Topic: Corporate accountability

Investigating the methods corporations use to evade accountability for deforestation, driving climate change, rights abuses and violating laws.

In The Spotlight

The Consultant

Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?

The secret deal to destroy paradise

The story behind the single biggest threat to the rainforests of Indonesia.

Main Stories

Chasing Shadows

Extensive evidence suggests corporation selling "sustainable" palm oil hid control of companies destroying rainforest

Follow the permits

How to identify corruption red flags in Indonesian land deals

Indonesia reboots effort to end corporate secrecy as anonymous firms destroy Papuan rainforest

Indonesian companies were given until March this year to disclose their “beneficial owners” under a 2018 presidential regulation, but less than 1 percent have complied.

Rainforests fall for Indonesia’s food estate programme

Politically-connected firm seeks to profit from stripped back regulations

New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project

The Digoel Agri Group has begun operating in an Indonesia megaproject being fought over by investors from around the world

Saving Aru

The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution

What we learned from two years of investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia

And what it says about how to fix the nation’s deforestation and land rights crisis.

A carbon bomb in Papua: 7 takeaways from our investigation

What you need to know from our groundbreaking investigation, The secret deal to destroy paradise

Does Indonesia’s storied anti-graft agency have a blind spot for corrupt land deals?

The KPK may yet have a chilling effect on companies' ability to operate with impunity across vast areas of unexploited rainforest.

How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources

There is every indication that permit selling in the agribusiness and extractive sectors is rife across Indonesia, even if the true extent remains hidden.

Ghosts in the Machine

The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge

It's time to confront Indonesian politicians' collusion with the palm oil industry

Our investigation reveals the deep connections between the palm oil industry and the corruption of Indonesian democracy.

The making of a palm oil fiefdom

The story of money, power and politics behind the devastation of a forest-rich district in Indonesian Borneo.