The report documented and Evading Responsibility, details the failures land grabbing, environmental degradation of most of AAL’s buyers and financiers to and pollution of water sources, permitting hold the company responsible for ongoing irregularities, and the criminalization of violations by enabling AAL’s conflict palm oil to environmental human rights defenders linked be sold on the global mar. [...] decided and does not reflect the demands The recommendations provided in AAL for remedy and redress put forward by and Eco Nusantara’s 2023 report sought to communities that have suffered at the hands maintain the status quo and absolve AAL of AAL and its subsidiaries. [...] Notably, the Government of Central Sulawesi recommended the return of 283 hectares of While AAL says it is committed to improving land from PT ANA to farmers in April 2024.32 its FPIC policies, practices, and systems moving While communities’ and farmers’ claims to land forward, AAL has a responsibility to ensure taken by PT ANA and other AAL subsidiaries grievance redress and remedy to communitie. [...] One of the main causes applied for the required release of forest of protracted land conflicts in Central and areas.36 Despite a Supreme Court ruling, the West Sulawesi is the government’s failure to government of Indonesia refuses to publish provide legal clarity regarding customary land cultivation permits for public review37—hence ownership and to recognize the land rights scientists, civil soc. [...] land to communities and farmers that was taken without their consent; provide z The Indonesian government should compensation for loss of lands, crops, facilitate the return of land taken by AAL and livelihoods; support environmental without consent to communities and restoration of damaged forests, rivers, farmers and evaluate the legal status and waterways; end criminalization of of AAL subsidia.
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Table of Contents
- I. Introduction 4
- II. Key Findings 6
- III. Cultivating Conflict in Central and West Sulawesi 7
- Intimidation and criminalization 8
- AALs flawed investigation 9
- Lack of Free Prior and Informed Consent 11
- Community demands for redress and remedy 12
- IV. Cultivating Confusion in the Forest Estate 13
- Governance gaps 13
- New data conflicted interpretations 14
- Lack of cultivation permits HGU 20
- AALs lack of permits may constitute tax avoidance 21
- USD according to data 21
- Central Sulawesi. 21
- V. Enabling Conflict and Evading Responsibility 22
- Unaccountable supply chains 22
- The response of consumer brands 22
- The response of agribusiness traders 24
- Ownership of Astra Agro Lestari 24
- AALs financiers 26
- BlackRocks response to Astra Agro Lestari 27
- Exclusion of Astra Agro Lestari and its parent companies from Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global 27
- Twentynine financiers 29
- HSBC and ABP Pension Fund 29
- HSBCs Financing of AAL and parent companies 29
- VI. Recommendations 30
