International investigation names brands and investors behind commodity’s boom WASHINGTON, D.C./JAKARTA – Illegal and destructive production of palm oil in Indonesia is continuing, with a chain of culpability that spreads worldwide, from Southeast Asian rain forests to supermarket shelves and Wall●●●
From Main Street to Wall Street, U.S. banks and brands support illegal forest destruction for palm oil
Friends of the Earth, Forest Heroes and SumOfUs
Indonesian tin: the dirty secret behind Apple’s and Samsung’s smartphones
Multinationals Observatory
Apple, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung : giants of the electronics industry … who don’t really seem to know from where some of their raw material comes from. Tin is essential for the welds in the electronic plates of smartphones or tablets.●●●
