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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
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.
AAK commits its Prep Oils to sustainable palm oil scheme
02/02/2010 (Caterer Search.com) - Palm oil is the UK's most popular commercial frying oil, but soaring global demand for the oil has caused serious environmental damage in producing areas in Malaysia and Indonesia, threatening the future of species such as the orang-utan.
Palm oil millers need more incentives to become green IPPs
02/02/2010 (The Star Online) - IN recent months, there has been a lot of talk on the need to set up more oil palm biomass and biogas power generation projects given their huge potential as a renewable energy for the country.
Make effort to hire more locals, oil palm players told
02/02/2010 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Oil palm players must make a concerted effort to employ locals to overcome their dependence on foreign labour instead of just focusing on profits.
Frying the Rainforests – the palm oil connection
01/02/2010 (GIFT (Global Instute for Tomorrow)) - When we have our French fries and potato chips, we hardly think about their connection to the rainforests. How are they connected? This is where palm oil comes into the picture.
Dompok’s green vision gets coalition’s backing
01/02/2010 (The Star Online), Batu Pahat - A grassroots coalition in Sabah, which is against the 300MW coal-fired power plant proposal in Lahad Datu, is backing Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok’s vision of sourcing the state’s energy from its hundreds of palm oil mills.
Green and Black\'s to go 100% Fairtrade
28/01/2010 (Guardian.uk) - Organic chocolate maker Green & Black\'s today pledged to switch its entire worldwide food and beverage range to Fairtrade by the end of next year, in a groundbreaking move that will make it the world\'s leading manufacturer of organic Fairtrade chocolate.
