GAR-Owned Mills Trace Palm Oil to the Plantation. So Why Should You Care?
Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) says that its 44 own mills have achieved 100% traceability back to the source plantation for its palm oil supply. Why bother? Companies that fail to manage their...
View ArticleIceland Axes Palm Oil from Products – An Important Move, Says Supply Chain...
Leading UK frozen food specialist Iceland plans to axe all palm oil from its own-label products by the end of this year, with 130 products to be reformulated. Moves like this are important to...
View ArticleNew Tool Encourages Monitoring of Working Conditions in Palm Oil Plantations
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and technology company Ulula have partnered to introduce a simplified and inclusive mechanism to report potential workers’ incidents and abuses, and to...
View ArticleRoundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Suspends Nestlé Over Lax Reporting
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has suspended Nestlé’s membership over the company’s failure to submit an annual progress report for 2016, and for delivering a 2017 report without the...
View ArticleRoundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Reinstates Nestlé
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) reinstated Nestlé’s membership this week after the company submitted a time-bound action plan to achieve 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil by 2023....
View ArticleInvestors Demand Better Standards for Sustainable Palm Oil Certification
An in-depth look: Institutional investors, increasingly concerned about the risks of deforestation on their investment portfolios, have called for stronger provisions for certifying the sustainable...
View ArticleJ.M. Smucker Company Rolls Out Global Responsible Sourcing Program
The J.M. Smucker Company’s new 2018 corporate responsibility report outlines how the food and beverage manufacturer is working with suppliers on responsible sourcing. The report also details the...
View ArticleNew Palm Oil Sustainability Standards from RSPO Adopt ‘High Carbon Stock...
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has ratified and adopted new Principles & Criteria standards for certification. The updated Principles & Criteria (P&C) include a number of new...
View ArticleEstée Lauder, BASF Seek Sustainable Sourcing, Improved Practices for Palm Oil...
Two major corporations have announced a new initiative to promote sustainable palm oil practices. BASF, Estée Lauder and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with civil society...
View ArticleFSC Sanctions Conglomerate for Tropical Forest Destruction
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm oil. Although the Korindo Group isn’t being...
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