Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges
A new report urges bank and buyers to stop doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world’s biggest paper producers, for its alleged failure to uphold its own sustainability commitments.
The report, by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN), a coalition of NGOs, lists a litany of violations from destruction of tropical peat ecosystems to the prevalence of burning to persistent community conflicts associated with APP’s operations in Indonesia.
The company has denied the allegations, saying it continues to make strides in restoring peat areas of its concessions and resolving land disputes with local and Indigenous communities.