Atama Plantation Sarl
Palm oil assessment- Latest update: October 2025
- Next scheduled: November 2027
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Parent company:Wasco Berhad (formerly known as Wah Seong Corporation Berhad)
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Landbank (oil palm)201,388 hectares
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Market cap:94,300,000 USD
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Bloomberg ticker:WSC MK Equity
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LEI:No LEI
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RSPO member?No
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Activities:Unclear
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Locations:Republic of Congo (Sangha and Cuvette)
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Headquarters:Congo
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Parent website:
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Company assessment: Atama Plantation Sarl – November 2018
Assessment date:
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Sustainability policy and leadership
0 / 6 0%-
0 / 1
1. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment for all its operations?
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0 / 1
2. Policy or commitment applies to direct and third-party suppliers?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
4. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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0 / 1
5. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to improve sustainability in relation to palm oil?
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6. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
7. Activities with government, NGOs or academic institutions to improve palm oil sustainability?
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Landbank, maps and traceability
0.5 / 12 4.2%-
8. Total land area managed/controlled for oil palm (ha)?
470000 - The company states it received 470,000 hectares of federal land for its palm oil operations in 2010, 180,000 hectares of which was suitable for oil palm planting. No more recent data could be found.
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0 / 1
9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?
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0 / 1
10. Plasma/scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?
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11. Unplanted (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?
180000 - 180,000 hectares were designated specifically for planting, with 2,000 hectares due to be planted in 2013-2014 (as of mid 2013). No further information is available as to whether this has happened and how much land is currently effectively planted.
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0 / 1
12. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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0 / 1
13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?
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14. Number and names of company owned mills?
The company's website states that there are plans to develop one mill in the future. It is not clear when this statement was made.
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15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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16. Number and names of supplier mills?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
17. Maps of estates/management units?
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0 / 1
18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?
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19. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to mill level?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
20. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level?
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21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (above 80%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 2
22. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
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23. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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Deforestation and biodiversity
0 / 10 0%-
0 / 1
24. Commitment to zero deforestation?
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0 / 1
25. Deforestation commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
26. Criteria for defining deforestation?
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0 / 1
27. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?
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0 / 1
28. Examples of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?
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0 / 1
29. Implementing a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation?
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30. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?
The company's website only states that the company will "Support environmental preservation programmes such as wildlife and natural habitat conservation".
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0 / 1
31. Commitment to not endanger species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 1
32. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
33. Examples of species conservation activities?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments
0 / 11 0%-
0 / 1
34. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
35. HCV commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
36. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?
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0 / 1
37. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for planting undertaken prior to January 2015, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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0 / 1
38. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted since January 2015?
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0 / 1
39. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all estates planted since January 2015?
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0 / 1
40. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?
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0 / 1
41. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?
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0 / 1
42. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?
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0 / 1
43. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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0 / 1
44. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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Peat, fire and GHG emissions
0 / 15 0%-
0 / 1
45. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
46. Peat commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
47. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
48. Landbank or planted area on peat?
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0 / 1
49. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
50. Commitment to zero burning?
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0 / 1
51. Zero burning commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
52. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?
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0 / 1
53. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates?
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0 / 1
54. Details/number of hotspots/fires within surrounding landscape/smallholders?
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0 / 1
55. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
56. GHG emissions from land use change?
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0 / 1
57. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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0 / 1
58. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
59. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?
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Water, chemical and pest management
0 / 12 0%-
0 / 1
60. Time-bound commitment to improve water use per tonne of FFB Processed?
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0 / 1
61. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
62. Progress towards commitment on water use?
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0 / 1
63. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
64. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
65. Evidence of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
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0 / 1
66. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
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0 / 1
67. No use of paraquat?
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0 / 1
68. No use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
69. No use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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0 / 1
70. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
71. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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Community, land and labour rights
2 / 19.5 10.3%-
0 / 1
72. Commitment to human rights, referencing the UN Declaration of Human Rights or UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to human rights applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
75. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights, referencing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO 169?
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0 / 1
76. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
77. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
78. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
79. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
80. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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81. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
The company's website states that "Atama hopes to engage the needs of the Congolese people by contributing to their educational, medical and housing requirements in the area where we operate." However, no examples of related activities the company has carried out could be found.
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82. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?
The company's website states that it will "Comply with applicable legislation and regulations pertaining to HSE and apply responsible standards where these do not exist".
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0 / 1
83. Reference to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
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84. Total number of employees?
The data provided is more than 2 years old.
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0 / 1
85. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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0 / 1
86. Percentage or number of women employees?
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0 / 1
87. Commitment to pay minimum wage?
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88. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
The company has a dedicated HSE page where it details how health and safety is ensured. It namely commits to providing "a safe working environment for all its employees and ensure that personnel are trained to carry out their work safely.".
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0 / 1
89. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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0 / 1
90. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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91. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?
The company only commits to "a safe working environment for all its employees and ensure that personnel are trained to carry out their work safely".
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Certification standards
0 / 14 0%-
0 / 1
92. Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
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0 / 0.5
93. Submitted most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
94. Listed all countries and regions in which operates in most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
95. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of estates?
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0 / 0.5
96. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?
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0 / 0.5
97. Year expected to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities?
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0 / 0.5
98. RSPO-certified within three years of joining the RSPO or by November 2010, for companies joining prior to finalisation of the RSPO certification systems in November 2007?
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0 / 2
99. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
100. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
101. Percentage of scheme/associated smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
102. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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103. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that are RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
104. Sells or processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?
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105. Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certified (100%)?
This indicator is disabled because the company does not operate in Indonesia.
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106. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?
This indicator is disabled because the company does not operate in Malaysia.
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0 / 1
107. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAN, RSB, etc.)?
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Smallholders and suppliers
0 / 7 0%-
0 / 1
108. Programme to support scheme smallholders?
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0 / 1
109. Number or percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
110. Programme to support independent smallholders?
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0 / 1
111. Number or percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
112. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
113. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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0 / 1
114. Percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company requirements?
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Governance and grievances
0 / 6 0%-
0 / 1
115. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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0 / 1
116. Whistleblowing procedure?
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0 / 1
117. Own grievance or complaints system?
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0 / 1
118. Grievance or complaints system is accessible to internal and external stakeholders?
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0 / 2
119. Details of grievances disclosed?
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SPOTT scores are based on the presence of external evidence made available by the company or third-parties.
Media monitor: Atama Plantation Sarl
SPOTT monitors global media sources for coverage of assessed companies. The media monitor gathers reports about specific activities related to the assessment indicator categories. ZSL does not assess or score the validity of media coverage, but users can explore the media monitor to provide context on implementation, and infer risks associated with reported operations on the ground. The media monitor undergoes a full update at the time of publishing an assessment round, with ad-hoc updates throughout the year. This is not an exhaustive list of all media reports relevant to the company.
March 2024
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May 2019
PALMED OFF: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THREE INDUSTRIAL PALM OIL AND RUBBER PROJECTS IN CAMEROON AND THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
March 2018
Oil palm, rubber could trigger 'storm' of deforestation in the Congo Basin
September 2017
Bulletin 233 WRM: Lutter pour la terre, les for?ts et la vie: Non aux monocultures foresti?res industrielles ( Bulletin 233 WRM: Fight for the land, forests and life: No to industrial monocultures)
September 2017
Economie foresti?re: un r?seau mafieux d?exportation du bois d?mantel? au port de Pointe-Noire (Forest economy: a mafia network for the export of dismantled wood at the port of Pointe-Noire)
February 2016
Prospective Congo palm oil plantation wrecking prime great ape habitat
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Media monitor: Atama Plantation Sarl
SPOTT monitors global media sources for coverage of assessed companies. The media monitor gathers reports about specific activities related to the assessment indicator categories. ZSL does not assess or score the validity of media coverage, but users can explore the media monitor to provide context on implementation, and infer risks associated with reported operations on the ground.