Paper giant APP promises no Indonesia deforestation
- Published: 5 Feb 2013 at 22.44
- Online news: Asia
The world's third-largest paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper said Tuesday it had stopped using logs from Indonesia's natural forests, after fierce campaigning by green groups against the company.
Teguh Ganda Wijaya, the Indonesian chairman of the world's third-largest paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), speaks during a ceremony in Jakarta on February 5, 2013. APP said Tuesday it had stopped using logs from Indonesia's natural forests, after fierce campaigning by green groups against the company.
The firm has in recent years lost packaging contracts with big brands such as foodmaker Kraft and Barbie's Mattel after Greenpeace accused APP of clearing carbon-rich forest, home to endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans.
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