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New palm oil sustainability manifesto met with criticism from environmentalists

2014-07-11 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: This week several palm oil giants - Sime Darby Plantation, Musim Mas Group, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), IOI Group Corporation Bhd, Cargill and Asian Agri/APICAL - announced new environmental criteria for palm oil production. The companies, which have long been targeted by campaigners for forest destruction and social conflict, say the initiative goes beyond the industry-leading standard set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), but two prominent environmental groups quickly disagreed,...

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