Archived News

14/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The price of palm oil may average 32% lower next year, partly because of oversupply and fading demand for biofuels, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets said.

14/11/2008 (Business Green) - The first shipment of palm oil certified as environmentally sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is on its way from the rainforests of Malaysia to the UK this week, where it will eventually end up on the shelves of Sainsbury's supermarkets.

13/11/2008 (Environmental Leader) - Greenpeace said the first shipload of palm oil certified as “sustainable oil” from United Plantations, does not meet the criteria set for an environmentally friendly product. Greenpeace says the company does not comply with local Indonesian laws that protect the environment and has land conflicts with locals.

13/11/2008 (Lepidopterology) - The arrival of the first certified sustainable palm oil shipment in Europe opens up possibilities for palm oil users to move away from subsidising forest destruction and social disruption from expanding palm oil plantations.

13/11/2008 (Bernama), Penang - The humble oil palm tree may just hold the key to preventing landslides and protecting slopes.

12/11/2008 (Sustainable Business.com) - Palm oil is ubiquitous on supermarket shelves in products ranging from margerine to crackers, from cosmetics to detergents. In fact, about half the products people commonly purchase contain it.

12/11/2008 (WWF News Centre), Rotterdam, NL: The arrival of the first certified sustainable palm oil shipment in Europe opens up possibilities for palm oil users to move away from subsidising forest destruction and social disruption from expanding palm oil plantations.

12/11/2008 (Daily Express News), Bangi - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has target 200,000 hectares of oil palm for the replanting scheme, which will involve trees of more than 25 years old.

11/11/2008 (Taiwan News) - Environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it had stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia and called for an end to forests and peatlands being destroyed to make way for plantations.

11/11/2008 (Bernama), Bangi -- The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has target 200,000 hectares of oil palm for the replanting scheme, which will involve trees of more than 25 years old.

11/11/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - HwangDBS Vickers Research is maintaining a cautious stance on the palm oil sector and believes the recent recovery in the crude palm oil (CPO) price might not last.

10/11/2008 (Greenpeace), Indonesia - Greenpeace activists today prevented a palm oil shipment from departing for Europe from Dumai, Indonesia's main palm oil export port, to protest against the ongoing destruction of Indonesia's forests.