Astra Agro Lestari
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| IDX: AALI | |
| Industry | plantation |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Area served | Indonesia |
| Products | Palm oil |
| Revenue | Rp 14.12 trillion (2016) |
| Rp 2 trillion (2016) | |
| Total assets | Rp 24.226 trillion (2016) |
Number of employees | 35,400 (2016) |
| Parent | Astra International[1] |
| Website | www |
Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) is the second biggest palm oil company in Indonesia. It is a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk. At least in 2004, it controlled extensive land banks.[2] It has two concessions on peatlands in Riau, with an estimated total area of 20,000 hectares.[3]
AAL is Indonesia's second largest palm oil company and according to FIDH, "supplies Crude Palm Oil (CPO) through its mills to various consumer companies, including Procter & Gamble, Hershey’s, Kellogg, Unilever, Mondelēz, Colgate-Palmolive, PepsiCo, and Nestlé, amongst others."[4]
According to Greenpeace, 2007, it has seven concessions on peat in Central Kalimantan.[5] Greenpeace also reported hotspots on five Astra Agro concessions in Riau, two of which were on peatlands.[6] Joko Supriyono was or is a director at Astra Agro and secretary of a palm oil industry lobby group.[7] He said companies had no choice, but to continue establishing plantations on restricted areas.[8]
The company was listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 1997.
Criticism[edit]
Astra Agro Lestari has been accused of "criminalisation, human rights abuses and land grabbing" in Indonesia by indigenous groups and human rights organisations like Global Witness.[4][9] Global Witness have also criticised members of GFANZ for continuing to invest in companies accused of contributing to deforestation like AAL.[10] Friends of the Earth have also published a report accusing AAL of responsibility for "longstanding land rights abuses and environmental destruction in operations undertaken without proper legal permits."[11] The claims were repeated by PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina in 2023.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Annual Report 2012
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 77
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 131
- ^ a b "Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia: Ongoing criminalisation, human rights abuses and land grabbing". International Federation for Human Rights. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 132
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 142
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 134
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 135
- ^ "Decade of defiance". Global Witness. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ "Zero Progress? One year on from COP26, GFANZ investors remain heavily exposed to deforestation". Global Witness. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ Mark, Merel van der (2022-03-23). "Report: Major Indonesian palm oil supplier linked to illegal deforestation, land rights violations". Forests & Finance. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ DiNapoli, Jessica; Christina, Bernadette; Sterling, Toby (13 March 2023). "PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina ask suppliers to stop buying AAL palm oil". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023.
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