Berita Arkib
21-01-2010
General Mills \'linked to unsustainable palm oil\'
20/01/2010 (Cool Earth) - A rainforest protection group has accused the US food maker General Mill of using unsustainable palm oil in its production.
21-01-2010
General Mills says protesters barking up wrong tree
19/01/2010 (Twin Cities) - Protesters unfurled a giant banner in front of General Mills' corporate headquarters in Golden Valley on Tuesday, accusing the food maker of using palm oil from suppliers that destroy rainforests.
21-01-2010
Palm oil expansion, biodiesel factors in Copenhagen drama
20/01/2010 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Biodiesel has become a major product for the palm oil sector in Asia. This business has been at the center of an international controversy involving tropical deforestation, agricultural competition and the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
21-01-2010
Cheerios maker linked to rainforest destruction
19/01/2010 (Mongabay.com) - An activist group linked General Mills to destruction of rainforests in Southeast Asia in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, when it unfurled a giant banner, reading "Warning: General Mills Destroys Rainforests", outside the company's Minneapolis headquarters building.
21-01-2010
Govt must allow edible oils import duty-free
19/01/2010 (Business Line) - Now that the Government has allowed both raw and refined sugar imports duty-free, it is time the same logic is extended to edible oil also.
21-01-2010
Palm Oil Master Plan To Attract US$2.6bn Investment
19/01/2010 (Liberian Daily Observer), Monrovia - In an attempt to boost the economy of Liberia amidst the global financial meltdown, a two-day workshop to draw a master plan for the palm oil industry is expected to be held from Thursday, January 21 to Friday, January 22, 2010 at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
21-01-2010
Minola earnings up 38% in 2009
19/01/2010 (Business Mirror) - MINOLA, the cooking oil brand of government-sequestered CIIF-Oil Mills Group, recorded a 38-percent increase in revenues last year to P1.8 billion and is targeting higher growth this year as it lines up an aggressive marketing and promotional campaign.
21-01-2010
Felda Ordered To Pay RM11 Million To Settlers
19/01/2010 (Bernama), Putrajaya - The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) will have to pay RM11 million in damages to 354 settlers over payments for palm oil fruits after the agency's bid to bring up the matter for appeal was refused by the Federal Court here Tuesday.
19-01-2010
Edible oil companies not to pare prices this fiscal
19/01/2010 (The Financial Express), New Delhi - Even though the price of crude palm oil is likely to go down in February, edible oil companies like Adani Wilmar, KS Oils and Ruchi Soya are not ready to reduce prices right now. Nor are these companies planning any hike in price during the current financial year. However, a price rise post-March is on the anvil.
19-01-2010
Sainsbury Reports on CR as part of Quarterly Financial Updates
18/01/2010 (Environmental Leader) - With new figures showing that only 1 percent, or about 15,000 tons, of sustainable palm oil available on the market is being purchased, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says it will implement a buyer’s scorecard over the next six months that will indicate whether or not the companies have fulfilled their commitments to purchase it.
19-01-2010
Committee negotiating with Chinese investors to purchase oil palm
18/01/2010 (Ghana News Agency) - The Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District is currently negotiating with some Chinese investors to establish a permanent oil market to purchase palm oil produced in the District.
19-01-2010
Biodiversity nears \'point of no return\'
17/01/2010 (BBC News) - The decline in the world's biodiversity is approaching a point of no return, warns Hilary Benn. In this week's Green Room, the UK's environment secretary urges the international community to seize the chance to act before it is too late.