Sentences with phrase «palm oil firm»

GAR was among the first of the major palm oil firms to commit to an ambitious and wide - reaching voluntary policy to protect forests and rights.

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I creamed my coconut oil (firm not melted) and the palm sugar and it was perfect.

With the aid of government agencies, large firms have been seizing swaths of land in forest areas that were traditionally under ancestral tenure and rapidly converting them to mono - crop rubber and oil palm plantations.

«We have, for some years, held firm to our commitment to sourcing only certified palm oil by 2015, and these changes represent significant progress toward that goal,» said Annette Hansen, director of sustainability for DuPont Nutrition & Health.

INGREDIENTS 250g firm tofu 500g daikon or zucchini or carrot (you can use regular noodles as well if, use soba or rice noodles for a gluten free meal) 1 tbsp maple syrup or agave syrup or honey 2 tbsp tamari or shoyu sauce 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1 tsp shichimi togarashi or other chilli flakes 150 g romaine lettuce, shredded 4 scallions, thinly sliced 2 avocados 2 handfuls coriander, chopped 2 handfuls beansprouts 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds salt to taste PEANUT DRESSING 100 ml natural peanut butter 2 - 4 tbsp tamari soy (use 2 tbsp for a milder sauce - and up to 4 tbsp for a stronger punch) 2 - 4 tbsp fresh lime juice (use 2 tbsp for a milder sauce - and up to 4 tbsp for a stronger punch) 2 tbsp rape seed oil 1/2 -1 tbsp fresh ginger grated (use 1/2 tbsp for a milder sauce and 1 for a stronger punch) 2 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar water to thin

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.

Amnesty International has uncovered «systemic» cases of child labour and labour rights abuses in Indonesian palm oil plantations operated by Wilmar, tracing the palm oil back to firms including Nestlé, Unilever and Kellogg — companies that all claim to...

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Palm shortening is palm oil that has some of its unsaturated fats removed, giving it a very firm texture, and high melting poPalm shortening is palm oil that has some of its unsaturated fats removed, giving it a very firm texture, and high melting popalm oil that has some of its unsaturated fats removed, giving it a very firm texture, and high melting point.

(04/26/2012) Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil processor and trader, has hired a major lobbying firm to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's ruling that palm oil - based biodiesel will not meet greenhouse gas emissions standards under America's Renewable Fuels Standard, reports The Hill.

(10/05/2010) A UK - based cosmetics firm is severing ties with its palm oil supplier after a story in The Observer reported the Colombia - based company sought the eviction of peasant farmer families to develop a new oil palm plantation, reports the Guardian.

Following examples set forth by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and firms like Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, a Malaysian palm oil producer, oil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatiPalm Oil and firms like Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, a Malaysian palm oil producer, oil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatioOil and firms like Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, a Malaysian palm oil producer, oil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatipalm oil producer, oil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatiooil producer, oil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatiooil palm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populatipalm can be cultivated in a manner that helps mitigate climate change, preserves biodiversity, and brings economic opportunities to desperately poor rural populations.

In a December 2013 warning to potential investors in a US$ 90 million initial public offering for PT SSS, EIA revealed an independent evaluation of the firm's prospectus showed illegal clearance of forest areas and direct threats to orangutan habitat posed by planned expansion of the firm's oil palm plantations.

The Singapore - based firm was already a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the world's largest association for ethical production of the commodity, found in everything from chocolate to laundry detergent.

Wilmar Oleo North America hired lobbying firm Van Ness Feldman to pressure the EPA on its finding that biofuels produced from palm oil do not offer substantial emissions savings relative to conventional gasoline.

A new report explores innovative steps being taken by several of the industry's largest firms to improve social and environmental practices Oil palm plantation in Riau.

Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licenses held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under a $ 1 billion climate change deal signed with Norway last week, a government official said on Monday.

The move comes after Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil producer and trader, hired lobbying firm Van Ness Feldman on the same issue.

(09/06/2013) Malaysia will launch its own certification standard for palm oil produced by local firms by 2014, reports Reuters.