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Western Media Still Biased against Palm Oil

A new piece of research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on mangrove forests has prompted a number of media outlets to make palm oil...

Real-time Eco-credentials of Palm Oil

Everyone who follows the news would have heard of the alleged connection being made between the production of palm oil and global warming. Slash and burn agriculture, the destruction...

Negotiating the WTO Environmental Goods Agreement

From Oct 29 to Nov 4, 2015, delegates from 17 WTO member-states met in Geneva, Switzerland, for the tenth round of negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA). Although...

Obama’s Attack on Clean Energy, Sustenance and Job Creation

US President Barack Obama has tried to increase his political and economic bona fides in Southeast Asia. And for that reason he is always welcome in the region. Yet...

Certification: All of the Above

The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil held its 13th annual roundtable conference in Kuala Lumpur from Nov 16-19. More broadly, it has been an extraordinary 12 months for palm...

The Facts about Malaysia’s Palm Oil Sector and Labour Rights

KUALA LUMPUR – U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Malaysia today, for his second visit in recent years. Once again, we welcome him to this great nation. The visit...

TPPA, Labour Rights and Palm Oil

Over the past few years, there has been a push by a number of US-based labour groups and private interests to damage public perceptions of labour rights and environmental...

More than meets the eye

At The Star Roundtable on Palm Oil 2015 held at Menara Star in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, recently, The Star’s executive editor Errol Oh led the forum joined by Malaysian...

Council for the common good

MALAYSIA and Indonesia, the two largest palm oil producing countries that account for 85% of world CPO, recently agreed to set up a Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries...

Is the worst over?

It has been a tough year for plantation companies, with higher-than-expected global palm oil stocks, softening demand and lacklustre CPO prices. What’s in store in 2016? TAN SRI DR...

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