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Procter & Gamble, Cargill pledge cut deforestation linked to palm oil
2014-04-08 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Cargill today announced new measures to cut deforestation from their palm oil supply chains. P&G (NYSE:PG), a consumer products giant that owns brands like Head & Shoulders and Oil of Olay, pledged to establish traceability of palm oil to supplier mills by the end of 2015. The policy commits it to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain by 2020, the same target adopted by the Consumer Goods Forum - a network of 400 of the world's largest companies whose combined...
Grocery giant commits zero-deforestation policy for palm oil sourcing
2014-03-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Safeway has become the latest company to establish a policy that excludes deforestation-linked palm oil from its products. Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY), the second biggest U.S. grocery chain, made the commitment in response to a shareholder proposal by the New York State Common Retirement Fund. In exchange for the fund withdrawing its sustainable palm oil shareholder proposal, Safeway will ask its suppliers to implement social and environmental criteria that ensure the palm oil it uses in branded...
United Arab Emirates: Global warming a threat to date palm industry, forum hears
2014-03-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gulf News: Global warming and the Red Palm Weevil could threaten the future of the date palm, researchers heard at a conference in Abu Dhabi. More than 50 papers and studies were discussed during the first day of the fifth International Date Palm Conference. Climate change plays a significant role in boosting agriculture. Around 40 per cent of the world population relies on agriculture for its livelihood and is likely to be severely affected by climate change. The most influential factors that might...
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Progressive palm oil group opens door companies, NGO adopting zero deforestation policies
2014-03-12 21:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), an alliance formed last year, has opened its doors to new members who commit to social and environmental safeguards that go beyond the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) eco-certification standard. Founding members of POIG include three palm oil producers - Brazil-based Agropalma, Colombia-based DAABON, and Papua New Guinea-based New Britain Palm Oil - and four non-profits: WWF, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Forest Peoples Programme and Greenpeace....
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Fixing palm oils other climate threat
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: Standing beside a palm oil wastewater lagoon can promote a vague sense of unease. The murky brown surface appears more molten than aqueous, blanketed in roiling bubbles that suggest the imminent emergence of a mythical beast. Plus, it stinks. Thousands of these lagoons are spread across the tropics, and the number is growing steadily. Should you find yourself beside one, the bubbles you will see are indeed the product of subsurface life. But its not a hidden monster. Instead, untold trillions...
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