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Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
Palm oil inventories to stay elevated next year
CPO Reference Price Falls 3.9 Percent in December 2025
Greenwashing Profiteers: Part II
12/07/2010 (Triple Pundit) - In terms of money, both Cadbury and Nestlé are hardly without the means to sort questions over their operations; with a turnover of £6 billion (USD$9 billion) last year, Mr. Cadbury took home £808 million (USD$1.2 billion) in profit, whilst Mr. Nestle took a staggering £6.2 billion (USD$9.3 billion) home, just under 10% of their annual turnover. Although both are putting money into their self-policed Cocoa Plans over the next 10 years, in the case of Nestlé, it only represents a measly 1% of their annual turnover spread across the duration of the project, so it’s hardly breaking the bank.
Research to look at UK palm oil use
12/07/2010 (ITN) - A research programme is set to examine the extent that palm oil is used by UK consumers in an attempt to stop deforestation, the Government has announced.
Degraded Land, Sustainable Palm Oil, and Indonesia’s Future
13/07/2010 (World Research Institute (WRI)) - A new policy to develop oil palm on degraded land could protect Indonesia’s forests. But what does “degraded†really mean?
Palm oil industry and poverty reduction
12/07/2010 (Jakarta Post) - Writing in the International Herald Tribune late last year, Tun Dr. Lim Yeng Kaik, a former senior Malaysian Cabinet minister, characterized the campaign of Western environmental activists to restrict the palm oil industry as the environmental version of the “White Man’s Burdenâ€. The aim was to impose western values on colonial peoples. He coined the term the Green Man’s burden.
Coco-oil producers seek demand-charge review
12/07/2010 (Business Mirror) - LOCAL coconut-oil producers are pushing for a review of the computation used by transmission companies for their transmission demand charge after some mills in Mindanao registered up to a 79-percent hike in their per-kilowatt-hour (kWh) rate from January to May.
June palm oil stocks fall in Malaysia
12/07/2010 (Commodity Online) - Palm oil stocks in Malaysia tumbled to 10 month lows in June as exports surprisingly outpaced a weaker-than-expected recovery in production.
India\'s June vegoil imports seen down 18 pct y/y
12/07/2010 (International Business Times) - India's vegetable oil imports in June probably fell 18 percent from a year ago, as farmers and traders sold oilseed reserves ahead of the summer planting season, pushing down domestic prices.
Crude palm oil rises on spot demand
12/07/2010 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil price rose by Rs four to Rs 368 in futures trade today, as speculators indulged in creating fresh positions on expectations of a rise in demand in the spot market.
Australian grocers join palm oil talks
12/07/2010 (Australian Network News) - The World Wildlife Fund has welcomed news that Australia's peak grocery industry body has signed up to a roundtable conference on sustainable palm oil.
