Golden Agri-Resources
Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) is a Singapore-based palm oil company publicly traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX: E5H). It was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Singapore. As of 2017, GAR employed about 170,700 people. The company is led by CEO Franky Widjaja of the Sinar Mas family. It has subsidiaries including Alnoor, and Lew Syn Pau serves on its board (he was a member of Singapore’s Parliament for 13 years).
Environmental and sustainability notes:
Greenpeace has accused GAR of operating peatland concessions in Riau covering about 20,000 hectares, plus peatlands in Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan. Greenpeace also reports 322 hotspots on GAR concessions in Central Kalimantan. GAR denies these claims and says it has had a zero-deforestation policy since 1997.
Industry and supply chain:
Around 2010, several major buyers—Burger King, Unilever, and Nestlé—terminated supplier contracts with GAR subsidiaries due to sustainability concerns.
Golden Veroleum, GAR’s Liberian subsidiary, was removed from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2018 for alleged land acquisition violations.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 11:00 (CET).