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U.S. Bans Trans Fat in Boost for Palm Oil and Blow for Pie
2015-06-16 23:18:03| Food - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years under a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease.
U.S. Bans Trans Fat in Boost for Palm Oil and Blow for Pie
2015-06-16 20:57:14| Agriculture - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years under a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease.
Victory as palm oil company vows to stop felling rainforest
2015-06-13 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A major palm oil company blamed for cutting down swathes of the rainforest has said it will stop clear-felling trees, in a move hailed by campaigners as a major breakthrough. Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Jardine Matheson, announced a moratorium less than a month after The Independent on Sunday highlighted a campaign by pressure groups to make guests of the luxury Mandarin Hotel chain another Jardine Matheson firm aware of deforestation by AAL in...
Indonesia: Palm oil giant announces deforestation freeze amid NGO campaign
2015-06-12 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari has announced an immediate moratorium on land clearing, less than a month after the launch of an environmental campaign targeting one of its sister companies, the Mandarin Oriental hotel chain. The prohibition applies to Astra Agro's own plantations as well as to those of its suppliers, according to a statement posted yesterday to the company's website. Astra Agro characterized the freeze as a "major step" toward bringing its operations into line with the standards...
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Oil palm company accused violating RSPO, IPOP standards in Indonesia
2015-06-11 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The reputation of oil palm business group Sawit Sumbermas Sarana (SSS), a holding of one of Indonesia's richest men, has in recent days taken hits on multiple fronts, with a pair of NGOs separately accusing the firm of violating various sustainability commitments it is party to. The criticism highlights holes in both the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), a high-profile sustainability pact to which palm giants Wilmar, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), Musim Mas, Asian Agri and Cargill as well as the Indonesian...
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