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Palm oil giant IOI Group regains RSPO sustainability certification
2016-08-08 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Palm oil supplier IOI Group has had its certificate for sustainable palm oil reinstated by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), after it was judged to have fulfilled the bodys demands to improve its environmental performance. In a statement issued last Friday, the RSPO said the palm oil supplier would be re-instated with its certificate from Monday. The Malaysia-based conglomerate saw its certification suspended in March this year after the RSPO ruled it was not meeting the certificates...
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RSPO lifts suspension of Malaysian palm oil giant IOI
2016-08-06 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Malaysias IOI Group has regained the right to sell certified sustainable palm oil under the brand of the RSPO, the worlds largest association for ethical production of the commodity. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil had suspended IOIs certification over environmental abuses by the companys units in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, known as Kalimantan. Green groups had accused the company of tearing down rainforest without the proper government permits, operating on carbon-rich,...
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New Department For Transport Data Shows No Palm Oil Used In The UK
2016-08-05 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: For the first time since the start of the UKs Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation in 2008, no palm oil has been used in the renewable biodiesel that is blended into fossil diesel. Volumes have dropped sharply since 2012 and UK biodiesel is now largely made from waste feedstocks, in particular used cooking oil. UK feedstocks are also the major contributor to renewable bioethanol that is blended into fossil petrol. In 2008 UK feedstocks accounted for 8% of UKs renewable fuels and this has now...
Tropical Deforestation and Palm Oil
2016-07-28 14:12:00| Happi Breaking News
Duke, Union of Concerned Scientists study examines potential future deforestation.
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Can palm oil be sustainable?
2016-07-21 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study published in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study is the first to map land suitable for palm oil production on a global scale, while taking into account environmental and climate considerations. "There is room to expand palm oil production and to do it in a sustainable way," says IIASA researcher Johannes Pirker, who led the study. Palm...
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