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17/11/2010 (CSR Asia) - The 8th Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT8) was held in Jakarta last week. Over 700 participants from across different stakeholder groups were in attendance to engage on the sustainability journey of the world’s leading oil crop. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed to generate a supply of palm oil that does not violate social and environmental standards. As a multi-stakeholder organization, the RSPO brings together close to 400 members consisting of palm growers, palm oil processors and traders, retailers, investors and leading NGOs such as WWF and Oxfam International.

16/11/2010 (Tempo Interactive) - TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Palm oil businessmen have suggested to the government that the rupiah currency be used as reference for crude palm oil (CPO) prices, said Joko Supriono, the Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (Gapki) secretary, in Jakarta on Monday.

16/11/2010 (Reuters), Brussels - Indonesia and Malaysia warned on Tuesday that new European rules to ensure the sustainability of biofuels might hamper their exports of palm oil and breach rules on free trade. But they stopped short of threatening action at the World Trade Organization and said they would monitor the situation.

16/11/2010 (World Bakers) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) yesterday unveiled a trademark that will enable consumers to easily distinguish products containing palm ingredients that are sourced following Roundtable rules.

16/11/2010 (Bernama) - Keresa Plantations Sdb Bhd, the first Sarawakian-owned oil palm plantation company to ontain the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification, is looking at a crude oil palm (CPO) production of 27,000 tonnes per hectares, its managing director Graeme Iain Brown said on Tuesday.

16/11/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped the most in more than a year on concerns that demand from China, the biggest cooking-oils user, may wane after a state newspaper said price- controls could be imposed on some commodities to cool inflation.

15/11/2010 (Bernama), Cairo - Despite high crude palm oil (CPO) price, the commodity is still competitive vis-a-vis major competing vegetable oils in the world like soyaoil, sunflower and rapeseed, says a senior official of Malaysian Palm oil Council (MPOC).

15/11/2010 (Moreland Leader) - IF you’re chomping into a bikkie or doing a load of washing you’re not thinking of endangered animals.

13/11/2010 (Justmeans) - Across the globe, leading producers of Palm oil - particularly those situated in Indonesian and Malaysian - continue to face growing challenges. Producers in these nations frequently struggle to meet global demand targets, while also suffering from land shortages and logistical inefficiency. Moreover, many producers in these, as well as similar nations, continue to face environmental-sustainability challenges; issues, that are systematically reducing the attractiveness of their product in various consumer categories. One growing segment that continues to challenge traditional palm oil producers is the environmentally conscious food segment. As concerns over the impact of environmentally unsustainable palm oil production increase, many traditional producers are seeing demand for certified 'green' - or environmentally sustainable - crude palm oil (CPO) rise significantly. Moreover, despite the fact that sustainable palm oil demand currently accounts for only 3% of the global market, it is expected that demand for this type of product will continue to increase significantly (double digit market share gains) over the next year.

13/11/2010 (PR USA) - Smallholders at Cargill's oil palm plantation, PT Hindoli, have been officially awarded their Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification during the 8th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil in Jakarta on November 8-11, 2010. President of RSPO, Jan Kees Vis, presented the certification to the smallholders' cooperative representative from South Sumatra, Indonesia, which is the world's first smallholder scheme to become certified under the RSPO's Smallholder Principles & Criteria.

12/11/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped the most in almost a month on speculation China, the biggest cooking-oil user, may slow purchases after prices climbed to the highest level in more than two years.

12/11/2010 (Jakarta Globe) - The price of palm oil dropped the most in almost a month on speculation China, the world’s biggest consumer of cooking oil, might look to slow purchases after prices climbed to their highest level in more than two years.