Asia Pulp and Paper - Get the facts
- The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) rescinded the rights of APP to use their logo, due to APP’s poor environmental record.
- APP logs illegally in Indonesia and China.
- APP is responsible for destroying large tracts of Indonesian rain forest which poses real and significant threats to endangered animals such as Sumatran tigers, elephants and orangutans.
- APP has defaulted on $13 billion dollars of debt.
- APP has been charged with causing the global collapse of confidence and consequently huge right offs in the prices of assets in Southeast Asia.
- Economic degradation of the Sakai community, one of the indigenous groups in the province.
- The WWF Indonesia called off its partnership with Asia Pulp and Paper after the company failed to implement commitments to end sourcing of illegal timber.
- They have failed to pay employee wages.