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Aiming to avoid deforestation, Unilever to trace all palm oil it sources
2013-11-13 00:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a move that represents a significant development for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of palm oil, consumer products giant Unilever today announced it will be able to trace all of the palm oil it sources by the end of 2014. The policy is notable because at present few major companies know where the palm oil they buy ultimately comes from. They may source from suppliers certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an eco-certification initiative, or buy GreenPalm certificates...
3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years
2013-11-12 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Some 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) of forest in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea was converted for oil palm plantations between 1990 and 2010, finds a comprehensive set of assessments released by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The research, conducted by an international team of scientists from a range of institutions, is presented in a series of seven academic papers that estimate change in land use and greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm expansion in the...
HBSC financing deforestation for palm oil in Borneo
2013-11-12 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: HSBC, the world's third largest bank, continues to lend to companies linked to deforestation despite a policy explicitly prohibiting such practices, alleges a new report from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The report, published last week, looks at two Indonesian palm oil companies that recently received finance from HSBC: Bumitama Agri and Triputra Agro Persada. In the case of Bumitama Agri, EIA found that the plantation giant cleared more than 3,200 hectares (8,000...
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Papua New Guinea: Urgent: Papua New Guinea Tribes Under Threat from Conflict Palm Oil
2013-11-11 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: The Indigenous communities of Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea are engaged in a high stakes battle to defend their land and culture from the threat of Conflict Palm Oil expansion and they have a quick and easy request for help right now. Much of RANs forest team is currently in Medan, Sumatra for the annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and we are honored to be hosting Adelbert Gangai and Lester Seri, community leaders who have traveled from their home in Papua New...
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More than half of UK palm oil meets "sustainable" standards
2013-11-11 10:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: More than half of palm oil imported into the UK to be used in products such as cosmetics, food and fuel now comes from sustainable certified sources, marking a step forward for the government's commitment to use only sustainable palm oil by 2015. According to a new report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to be released today, the proportion of sustainable palm oil coming into Britain has more than doubled since 2009, when it stood at 24 per cent. The government...
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