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10 Aug 2010

Author:
Yoga Rusmana, Bloomberg

Sinar Mas response to Greenpeace allegations [Indonesia]

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An independent study cleared Sinar Mas Group, the world’s second-biggest palm oil producer, of destroying rainforests in Indonesia, according to a statement from PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk [PT SMART]. The report, by Control Union Certifications and BSI Group, “demonstrates that the environmental campaigner was wrong in much of its campaign and exaggerated throughout,” PT Sinar Mas Agro, said...Sinar Mas Agro, also known as PT SMART, is a unit of Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources Ltd., part of Sinar Mas Group...“They are trying to greenwash their image,” said Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace’s Southeast Asia forest team leader...While the report is a “good start”, it is not sufficient for Unilever to resume business with Sinar Mas,...[Unilever] said today. [also refers to Nestle, Unilever, Abengoa, Wal-Mart, Yum!, Cargill]