Palm oil - from obligation to opportunity

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The Forest Trust's Bastien Sachet highlights the transformation underway in the palm oil supply chain

It was seven years ago that I first sat down with Nestlé's palm oil buyer in its Singapore office, meeting each one of Nestlé's palm oil suppliers face to face and jointly exploring the feasibility of...

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