Environment Sustainability Archives - Page 3 of 13

Still No Consensus on Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels

The EU and the US have implemented legal frameworks regarding the ‘sustainability’ or ‘renewability’, respectively, or biofuels. Although some palm-oil-based biofuels continue to enter the EU and the US,...

Malaysian Palm Oil Council Applauds French Senate Committee for Rejecting Discriminatory Tax

Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Palm Oil Council applauds the vote by the French Senate’s Sustainable Development Committee to reject the discriminatory tax against palm oil. The planned tax...

Rise in Mandatory Health Warnings on Consumer Products

Attempts to reduce the visual appeal of consumer products – for health reasons – have been most noticeable in the tobacco sector to date. Some governments require graphic warnings...

Analysis: French Draft Law on Biodiversity

On March 17, the French National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) adopted a revised version of the Draft Law for the Recapture of Biodiversity, of Nature and Landscapes (Draft...

Cyprus: A Divided Island

The island of Cyprus is located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea just 50km south of the coastline of Turkey and 95km west of Syria. The former British colony gained...

Malaysian Palm Oil Council Condemns Vote on French Palm Oil Tax

National Assembly Proposal Has No Intellectual or Economic Credibility Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) today condemns the vote in the French National Assembly that imposes...

“Clean Bill of Health, at Current Italian Levels of Palm Oil Consumption”: A Balanced Report from the Italian Superior Health Institute

In light of the ongoing palm oil debate in Europe, the Directorate General of Food Hygiene and Nutrition of the Italian Ministry of Health ordered a scientific and technical...