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Palm Oil Production Making Limited Progress Toward Sustainability
07/11/2009 (All Africa.com) - When the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released its Palm Oil Buyers' Scorecard on 28 October 2009, a stark situation was brought to the world's attention: despite the availability of safe, earth-friendly palm oil options, Western companies were not meeting commitments to purchase those alternatives.
COLOMBIA ANALYSIS: \"Green Revolution\" turns the color of blood and fire in Colombia
07/11/2009 (CPT.org) - The desire of North Americans to decrease their ecological footprint has increased the demand for eco-products such as palm oil-fed bio-fuel cars, organic palm oil cosmetic products and processed foods using palm oil that corporations like Kraft and Nestle tout as a "healthier" substitute for partially-hydrogenated oils. The global north's craving for palm oil has driven Colombia to become the world's largest producer of that crop. But this "green revolution" turns the color of blood and fire in Colombia.
Palm oil production making limited progress toward sustainability
07/11/2009 (Media global.org) - When the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released its Palm Oil Buyers’ Scorecard on 28 October 2009, a stark situation was brought to the world’s attention: despite the availability of safe, earth-friendly palm oil options, Western companies were not meeting commitments to purchase those alternatives.
United Biscuits Secure Sustainable Palm Oil Source
06/11/2009 (World Bakers) - United Biscuits (UB) claims to have improved its' environmental stance after sourcing segregated sustainable palm oil.
Defining ‘Sustainable’ Palm Oil Production
06/11/2009 (The New York Times) - Earlier this week the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an association of palm oil producers, manufacturers, and environmental groups, concluded its annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a decision not to include greenhouse gas emissions standards in its certification criteria for ‘sustainable’ palm oil.
Negative Implications of GHG Emission Criteria
06/11/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The decision by oil palm planters to reject the proposal by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt the greenhouse gas (GHG) criteria into its existing principles and criteria (P&C) reflects their stance on the need to fully understand the mechanics of the GHG proposal and its implications on the industry.
THE INTERNATIONAL PALM OIL CONGRESS (PIPOC 2009)
05/11/2009 (Energy Industry News), Kuala Lumpur - Once again, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will organize the International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC 2009) this year. The industry event of the year will focus on palm oil as the powerhouse in the oils and fats market and advances in the industry, including the need to balance its growth in harmony with the environment for sustainable development.
Palm Oil impacts
05/11/2009 (The Stump) - The environmental problems of using palm oil for biodiesel fuel and other products has been recognised for more than a few years. Less attention has been given to the widespread use of palm oil in food products. Widespread deforestation to expand plantations for palm oil has been occurring in countries to our north such as Malaysia and Indonesia.
RSPO Dispatch: Cargill’s message to local communities – We have no time for you
05/11/2009 (Rainforest Action Network) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was founded to create a path towards sustainability in the palm oil industry. A voluntary process, oil palm producers, traders, buyers, and NGO’s have joined up to find an alternative to the massive forest destruction, social conflict, and climate chaos the booming palm oil industry is bringing to the world’s rainforests. But eight years into the process, there is still nothing sustainable about the palm oil the RSPO endorses.
