'Carbon Neutral' Paper Company Linked to Deforestation in Indonesia

Reporter/Provider - Ryan Wu/Bryn Thomas
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An investigation in Indonesia has linked mass deforestation in Central Kalimantan to plantations supplying Asia Symbol, a paper company that markets its products as carbon neutral. The probe by AFP and The Gecko Project found cleared rainforest, including orangutan habitat, was processed into packaging used by UK drugmaker Haleon, the producer of the painkiller Panadol and Sensodyne toothpaste.