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22/07/2024 (The Edge Malaysia) - The environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement is gathering steam, but how much of it is real, and how much is hot air? Across industries, transparent and accountable ESG reporting is crucial to ensure that companies are on the right track to improve their environmental and social performance, strengthen governance and earn the trust of stakeholders. However, the lack of standardisation and challenges in quantifying impact have made the evaluation of ESG performance a difficult task.

19/07/2024 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - Malaysia has secured the backing of India, the world’s largest palm oil importer, in combating the anti-palm oil campaign propagated by Western nations.

18/07/2024 (Free Malaysia Today), New Delhi - Malaysia’s palm oil exports to India will continue to rise in line with the growth of India’s middle-class consumer base, says plantation and commodities minister Johari Ghani.

18/07/2024 (Plant Based News) - A new study says that switching from saturated animal-derived fats like dairy butter to unsaturated oils from olives and nuts is better for your heart.

18/07/2024 (ChemAnalyst News) - Cargill, a global leader in oilseed processing, announced on 16 July 2024 that it has surpassed the 50 percent completion milestone in constructing its new canola facility at the Global Transportation Hub in West Regina, Saskatchewan. The facility, which broke ground in July 2022, is expected to open in 2025. It will have the capacity to process 1 million metric tons of canola annually, producing crude canola oil for food and biofuel markets, as well as canola meal for animal feed.

18/07/2024 (Biofuels International) - The Iowa Biodiesel Board has welcomed Iowa US Representative Ashley Hinson for leading a bipartisan letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encouraging more usage of biofuels in the country.

19/07/2024 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Nearly 2.04 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in June, down slightly from 2.06 billion generated during the same month of last year, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on July 18. Total RIN generation for the first half of 2024 reached 12.07 billion, up from 11.43 billion generated during the same period of last year.

17/07/2024 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Wednesday, buoyed by higher export estimates from the world's second-biggest producer, although a firmer ringgit capped gains.

18/07/2024 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - IOI Corporation Bhd expects crude palm oil (CPO) unit costs to reduce four per cent year-on-year (YoY) for financial year 2024 (FY24).

17/07/2024 (South China Morning Post) - Smallholders are instrumental in Southeast Asia’s palm oil production. Indonesia alone, they cultivate roughly 41 per cent of the land dedicated to oil palm, while in Malaysia, that number is at least 27 per cent. Globally, smallholders are responsible for roughly 35 per cent to 40 per cent of the world’s total oil palm plantations. Therefore, as global concerns about sustainability increase, smallholders play an important role in sustainability initiatives.

17/07/2024 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia and the world's largest importer of palm oil, India, will work together to counter the anti-palm oil campaign by the West.

17/07/2024 (Bracknell Forest Council) - In a significant move towards sustainability, the council’s Executive has approved to trial hydro treated vegetable oil as fuel for a waste collection vehicle.