Archived News

26/10/2009 (Nestle.co.uk) - Nestlé has today announced its commitment to using only Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) by 2015, when sufficient quantities are expected to be available. This follows a detailed review of Nestlé’s palm oil supply chain. Under its policy on Environmental Sustainability, Nestlé has pledged to give preference to suppliers who strive to improve the efficiency and sustainability of their operations and use of resources.

22/10/2009 (Cosmos Magazine) - Cinta, a baby orangutan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists.

22/10/2009 (Red Orbit) - Wildlife conservationists say a boom in palm oil -- used extensively for biofuel and processed food like margarine -- has affected the jungles in Borneo, endangering the already declining orangutan populations, AFP reported.

22/10/2009 (AFP), Kota Kinabalu - Cinta, a baby orang-utan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists.

21/10/2009 (Bernama) - OIL PALM planters in Sabah and Sarawak may soon recruit workers from China, Bangladesh and the Philippines. "This is our effort to ensure sufficient workers in addition to those from Indonesia," the East Malaysia Planters' Association (EMPA) chairman Othman Walat told reporters in Sibu, Sarawak last night.

19/10/2009 (Greenbang) - Growing palm oil for biodiesel not only not only contributes to the deforestation of tropical peatlands, but can end up generating as much as 2,000 per cent more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

16/10/2009 (Panap.Net) - Global climate change and the food crisis are taking centre stage in the international policy arena. Today is World Food Day and in November the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will host the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. In December, Copenhagen will host the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15), which will attempt to produce a viable framework for tackling climate change and the Kyoto Protocol.

16/10/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Because a report published on the eve of the visit to Jakarta by Lord Stern, the British Climate Change expert, late in 2007, said so. On the basis of that report, the Indonesian government is being pressed to adopt a strategy to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030.

14/10/2009 (Planet Earth Online) - Planting oil palm plantations where rainforests once stood could have unplanned and unwelcome side-effects on air quality, scientists say.

14/10/2009 (The Star Online) - IN three short years, the fledgling palm biodiesel industry in Malaysia is fast heading for a bust.

14/10/2009 (Planet Earth) - Oil palm trees produce unusually high levels of so-called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These react with nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the presence of sunlight to form ozone. While ozone is welcome high in the atmosphere shielding the Earth from damaging ultraviolet light, at ground level it causes breathing problems and damages plants.

14/10/2009 (The National) - IN recent months, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have mounted a major campaign against palm oil in markets of industrialised economies, threatening to campaign against brand name consumer businesses unless they vow to cease using the product.