One company with large investment in
Colombian oil development is Harken Engineering of Houston, Texas, which George W. Bush helped manage when he was in the oil business.
RSPO's plans for 2018 build on a milestone 2017, where the first ever RSPO Next — that is, a stricter variation of RSPO rules that prohibit deforestation and peatland
development, among other things — was attained by Malaysian firm United Plantations and
Colombian company Daabon; and zoos and aquariums all over the world started a movement to educate consumers on sustainable palm
oil.