found evidence that the Korindo group had been buying up swathes of Asia’s largest remaining rainforests in the province of Papua in Indonesia.
A visual analysis suggested that fires had been deliberately set to these forests, a clear violation of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
At the time of the investigation late last year, the FSC said they would not expel Korindo but were working with the Korean company to address social and environmental problems.
Now, the green body said the relationship has “become untenable,” and Korindo’s trademark licenses with FSC will be terminated from October.(BBC)
