Belgian Waffles without Palm Oil?
Belgium has a lot to offer – for one, its pastries and chocolates are famous in Europe and beyond. Many of these made with palm oil. Its economy, however,...
Plain speaking about palm oil
I recall some years ago that MPOC was tasked with preventing the Truth in Labelling – Palm Oil Bill from being passed by the Australian Senate. Senator Nick Xenophon had introduced...
NGOs Got It Wrong: Oil Palm Reduces Deforestation
When the east, mid-west and southern agricultural states of the USA were cleared of their forests for European settlers to build farms, each family was given 5 acres of...
The Green in Palm
In this first instalment of a series of monthly articles, we question the rationale of double-counting green house gas emissions by the US Environmental Protection Agency. MALAYSIA made a...
My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper
The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing of protected land. And...