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Report rates palm oil companies on sustainability commitments
2014-10-06 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new report published Forest Heroes, an advocacy campaign pushing for an end to deforestation, ranks global palm oil companies on their sustainability commitments. The Green Tigers, authored by Glen Hurowitz, reviews the recent history of environmental policies in the palm oil sector, beginning with the formation of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004 through the wave of comprehensive zero deforestation commitments in 2013-2014. It then looks at individual companies' commitments,...
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Companies hire local communities to evade palm oil restrictions in Indonesia
2014-10-04 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: As more palm oil companies are held accountable for deforestation in Indonesia, a growing number are hiring local communities to do their dirty work. According to the Oil Palm Farmers Union (SPKS), companies promise to buy mature fruits at attractive rates from smallholders and local villages who agree to clear and plant in protected forest areas. Through these agreements, companies distance themselves from the process, leaving the locals to bear responsibility for the destruction. Mansuetus Darto,...
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Dunkin' Donuts pledges to dunk only in sustainable palm oil
2014-09-17 02:42:12| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The company behind Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins ice cream has pledged to stop frying its doughnuts in unsustainable palm oil, which contributes to deforestation and destroys habitats of endangered species such as tigers and orangutans. Dunkin Brands Group yesterday unveiled a commitment to use 100 per cent sustainable palm oil at its United States stores. The copany said that by the end of 2015 it will be able to trace all of the palm oil it buys back to the mill and by the following year will...
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Indonesia invests $2.7bn in palm oil industry between 2012-14
2014-09-11 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Indonesia, which is considered to be the worlds largest palm oil producer, has invested about $2.7bn in the industry between 2012 and 2014, according to the Indonesian government.
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Firm with deal for Palm Beach County phones lays off workers [The Palm Beach Post, Fla. :: ]
2014-09-07 03:23:06| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 06--A Boca Raton company that in July was awarded a $4.5 million contract to replace Palm Beach County government's telephone system has since cut 46 local jobs and is shifting work overseas.
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