This podcast focuses on tackling the issue of deforestation within the palm oil industry.
Palm oil had destroyed more than 30,000 square miles of forest across Southeast Asia.
It had destroyed habitat for tens or hundreds of thousands of orangutans and other endangered wildlife. The destruction of these ultra carbon rich peatlands was spewing carbon dioxide at the atmosphere, and there was very little going on to address it. Glenn Hurowitz retells how, as a result of this campaign, on December 5th, 2013, Wilmar announced the strongest forest and human rights policy of any major agribusiness. It banned deforestation, conversion of peatland and exploitation of indigenous communities throughout its global supply chains.
Interviewee:
Glenn Hurowitz
Podcast Title:
Executive Director, Mighty Earth
Podcast Campaign:
Palm Oil Campaign, Indonesia