Wilmar International Limited — Ethics Grade F

Wilmar International Limited receives an overall ethics grade of F (15/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Agriculture. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 10
• privacy: 80
• consumer: 40
• environment: 15
• humanRights: 10

Documented incidents (3)

• Palm Oil Forced Labor (high, 2016) — Amnesty International found severe labor abuses on Wilmar's plantations, including forced labor, child labor, and exposing workers to toxic pesticides without equipment. Women were found to be working for less than minimum wage.
• Rainforest Destruction (high, 2018) — Despite a 'No Deforestation' policy, Wilmar was linked to the destruction of vast areas of Indonesian rainforest through its suppliers. This led to massive carbon emissions and habitat loss for endangered orangutans.
• Land Grabbing in Africa (high, 2021) — Reports indicated Wilmar was involved in 'land grabbing' in Uganda, where local communities were forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands to make way for massive palm oil plantations.

Documented good deeds

• Real-time Satellite Monitoring — Wilmar implemented a satellite platform to monitor its soy and palm oil supply chains for deforestation in real-time.

Ethical alternatives

• Dr. Bronner's (Fair Trade Palm) — Uses organic and fair trade palm oil from small farmers in Ghana with total transparency.