Astra Agro Lestari

PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk
Public
Traded as IDX: AALI
Industry plantation
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Area served
 Indonesia
Products Palm oil
Revenue Rp 14.12 trillion (2016)
Rp 2 trillion (2016)
Total assets Rp 24.226 trillion (2016)
Number of employees
 35,400 (2016)
Parent Astra International[1]
Website www.astra-agro.co.id

Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) is an Indonesian palm oil company. It is a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk. At least in 2004, it controlled extensive land banks.[2] It has two concessions on peatlands in Riau, with an estimated total area of 20,000 hectares.[3] According to Greenpeace, 2007, it has seven concessions on peat in Central Kalimantan.[4] Greenpeace also reported hotspots on five Astra Agro concessions in Riau, two of which were on peatlands.[5] Joko Supriyono was or is a director at Astra Agro and secretary of a palm oil industry lobby group.[6] He said companies had no choice, but to continue establishing plantations on restricted areas.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Annual Report 2012
  2. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 77
  3. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 131
  4. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 132
  5. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 142
  6. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 134
  7. ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 135


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