The palm oil industry is plagued by land conflicts. Photo: Indigenous farmers block a road to a palm oil plantation and ritually spill pig’s blood in West Kalimantan, Indonesia © Irendra Radjawali Mosaic Landscapes as a Transformative Vision for the Palm Oil Industry...
What could a socially and ecologically just palm oil industry look like? Worker load fresh fruit bunches into a truck, North Sumatra, Indonesia © RAN/OPPUK/Nanang Sujana. Oliver Pye, Fitri Arianti, Rizal Assalam, Michaela Haug, Janina Puder[i] The palm oil...
Photo: Women maintanance workers spread fertilizer on one plantation in North Sumatra. Credit; RAN/ OPPUK/ Nanang Sujana. Report on Crisis in Palm Oil Plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic It has been more than a year since the...
People's Committee for the Transformation of the Food System Press release In solidarity! On 26-28 July 2021, the United Nations will hold Pre-Summit event as a part of United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) in Rome, Italy, which will be followed by Global Dialogue...
Palm oil plantation has been widely reported for practising various forms of human rights abuses. Given its characteristics of being located in remote area with social isolation in a massive land size, plantation is a ‘suitable’ place for harboring illegal practice of...
After years of working for the palm oil plantation PT. Agro Kati Lama (AKL), Andi (36 years) was suddenly dismissed by the company management in December last year. When he was recruited, Andi worked as a daily casual worker (Buruh Harian Lepas/BHL), a work status...
Palm oil giant Korindo must "commit to reparations for past [land] conversion practices" in Indonesia or else face expulsion from the Forest Stewardship Council, the certification body announced this week.The precise conditions for Korindo to retain its FSC membership...
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...
Collective press release | Embargoed until 1 July 2025 For decades, communities neighbouring the Socfin group's plantations worldwide have railed against the company's abusive practices, which range from land grabs to sexual violence. Now their complaints have been...
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the conference “Just Transition in the Palm Oil Sector – International Solidarity and Socio-ecological Transformation” held from the 3rd to the 4th of December 2024 in Bern, Switzerland. It was a follow-up to the...
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...
Stéphane Maminindriana* A Journey of Rethinking Safety Regimes For several years, I worked in the field of Safety Management. I believed in the role, in the systems I upheld, and in the importance of making workplaces safer. My days were filled with audits,...
