"RSPO Investigating Reports of Ongoing Labor Abuse at Indofood Plantations"

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, or RSPO, announced…that its complaints panel is currently investigating reports of ongoing worker exploitation at plantations belonging to Indonesian food giant Indofood and that there are plans to conduct onsite verification….

…Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Indonesian labor rights advocacy group Oppuk and the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) published a report…detailing grim working conditions at plantations owned and operated by Indofood. This includes exposure to hazardous pesticides, payments below the minimum wage and the use of child labor.

…The plantations are certified as "sustainable" by the RSPO….

RSPO country director Tiur Rumondang said..."The complaints panel is investigating the matter and onsite verification is being planned…."