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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
NGO welcomes EU’s stance on palm oil as biofuel
08/02/2010 (New Energy World Network.com) - World Growth, a pro-development NGO, has welcomed the leaked news that the EU Commission has chosen to endorse palm oil as a biofuel. Green groups WWF and Friends of the Earth contend that the palm oil process is damaging to the environment as it leads to deforestation.
Shipments of sustainable palm oil to Europe surge
08/02/2010 (New Straits Times) - CERTIFIED sustainable palm oil shipments from exporters like Malaysia to Europe have surged in January, matching production levels, said the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
Sustainable Palm Oil as the Way Forward in Meeting Consumer Demand
05/02/2010 (WWF) - WORLDWIDE, demand for edible oils and a range of consumer products that can be traced back to proper management of the environment, is growing.
EU: Rainforests can be converted to palm oil plantations for biofuel production
04/02/2010 (Mongabay) - The European Union may be planning to classify oil palm plantations as forests, raising fears among environmental groups of expanded conversion of tropical rainforests for biofuel production, reports the EUobserver, which cites a leaked document from the European Commission.
Palm oil exports set to increase, says MPOC
03/02/2010 (Sabah Today), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil industry will continue to see increases in export figures to several traditional markets this year, says the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).
Palm Oil Industry To See Continuous Attacks
03/02/2010 (Bernama), Malaysia - The palm oil industry will continue to see attacks from anti-palm oil environmentalists in the coming years, said Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Datuk Lee Yeow Chor on Tuesday.
Greenwashing the palm oil industry
03/02/2010 (Reportage Enviro) - Environmentalists argue that what began as an initiative to clean up dirty palm oil production practices, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has become little more than an NGO-endorsed greenwashing tool. Rebecca Zhou reports.
Analysis: RSPO – The palm oil merry-go-round
03/02/2010 (Ethical Corp) - The RSPO needs to have a good year to convince doubters it is on the right track
Palm oil imports seen lower in
02/02/2010 (Reuters), Karachi - Pakistan’s import of palm oil in February will fall after heavy purchases in January, but buying will return to normal levels in March to keep pace with demand, an industry official predicted on Monday.
