The Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity (TPOLS) Network urges all national governments and all companies to protect workers at all cost. The government and companies have to prioritize and ensure the protection of all working people’s health and livelihood...
Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia in 2019 have pumped at least 708 million tones of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — almost double the emissions from the fires that swept through the Brazilian Amazon this year.The fires were one of the most...
The stateless people in #Sabah, #Malaysia are denied access to schools, jobs, and healthcare, and their village is facing demolition. They have found advocates in the youth movement #BorneoKomrad.⠀ Video: https://buff.ly/2XQxq7E⠀ ⠀ #palmoillaboursolidarity⠀ ⠀...
*SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT REFUGEES RIGHT TO WORK IN MALAYSIA* https://ift.tt/2QVRVyC In mid-December, the Malaysian Government will come to a decision on establishing work rights for refugees in Malaysia.Should the final decision be unfavourable and in neglect of...
In a report entitled A Toxic Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, HRW said it had interviewed more than 40 workers and two-thirds of them "told us that they had become impotent since they started the job".⠀ ⠀Impotence - along with shortness of breath,...
These are five global producers of palm oil in 2019 (in 1000 MT): ⠀1. Indonesia (43,000);2. Malaysia (21,200);3. Thailand (3,000);4. (Colombia 1,680);5. Nigeria (1,015). ⠀ ⠀Other countries (in ranking): Guatemala, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Honduras, Brazil, Côte...
The network of Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity is trying to enhance the leadership of women workers in the palm oil labour movement. In some cases, they are actually active leaders, as shown by the participation and leadership in the...
Individuals from Indonesia and Liberia embroiled in land disputes with oil palm plantations have visited the Netherlands to call on the Dutch banks facilitating these companies’ operations to take action.⠀ ⠀The companies in question are PT Astra Agro Lestari in...
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...
October 29, 2025 TO: Joseph D’Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil CC: Pravin Rajandran, Head of Grievance, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Dear Mr. D’Cruz: This June, the RSPO announced that it was closing post-complaint monitoring of...
The Negros Island contingent of the International Learning and Solidarity Mission (ILSM) has urged the government to revoke the Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) granted to Hacienda Asia Plantations Inc. (HAPI) after documenting and confirming cases of...
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...
