00:00Some of the world's biggest consumer goods companies risk breaching the European Union's
00:05deforestation law through palm oil sourced from Indonesian plantations accused of illegal
00:10activities. A probe by Indonesian environmental organizations found that palm oil linked to
00:15major global brands may come from a plantation where forests was cleared after the EU's
00:212020 cut-off date. The investigation identified signs of deforestation in 2024
00:27at PT Karya Makmur Abadi in central Kalimantan. It named PepsiCo, Unilever, Ferrero, Mondales and
00:36Procter and Gamble as recent buyers of palm oil from this site. The findings did not establish
00:41that every company named had breached EU rules, however they raised concerns that palm oil from
00:46land clear after December 31st 2020 could enter the European market. The EU's anti-deforestation
00:54rules are set to take effect on December 30, 2026. They require companies to prove that products,
01:00including palm oil, are not linked to deforestation.
