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Breakthrough as world’s largest palm oil trader gives forest destroyers nowhere to hide
The world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor all of its suppliers. If implemented, this would put the palm oil giant, which supplies 40% of the world’s palm oil, one step closer to finally eliminating deforestation from its supply chain and would have a major…
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New standards for ‘sustainable’ palm oil must be enforced immediately, says Greenpeace
“New standards for ‘sustainable’ palm oil must be enforced immediately”, says Greenpeace
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Greenpeace occupies refinery loaded with dirty palm oil in Indonesia
Bitung North Sulawesi, Indonesia - Thirty Greenpeace activists are currently occupying a palm oil refinery belonging to Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader and supplies major brands including Colgate, Mondelez, Nestlé and Unilever.
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Time for a ban on deforestation for palm oil, not a moratorium, says Greenpeace
Jakarta, 21 September - Indonesia’s President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has partially frozen new palm oil concessions in Indonesia for the next three years. [1] The moratorium only applies to land controlled by the Ministry of Forestry and does not cover land controlled by regional government or forest within existing palm oil concessions - leaving millions…
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Greenpeace investigation exposes how world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia
Jakarta, Wednesday 19 September 2018 - Palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands, including Unilever, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelez, have destroyed an area of rainforest almost twice the size of Singapore in less than three years, according to a new investigation by Greenpeace International.
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Fires burning inside palm oil concessions linked to major household brands
Fires have broken out inside palm oil concessions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, belonging to suppliers to some of the biggest household brands in the world,
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World’s largest palm oil trader linked to rainforest destruction twice the size of Paris
Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.
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New deforestation revealed as Indonesian minister arrives in EU to defend palm oil industry
A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed.
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Global brands divided over transparency efforts to tackle deforestation for palm oil
Eight major household brands such as PZ Cussons, Johnson & Johnson and Kraft Heinz are refusing to say where their palm oil comes from, despite promising to stop buying from companies that destroy rainforests
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Malaysian palm oil giant FELDA achieves RSPO certification despite continued risk to forests and workers
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has recertified 8 palm oil mills belonging to FELDA, the world’s largest palm oil grower.