Palm Oil

'Huge regret': Iceland switches back to palm oil after Ukraine crisis renders sunflower oil 'unobtainable'

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'Huge regret': Iceland switches back to palm oil after Ukraine crisis renders sunflower oil 'unobtainable'

Managing director Richard Walker blames Ukraine invasion for temporary u-turn, but pledges to go back to using sunflower oil in on-brand products as soon as possible

clock 29 March 2022 • 3 min read
GreenToken: Unilever and SAP aim to tackle palm oil deforestation with blockchain pilot

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GreenToken: Unilever and SAP aim to tackle palm oil deforestation with blockchain pilot

Project aims to further boost traceability and transparency in Unilever's global palm oil supply chain

clock 21 March 2022 • 2 min read
Certified sustainable palm oil: How the industry can decarbonise

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Certified sustainable palm oil: How the industry can decarbonise

Encouraging Certified Sustainable Palm Oil can help the industry tackle the world's climate and biodiversity crises and improve the livelihoods of millions of oil palm farmers, writes RSPO's Nicholas Hurt

clock 07 March 2022 • 6 min read
Palm oil buyers pledge to fund social and enviornmental projects in 'priority' sourcing regions

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Palm oil buyers pledge to fund social and enviornmental projects in 'priority' sourcing regions

ASD Impact Fund to pool resources from a range of corporates to support smallholder farmers, landscapes, and communities

clock 04 March 2022 • 3 min read
'Shooting themselves in the foot': ZSL warns palm oil firms to step up climate risk management

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'Shooting themselves in the foot': ZSL warns palm oil firms to step up climate risk management

ZSL urges the palm oil industry to implement climate risk strategies as report reveals just seven of top 100 producers have such plans in place

clock 18 November 2021 • 4 min read
Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns

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Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns

Research lays bare scale of stranded asset risk facing Indonesia's palm oil sector if Paris Agreement climate goals are met

clock 27 August 2021 • 4 min read
'Beneath the Surface': Nestlé challenges consumers to help tackle sustainable palm oil challenge

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'Beneath the Surface': Nestlé challenges consumers to help tackle sustainable palm oil challenge

Consumer goods giant launches interactive platform to highlight dilemmas facing manufacturers as they work to curb environmental impacts in their supply chains

clock 12 August 2021 • 3 min read

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Simplification and satellites: Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

The food giant reveals how a simplification of a once sprawling palm oil supply chain has helped the company to ensure it can deliver on its sustainable sourcing pledges

clock 19 May 2021 • 7 min read

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Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia, data reveals

Indonesia experienced the lowest deforestation rates in 20 years, the figures from Chain Reaction Research reveal

clock 25 February 2021 • 2 min read

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Seven commodities continue to fuel the destruction of the world's forests - how can they be stopped?

A new analysis by WRI has calculated the precise role of seven major agricultural commodities in driving global tree cover loss, but what can be done to turn back the tide?

clock 11 February 2021 • 7 min read