press release – sustainable palm oil marketing ploy or true
Press Release - Sustainable Palm Oil: Marketing Ploy or True
MEDAN, INDONESIA (7 November, 2013)—Members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are violating the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in the forests and peatlands of tropical nations worldwide, according to a new research publication released today. The study details the performance of 16 oil palm operations, many run by RSPO members, reporting on their failure to uphold human rights and environmental standards required.
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Sustainable Palm Oil: Marketing Ploy or True Commitment? New
PRESS INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 7 NOVEMBER, 2013 ... Sustainable Palm Oil: Marketing Ploy or True Commitment? New Research Questions Effectiveness of RSPO Standards 16 Case Studies Suggest Some of the Largest Palm Oil Companies Disregard UN-Mandated
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Sustainable palm oil: Marketing ploy or true commitment? New
Members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are violating the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in the forests and peatlands of tropical nations worldwide, according ...
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- Press release: "Sustainable Palm Oil: Marketing Ploy or True Commitment? New Research Questions Effectiveness of RSPO Standards", Forest Peoples Programme, Sawit Watch and TUK Indonesia, 7 November 2013- Report: "Conflict or consent? The oil palm sector at crossroads" Forest Peoples ...
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Palm oil free labels a hindrance to sustainable development
Get ready, because the war against palm oil will not end as long as palm oil continues to be more competitive, better-quality and above all more sustainable than other vegetable oils.
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Unilever responds to the RSPO decision to lift suspension of
On 5 August, 2016 the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) announced it will lift the suspension of RSPO certification for the entire IOI Group effective from 8 August. Unilever recognises that IOI has made a good start with the remedial action plan to resolve the Ketapang complaint case.
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Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support ... - Sustainable Brands
Joint press release August 18, 2016 Supporting a sustainable palm oil industry Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia When renewable raw materials such as palm oil and palm kernel oil are used, the main focus is on economic, environmental and social impacts along the entire supply chain
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BASF Spurs Production of Sustainable Palm Oil Products
Standard sustainable palm oil products are the ultimate goal. Each year, 71 million tons of palm products are manufactured globally. Around ten percent of this is palm kernel oil. This represents approximately seven million tons of palm kernel oil, of which only about 1.3 million tons are currently RSPO-certified.
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Palm oil group suspends Nestlé, but is the company guilty
Dive Brief: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended Nestlé last week for failing to pay dues and meet annual reporting requirements. Nestlé had not submitted its progress report for 2016 and had submitted a report without a time-bound plan for 2017, RSPO said in a release.
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Forest Peoples Programme, Sawit Watch & TUK Indonesia report
Forest Peoples Programme, Sawit Watch & TUK Indonesia report: "Conflict or consent? The oil palm sector at crossroads" In November 2013, Forest Peoples Programme, Sawit Watch and TUK Indonesia released a report raising concerns about environmental and social impacts of large-scale expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Sustainable Palm Oil - Palm Oil Consumers Action
Sustainable palm oil takes care of our water quality. Agrochemicals and the waste waters from palm oil refineries are one major cause of water pollution.Sustainable palm oil uses less chemicals and treats all its waste waters before being released back into our rivers and oceans.
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Palm oil free labels a hindrance to sustainable development
Boycotting palm oil does nothing to strengthen this balance, and indeed complicates the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Those who discriminate against palm oil, also through the indiscriminate use of the "palm oil free" labels, are responsible for this failure.
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Sustainable Palm Oil is Good for Business | Press Releases | WWF
Protecting the environment by producing certified sustainable palm oil is also good for the bottom line, according to groundbreaking new report, Profitability and Sustainability in Palm Oil Production, released jointly today. A first-of-its-kind study, the report comprehensively examines the ...
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Palm oil makes headway as small independent producers surge
Dive Brief: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's latest impact report found the number of smallholders jumped 165% from July 1, 2018 to June 30 of this year. Membership has grown by 11% since ...
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PRESS STATEMENT New global initiative to promote sustainable
• Vengeta Rao (Malaysian Palm Oil Association) Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil PRESS STATEMENT New global initiative to promote sustainable palm oil A global multi-stakeholder initiative on sustainable palm oil was formally established under Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code on 8 April 2004 as the "Roundtable on
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Enjoy Life Foods just became the first food company to be Certified Palm Oil Free by the International Palm Oil Free Certification Accreditation Programme (POFCAP).
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Marks & Spencer Takes the Lead on Sustainable Palm Oil
Retailer purchases GreenPalm certificates for 100% of palm oil use and announces WWF conservation project in Borneo. The move is a critical first step as part of M&S' Plan A commitment to only use certified sustainable palm oil in all of its products by 2015, and to send a clear signal of demand to the market.
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Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping - Apps on Google Play
Sustainable Palm Oil Rating for all products. Now shop with the confidence that you are doing all you can to save wild orangutans. Use the Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping App, produced by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, to check if the product you are about to purchase is "orangutan friendly" and RSPO certified.
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Sustainable Palm Oil - rspo.org
100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil Published in February 2018 by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Find out more at www.rspo.org @rspotweets Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Transforming the markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm 76,851 Individual Smallholders Supported 278,038
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Convene, converse, conserve: Green meetings for a green
True to its sustainable pledge, the Sustainable Meeting setup uses water pitchers instead of plastic bottled water to reduce disposable plastic waste and minimize usage of linens going linen-less to reduce the use of detergent and chemicals that are harmful to the environment, as well as reducing energy consumption.
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Palm oil industry launches PR campaign | Down to Earth
Down to Earth No.75, November 2007. Evidence from local and international NGOs about the impacts of large-scale oil palm plantations on the environment and communities has made some buyers and parliamentarians in Europe realise that palm oil is not the 'green', sustainable product the industry claims.
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Partnerships for transformational change | Sustainable Living
To drive true transformational change in the palm oil industry, we need to go beyond our work with suppliers and smallholder farmers. That means working with NGOs, governments, industry partners and smallholder farmers to change practices, fight deforestation and make a real impact on the ground. We ...
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RSPO releases its 2016 impact report - Cosmetics Design Europe
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has released its impact report for 2016, taking a look at the question of how far the non-profit association progressed towards global, sustainable palm oil production last year. The report considers the progress, if any, made across the RSPO's three ...
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Cargill Palm Oil Sustainability News and Reports | Cargill
See Cargill news and resports about palm oil sustainability.
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Palm Oil: Production, Processing, Characterization, and Uses serves as a rich source of information on the production, processing, characterization and utilization of palm oil and its components. It also includes several topics related to oil palm genomics, tissue culture and genetic engineering of oil palm.
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Are palm oil boycotts 'marketing tricks'? 26-Jun-2019 By Oliver Nieburg The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) argues palm oil boycotts pave the way for unsustainable alternatives, but Greenpeace says that if the palm industry operates as usual, brands are left with little choice.
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an organization working with sustainability standards within the palm oil industry, was therefore founded. Through the organization have principles and criteria been developed for a sustainable palm oil, which can be obtained through different certification systems. Laurance et al. (2010) mention ...
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Mondelez cuts ties with 12 palm oil suppliers, citing
Deforestation from palm oil production has been in the back of my mind for years. So far, my customers don't care as far as I can observe. I'm glad to see a big company taking a stand and informing consumers in the process. It's making me think about changing. Removing palm oil is not an option in my mind, but I might pay up for sustainable ...
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Press alt + / to open ... Community. See more of Sustainable Palm Oil News on. Log In. or. Create New Account. See more of Sustainable Palm Oil News on. Log In. ... Supermarket chain claims it is not possible to source mass market palm oil in a verifiably sustainable way,Supply ...
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