sustainable palm oil News
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Sustainable palm oil purchases hit record high
More sustainably produced palm oil is being purchased than ever before, according to the latest figures from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. This is an encouraging turnaround that could point to a greater uptake of certified sustainable palm oil, WWF says. In the past, only a small percent of palm oil certified by the RSPO has been purchased, though the sales have been steadily ...
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Marks & Spencer takes the lead on sustainable palm oil
Retailer purchases GreenPalm certificates for 100% of palm oil use and announces WWF conservation project in Borneo Marks & Spencer (M&S) has become the world’s first retailer to purchase GreenPalm certificates to cover its entire palm oil usage. The certificates will cover the palm oil used in almost 1,000 M&S food, beauty and home products each year, with the money spent on ...
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CSR Minute: marks & spencer adds new sustainable palm oil products; benevity launches spark! microdonation software
Summary: The CSR Minute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news. Marks & Spencer has introduced a range of new products containing ...
By 3BL Media
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Two new online mapping applications launched to support sustainable palm oil in Indonesia
Forest Cover Analyzer and Suitability Mapper to be used by business and government to reduce deforestation The World Resources Institute (WRI) is launching two powerful online mapping applications that offer unprecedented capabilities to support industry and government efforts to achieve more sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia. WRI developed these web tools in consultation with the ...
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Next steps for peatlands at the 12th Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
What are the next steps for RSPO and its members in relation to palm oil and peatlands? 2013 was an important year with new Principles & Criteria (P&C ) adopted to address ‘peatsoil subsidence’ and ‘greenhouse gases’, both resulting from peatland drainage for palm oil plantations. Now the challenge is to get these P&C’s applied and monitored successfully, ...
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New Webinar: RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil) & GreenPalm
SGS invites you to register for the complimentary webinar "RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil) & GreenPalm" on June 26, 2013. This complimentary webinar (45-minute presentation / 15-minute Q&A) will give an initial overview and taster to the Biofuels production and supply chain (agricultural producers, traders, bioethanol/biodiesel producers, Oil and Gas companies), Food and ...
By SGS
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Indonesia steps up audits of operations in peatlands and forests
Wetlands International welcomes new commitments by the Indonesia government to strengthen law enforcement of the moratorium on new permits to develop peatlands and primary forests. Indonesia's REDD+ agency is auditing 18 companies to check for proper licensing of companies operating in peatlands and rainforests. Illegal licenses will be revoked. The environment ministry is separately ...
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Building capacity for and with sustainable palm oil growers
With the UNFCCC COP21 going on in Paris, on the other side of the world in Bogor, Indonesia, Wetlands International and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are taking action to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by co-organising a workshop on for palm oil growers on "How to implement RSPO's Principles and Criteria in relation to peat". The workshop took place on 1st and 2nd December. ...
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Towards sustainable development of palm oil
Oil palm growers, the food, cosmetics and oil industry, governments, scientists and environmental and social groups from all over the world participate this week in the 11th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT11 RSPO). The main theme of this year’s meeting is “RSPO Standard 2013. Understand. Apply. Embrace”. Wetlands International has been involved in the ...
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Degraded land for sustainable palm oil in Indonesia: practical guidance
In Indonesia, policy-makers and industry leaders are developing policies and practices in support of low-carbon palm oil production on “degraded land.” Such policies and practices have the potential to enable industry expansion while avoiding greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. They also could contribute to poverty reduction if this expansion follows sustainable planning and ...
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Mapping tool to support sustainable palm-oil farming
Two online mapping applications, designed to support sustainable production in Indonesia by helping to identify degraded lands that could be used to produce palm oil, were launched by the US-based World Resources Institute (WRI) last month (30 October). The Forest Cover Analyzer and Suitability Mapper aim to support government efforts to reduce deforestation in Indonesia. Through the ...
By SciDev.Net
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General mills commits to 100 percent sustainable Palm Oil by 2015
General Mills said today it will "strive to source 100 percent of our palm oil from responsible and sustainable sources by 2015." In its Statement on Responsible Palm Oil Sourcing today on GeneralMills.com, the company said its objective is "to help ensure our purchases are not associated in any way with deforestation of the world's rainforests – and to further reinforce the development of ...
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Leading Manufacturers and Retailers Announce support for Palm Oil Innovation Group
Five of the world’s leading consumer goods manufacturers and retailers today announce their support to drive the transformation of their sector towards responsible palm oil production and sourcing. Ferrero, REWE Group, EDEKA, Boulder Brands and Stephenson have all announced their support for the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), by joining NGOs and palm oil producers seeking to break the ...
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Tropical palm oil is much more polluting than IPCC technical committee suggests
A controversial report from a technical committee of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is under-estimating the amount of greenhouse gas emitted by palm oil grown on tropical peatlands by nearly 50%, according to NGOs. The low emissions estimate stems from a technical committee on wetlands of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the IPCC which provides ...
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2 New tools can cut deforestation and support sustainable palm oil in Indonesia
Can the world have its palm oil and forests, too This is an issue that my colleague and I discussed a while back. I am pleased to say that we recently moved a step toward ensuring that the answer is “yes.” At the 10th Annual Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), WRI launched two new online mapping applications designed to help the palm oil industry grow while ...
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NewPage sponsors webinar on impact of palm oil sourcing
On June 3, join the World Resources Institute (WRI) and NewPage Corporation in an important "All About Sustainability" webinar to learn about the environmental, social, and economic impacts of palm oil plantation expansion in Southeast Asia and hear solutions that benefit the industry, the environment, local people, and buyers of forest products around the world. Registration for this free ...
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Neste Oil rated top performer by the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project
Neste Oil Corporation Press release16 February 2010 at 1.00 pm (EET) Neste Oil rated top performer by the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project A report published on 10 February by the investor-backed initiative, the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) project, highlights the businesses that have responded to its first call to disclose details of their 'Forest Footprint'. The first disclosure ...
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Terra Agri Service by Terra Drone Indonesia and Palm Oil Plantations Digitizes Fertilizer Process
Terra Drone Indonesia, a subsidiary of Terra Drone Corporation, proudly announces its agreement on a business contract in collaboration with some of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia and leaders in sustainable palm oil production. This strategic collaboration aims to modernize fertilizer management as part of Terra Drone Indonesia’s ‘Terra Agri’ agricultural service. The ...
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Terra Drone Fully Expands into Agriculture Sector; Business Transfer from Avirtech
Terra Drone Corporation, a leading drone and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology provider, is expanding into the precision agriculture sector by acquiring the business of Avirtech, a leading startup providing agricultural drone spraying and mapping service in Southeast Asia. Terra Drone establishes a new company Terra Drone Agri in Malaysia. Terra Drone expands its business under the new business ...
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Palm oil ‘sustainability’ certification by European Commission will increase emissions and threaten peatlands
Wetlands International is deeply concerned about the European Commission's announced approval of a biofuel sustainability scheme for palm oil certified by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This development will open the EU doors to palm oil under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) without any guarantees that this will contribute to climate change mitigation or safeguard forests ...
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