Topic: Corporate Secrecy

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

In The Spotlight

Chasing Shadows

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

Insider testimony points to “sustainable” conglomerate as hidden hand behind destruction of rainforest

Investigation adds to allegations connecting Royal Golden Eagle to “shadow companies”

Main Stories

Rainforest-destroying shadow companies in spotlight as tax havens pressured on corporate transparency

UK overseas territories are being criticised for missing a deadline to open up company ownership data

Brands drop First Resources over 'shadow company' revelations

Pressure mounts on palm oil producer in the wake of investigation

How secrecy jurisdictions enable the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests

As transparency efforts stall, Indonesia's leading deforesters remain able to hide their beneficial owners.

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.

The President's new clothes

Unravelling the mystery of Prabowo Subianto’s business interests

Analysis: How do oil palm companies get away with disregarding Indonesian law?

Tania Li, an anthropologist at the University of Toronto, argues that companies can act with impunity because of corporate-state collusion and a lack of organised resistance

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.

The secret deal to destroy paradise

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

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.