Summary
Despite its commitment to “No Deforestation”, Indonesia’s Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, one of the world’s largest pulp and paper companies, is linked to a new mega-scale pulp mill under construction in northeast Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is expected to threaten some of the world’s largest tropical rainforests. This report aims to raise awareness about the risks that RGE’s current and planned operations pose for rainforest destruction in Kalimantan and Papua. RGE is the world’s largest producer of viscose, which is used in the manufacture of synthetic textiles and is also a leading producer in the global pulp, paper and packaging sectors through its subsidiaries Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) in Indonesia, Asia Symbol in China, and Bracell in Brazil. This investigative report finds that RGE’s pulp mill in China has been using wood from companies that have recently cleared large tracts of tropical rainforest in Kalimantan, Indonesia’s territory on the island of Borneo.