Archived News

05/05/2008 (Mail & Guardian Online) - Once hailed as a healthy alternative to trans-fats, as a green wonder-fuel and as a driver of South-East Asia\'s economic prosperity, palm oil\'s image has taken quite a beating recently.

05/05/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Environmental group Greenpeace has echoed calls by consumer goods giant Unilever to impose a moratorium on deforestation in Indonesia in support for the company's pledge to purchase only certified sustainable palm oil.

05/05/2008 (Advertising Age), Ohio - Greg Allgood, who directs Procter & Gamble Co.'s Children's Safe Drinking Water program, recently has spent a lot of time demonstrating Pur's purification packets for developing countries that turn disgusting, brown water crystal clear. On one TV appearance last week, he accidentally took a swig from the dirty "before" water instead of the treated water in a clip that made the rounds to "Countdown" on MSNBC.

05/05/2008 (The New Zealand Herald) - Importing palm kernel cakes as supplementary farm feed contributes to rainforest destruction and should be stopped, says a Federated Farmers spokesman.

01/05/2008 (Telegraph.co.uk) - The Prince of Wales praised the giant Unilever group after it pledged to use only sustainably produced palm oil in its products.

01/05/2008 (Forbes) - Unilever NV said it will aim to ensure the palm oil it uses comes from certified sustainable sources by 2015.

04/05/2008 (AFP), Malaysia — Malaysia is promoting its controversial palm oil industry as a model of eco-friendliness, but activists warn forests are still being destroyed to make way for vast plantations.

04/05/2008 (Radio Australia) - India says it is close to clinching a free trade deal with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .

03/05/2008 (Bernama), Miri - A dialogue with European Union (EU) members of parliament and the World Sustainability Conference in London both slated for September this year will be the earliest grounds to test the collaboration between Malaysia and Indonesia to counter anti-palm oil propaganda in Europe.

03/05/2008 (The Star Online) - OIL palm plantation giant IOI group has diligently undertaken corporate responsibility (CR) activities in an admirable manner for over a decade.

03/05/2008 (The Daily Star) - Retailers across the country continue to sell palm oil at Tk 103 to Tk 104 a litre even though the government fixed its retail price at Tk 96 three days ago.

02/05/2008 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian power-to-telecoms conglomerate YTL Corp (YTLS.KL: Quote, Profile, Research) took a majority stake in what it said was the country\'s largest carbon credit consultancy on Friday, looking to capitalise on growing opportunities in the palm oil sector.