Sentences with phrase «palm oil industry»

However, poor production practices by greedy palm oil industry leaders have also cast a negative shadow on this otherwise remarkable oil.

«Today, we have alerted the world's biggest palm oil traders and processors to the human rights crisis unfolding in palm oil industry in Guatemala and Honduras,» said Rainforest Action Network spokesperson Gemma Tillack in a statement.

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via: Financial Times Indonesia, Deforestation Southeast Asia Paying High Environmental Cost for Palm Oil Rainforest Preservation Can Be More Profitable Than Palm Oil Plantations Pay No Attention to the Whining Indonesian Palm Oil Industry

Not to mention that many of the same NGOs criticizing Indonesia's palm oil industry also take issue with the biofuel industries in Western countries on similar climate change and biodiversity grounds.

Like those that perpetuate the unsustainable palm oil industry.

Chumporn Palm Oil Industry Public Company Limited (CPI) started construction of a state - of - the - art palm oil... Read More...

A WWF 2012 report, Palm oil investor Guidance looking at the role of investors in supporting the development of a sustainable palm oil industry.

WWF was a founding member of the RSPO and believes that RSPO certification is still the best way for the global palm oil industry to show it's acting responsibly.

Despite government pledges to rein in deforestation, Indonesia is on track to release vast amounts of greenhouse gases over the next decade as its burgeoning palm oil industry churns under carbon - rich peat and cuts down its rainforest.

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest (7/9/2008) Malaysia's Land Development Authority FELDA has announced plans to immediately establish 100,000 hectares (250,000) of oil palm plantations in the Brazilian Amazon.

Last month Najib said Malaysia would seek to expand its booming palm oil industry overseas.

Nevertheless the conference was still marked by much of the same rhetoric that has characterized most of these meetings — chief palm oil industry officials again made dubious claims about the environmental stewardship of the industry.

Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying

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More: Carbon payments as safeguard for threatened tropical mammals Deforestation, Palm Oil, Indonesia Orangutan Could Be First Great Ape to Go Extinct Orangutan's Fingers Mutilated by Palm Oil Plantation Workers Pay No Attention to the Whining Indonesian Palm Oil Industry: The Deforestation, Climate Change & Biodiversity Concerns Are Genuine Southeast Asia Paying High Environmental Price for Palm Oil

The statement is noteworthy in that leaders of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the marketing and lobbying arm of the Malaysian palm oil industry, have maintained that oil expansion has not taken place at the expense of natural forest in Malaysia.

While there, we'll be announcing the new rule and the palm kernel expeller opportunities, as well as calling on manufacturers and retailers around the world to take urgent steps to help make positive change in the palm oil industry.

«Effective engagement with suppliers is crucial in transforming the palm oil industry to eliminate deforestation and help us meet our sustainable palm oil commitments,» the company says.

The trade marks an important landmark for GreenPalm and affirms the programme's role as a facilitator for change within the palm oil industry.

Because the palm oil industry has been linked to deforestation, climate change (I mean, what isn't?)

* And because I understand the hypocrisy of pointing out the environmentally destructive aspects of the palm oil industry while still doing things like buying shit that's made in China or not always supporting my local farmer, there's this.

I don't necessarily think the palm oil industry should cease to exist, but I do think they should take proper measures to ensure sustainable harvesting practices that preserve, rather than destroy, the environment.

From an environmental perspective, Earth Balance does contain palm oil and the Palm Oil industry is having a terrible impact on rain forest destruction.

«However, a separate issue is the pressing need to change the palm oil industry immediately — the rain forest can not wait several years for everyone's CSR plans to be set in motion.

Fresh from our appearance at the International Baking Industry Exposition in Las Vegas, USA, we'll be travelling to Paris, France, for SIAL 2010, where we shall be telling visitors our exciting news — and explaining how they too can join the drive towards sustainability in the palm oil industry.

Not enough businesses in the palm oil industry are joining the RSPO, and of those that join, many are not using enough certified sustainable palm oil.

If you have your eye on the palm oil industry you'll have seen plenty of news coming from RT8, the annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil this month.

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that creates and promotes innovations in the palm oil industry.

Marking the occasion, the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), an initiative to reform the palm oil industry, is announcing new POIG members that are committing to drive much - needed transformation in the palm oil sector.

At the same time, POIG member and major palm oil producer Musim Mas has set a new bar for its peers with the publication of the Indonesian palm oil industry's first comprehensive, independent labour compliance assessment.

Lastly, Webber also has his eye on emerging technology trends that could have a huge impact on the palm oil industry.

«Our collective aim is to raise the awareness of truly sustainable palm oil [so that] other producers that meet this highest standard of sustainability join the program, thus eventually becoming a collaboration of organic fair trade producers that can truly move the needle in impacting the palm oil industry.»

The RSPO is the first and only industry wide certification standard for the palm oil industry, at its heart are eight principles and criteria covering social and environmental issues.

In general, the palm oil industry has been linked to deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses as the land and forests must be cleared for development of plantations.

In 2015, PepsiCo launched its Palm Oil Action Plan, committing to help advance the sustainability of the palm oil industry.

I hesitate to support the palm oil industry because of the effect it has had on climate (see Years of Living Dangerously series), but who knows maybe the coconut industry similarly impacts the environment... Thanks!

The palm oil industry is in the top 4 industries for human rights violations (up there with gold, diamonds, and apparel).

According to a new study by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities, emissions from the palm oil industry alone could release 558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — more than the national emissions of Canada — by 2020.

The palm oil industry is big business in South Asia, but after harvesting the fruit from the oil palm trees, large amounts of leftover biomass known as empty fruit bunch remain.

They argue that lax regulations, widespread corruption and the palm oil industry's poor environmental record could result in these companies repeating the destructive practices seen over the past two decades in Southeast Asia.

Aaron Gekoski won the single image category for this picture of the struggle they face thanks to the palm oil industry.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is a Malaysian government agency dedicated to serving the country's palm oil industry.

Small farmers could be key actors in reforming Indonesia's palm oil industry, which has been linked to child and forced labor, deforestation and the demise of iconic species like orangutans.

I personally always look for MCT oils sourced only from coconut oil or sustainable and rainforest friendly palm oil because the palm oil industry is responsible for the deforestation for large parts of the rainforest.

Curious to know more, I dug a little deeper into the palm oil industry.