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UNCOVERING THE DARKNESS OF MEGA BANK – PALM OIL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HIDDEN IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

UNCOVERING THE DARKNESS OF MEGA BANK – PALM OIL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HIDDEN IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Indonesian palm oil plantations reported human rights abuses, including child labor. However, Japan’s Mega Bank continues to lend to the farm’s parent company.

https://youtu.be/SZm_1lmUJH0

“Where are you going, my money? – The transnational flow of finance and our choices,” a 38-minute video teaching materials including this video (DVD or online streaming audition), is published by the Asia Pacific Resource Center (PARC).

Directed by: Katsunori Yamaguchi
Narration: Misako Tomioka
Cast:

  • Takayuki Nakaji (Tropical Forest Action Network )
  • Helwin Nassion (Chairman of Indonesian Farm Workers’ Union Serbundo / Managing Director of OPPUK)

Providing video and photos:

  • The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP)
  • Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

*This product is produced with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The creator is responsible for the content of this work, and Sida does not necessarily take the same position as the creator.