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Johnson & Johnson commits zero deforestation for palm oil
2014-05-01 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Personal care products giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J - NYSE:JNJ) today unveiled a comprehensive palm oil sourcing policy that eliminates deforestation and social conflict from its global palm oil supply chain. The policy applies to all palm oil and palm oil derivatives J&J uses. The company says it presently sources about 75,000 tons - about 0.2 percent of global palm oil production - annually, most of which goes into shampoos, soaps, lotions and creams. J&J will work with The Forest Trust (TFT),...
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It's time for palm oil using PepsiCo to go 'deforestation free' like their peers
2014-04-21 11:22:26| Beverages - Topix.net
PepsiCo continues to lag behind industry peers who have already promised to ensure that they won't buy from palm oil suppliers linked to tropical deforestation.
Printing From the Palm of Your Hand
2014-04-15 16:07:25| TechNewsWorld
While the tech world has gone mobile, there's one key tool that hasn't changed in years: the printer. Most printers are still big, bulky and boring. They do a job, and they stay put. Right where you left them -- at home or in the office. If a new Kickstarter project gets the funding it needs, mobile workers will be able to print most anywhere -- even coffee shops. The tool? A robot printer.
Converting Peat Swamp to Palm Oil Plantations Contributes to Climate Change
2014-04-15 07:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental Leader: Converting peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia into industrial oil palm and pulpwood plantations releases emissions, threatens biodiversity and ultimately accelerates climate change, according to a guest column by a Princeton professor and PhD candidate at the university. As trees are stripped from peat swamp to make room for oil palm plantations, the peat is drained and the decomposition releases a large amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, David Wilcove, professor of public affairs...
Procter & Gamble bows to pressure on palm oil deforestation
2014-04-09 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Procter & Gamble has bowed to pressure from environmentalists and revealed a new, extensive no-deforestation policy in the production of its products, including demanding fully traceable palm oil from suppliers. In the wake of severe criticism by a Greenpeace report earlier this year, the multinational company said on Wednesday that by the end of 2015 it would ensure that the palm oil and palm kernel oil it sources is traceable to the supplier mills. It also pledged to ensure no deforestation...
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