Astra Agro Lestari

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PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk
Company type Public
IDX:  AALI
Industry plantation
Founded1981;44 years ago (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.co.id

Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. (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

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

  1. ↑ Annual Report 2012 Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 77. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  3. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 131. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  4. 1 2 "Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia: Ongoing criminalisation, human rights abuses and land grabbing". International Federation for Human Rights. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 132. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  6. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 142. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  7. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 134. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  8. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 135. ISBN   978-1-138-85864-0.
  9. ↑ "Decade of defiance". Global Witness. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  10. ↑ "Zero Progress? One year on from COP26, GFANZ investors remain heavily exposed to deforestation". Global Witness. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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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