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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
More committing to support sustainability
09/11/2010 (The Star Online) - IT looks like the race to get the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification may be on again.
Palm oil prices \'ripe for a fall\'
09/11/2010 (Agrimoney.com) - Palm oil prices are "ripe for a fall" thanks to a rise of up to 44% in Malaysian inventories by the end of the year, Rabobank has said.
Cargill Smallholders Awarded Sustainable Certification during 8th Annual RSPO Meeting in Jakarta
09/11/2010 (Cargill), Jakarta - 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.
The Netherlands Commits to Solely Using Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015
05/11/2010 (Food Ingredients First) - By the end of 2015, all palm oil used in The Netherlands will be sustainable, as certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Today, all palm oil suppliers and buyers in the Dutch market, united in the Dutch Taskforce Sustainable Palm Oil, pledged to work collectively towards this goal. They did so in a Manifesto that was presented to the government of The Netherlands.
Netherlands is First Country to Commit to Using only Sustainable Palm Oil
05/11/2010 (Environmental Leader) - Although a host of food and consumer product manufacturers have committed to using only sustainable palm oil over the past few years, The Netherlands is the first country to make this commitment thanks to the pledge of all palm oil suppliers and buyers in the Dutch market.
Sri Lanka Watawala gains from palm oil, rubber
04/11/2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations September 2010 quarter net profit rose 14 percent to 10.7 million rupees from a year ago with gains from palm oil and rubber, a stock exchange filing said.
Kulim 2010 profit to grow on palm oil prices
02/11/2010 (The Malaysian Insider), Kuala Lumpur — Planter Kulim expects profits for FY 2010 to be “much higher†than last year’s RM146 million, driven by its expansion into Papua New Guinea (PNG) and a rally in palm oil prices.
Green palm oil body to set planter on eco-friendly path
01/11/2010 (The Business Times), Kuala Lumpur - An industry body promoting green palm oil has approved plans by a key Indonesian planter last week to resolve concerns of environmental destruction that may prompt some customers to resume supply ties.
Destructive Legacy of Sumatra\'s Palm-Oil Plantations, Part 1: Saving Species
30/10/2010 (Eco Heart.com) - In response to rapid population growth in Asia and increasing demand in the Western world for trans-fat-free oils, the market for palm and palm kernel oil has exploded over the past thirty years. Palm-oil plantations grew from about 400 square miles in 1973 to almost 12,000 square miles by 2003. As a result, a virtual who's who of charismatic wild animals, including Sumatran tigers, orangutans and rhinos, and Asian elephants, are paying the price as their habitat is cleared to make way for palm-oil plantations.
