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An investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed the dumping of industrial wastewater containing a cocktail of toxic chemicals and caustic water, directly into the Citarum River, West Java. International fashion brands, including Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy are linked to this pollution through their direct business relations with PT Gistex Group; the company behind the polluting facility. In its report, Toxic Threads: Polluting Paradise, the NGO details how the PT Gistex facility has taken advantage of a system that requires little transparency about its activities and where inadequate laws are failing to prevent the release of hazardous chemicals.

Read Full Story In an exclusive interview with environmental website BusinessGreen,  Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has thanked Greenpeace for the work the activist NGO has done over the past decade to help the company come around to halting its deforestation activities in Indonesia.

The Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) – one of the world's largest paper companies – has pledged to stop its suppliers cutting down natural forests in Indonesia. It hopes this will help preserve the threatened habitats of endangered species, increase respect for the rights of the region’s indigenous peoples and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from carbon-rich peatland. APP worked with environmental NGOs Greenpeace and the The Forest Trust (TFT) on the plan, which came into effect at the beginning of February.

Indonesia’s Minister of Agriculture Suswono has praised sustainable palm oil practice in Dosan village, and says this initiative is a perfect example of the way large palm oil producers can remain profitable without further destroying the forests.

Read Full Story A new report from Greenpeace on how clothing manufacturing facilities are filling wastewater systems in China with harmful chemicals is the latest effort to highlight the clothing industry's poor environmental track record, according to an in-depth report from Greenbiz.com’s Sustainable Business News. The pollution is coming from textile manufacturing plants in China that are part of the supply chain for Levi's, GAP and Calvin Klein, among many others in the clothing industry.