WTK Holdings Bhd
WTK
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WTK Holdings Bhd is screened out under 2 exclusion reasons spanning 1 issue category.
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WTK Holdings Bhd operates extensive logging and oil palm plantation businesses in Sarawak, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. The company's core forestry and plantation activities have been directly linked to severe environmental damage, including deforestation and habitat destruction. In 2012, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global excluded WTK Holdings due to an assessment that its logging operations contributed to "severe environmental damage." The fund's Council on Ethics cited the company's operations as part of a sector responsible for widespread rainforest destruction. While some engagement reports note a lack of recent, specific allegations, the foundational exclusion by a major sovereign wealth fund was based on documented ecological harm from the company's core business model.
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