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Extricating palm oil from the murky world of deception

Palm oil has undoubtedly become a victim of its own success. Ranked 10th in the world among oils and fats in 1962 with a production of only 1.3 million...

Mandatory due diligence: Boon or bane for the industry?

UK’s proposed law will raise cost of doing business in Europe, in the midst of a global pandemic As countries across the globe continue to grapple with the impact...

New oil palm plantations in Sabah not allowed to encroach forests says Shafie

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will not allow any new oil palm plantations to eat into its permanent forest reserves, said Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (pic). “Any future plantation development,...

Another EU Hurdle for Palm Oil Imports?

The European Commission (EC) is to determine new methodology to identify which biofuels, biomass and bio-liquids pose the greatest climate risks based on High Carbon Stock (HCS) and Indirect...

Why Europe (and the globe) Can’t do Without (Asian) Palm Oil

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A Wake-Up Call to EU28 Parliamentarians: Reforest EU28 First, Before You Impose Legislations and Accuse Us of Deforestation

The print, electronic and social media has been awash with palm oil associated Europe centric news. First in April 2017, it was the EU Parliament’s “Resolution on Deforestation and...