Tabea Meuter This ethnographic study explores the role of solidarity and gender relations within the Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity (TPOLS) network, specifically in the context of the palm oil industry. It highlights ethnographic observations and interviews...
Can a Labour-Climate Alliance Transform the Palm Oil Sector? This issue was raised at a public event titled "Building Solidarity for a Just Transition", which took place in Bern, Switzerland, on December 3-4, 2024. Representatives of international trade unions and...
Data Collection Method: “TPOLS News-Recap” is intended as a medium for circulating news summaries arising from various TPOLS social platforms and collaborative activities within the TPOLS Network, in two languages (Indonesian and English). Given the...
This poster, created by LBH Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan Legal Aid Institute), firmly supports the workers of PT Duta Palma Group whose rights have been violated. LBH Kalimantan Barat is actively collaborating with the Sambas-Bengkayang Workers Alliance...
In 2024, the TPOLS Secretariat gathered insights from our network members, revealing alarming trends in the palm oil industry. This summary highlights some of the most pressing issues, showcasing the destructive practices of palm oil companies that cannot be ignored....
What distinguishes a headache resulting from health issues from one that stems from poisoning symptoms? Could this illness be more than mere misfortune, potentially linked to the hazardous working conditions in oil palm plantations? What actions should we take if...
It has been six months since we distributed the postcard at the International Just Transition Conference in November 2023, now this postcard is ready to be delivered to you through this website. These postcards will bring you to TPOLS research findings on safety and...
Introduction On 28-29th November 2023, an international conference on “Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry” was held in Sambas, West Kalimantan in Indonesia. The conference was attended by 140 participants, mainly from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia,...
Collective Press Release | 5 March 2026 The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company partly owned...
“Sometimes,” Baso said quietly, reminiscing about his untended oil palm plot now overtaken by weeds, “this grant feels no different than being forced into debt, especially if it’s your first time planting.” For four years, he has helped manage a seventy-two-hectare...
PT HIP conflict continues with land occupation by community On Wednesday, 4 February, dozens of residents from Buol Regency, Central Sulawesi, originating from Mopu Village, Bukal Subdistrict, and several other villages, occupied palm oil land in Mopu Village, which...
WE STAND WITH PADANG HALABAN: Stop Evictions in Padang Halaban and Respect Human Rights To: The Head of Rantau Prapat District Court, Labuhan Batu The Chief of North Sumatra Regional Police, Medan The National Commission on Human Rights (KOMNAS HAM), Jakarta The...
Every year, companies from the European Union (EU), such as Germany, Belgium, and Spain, export hundreds of thousands of tons of hazardous pesticides to countries outside Europe. Many of the toxic substances in these pesticides are banned in EU countries themselves...
