Leading
palm oil user Cargill has issued an ultimatum to its supplier IOI Group after the Malaysian producer lost its Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification over environmental destruction...
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Not exact matches
From grain producers to mine
users, to
palm oil producers, there's interest from 45 - plus clients in joining the platform,» Koneru says.
The end
user does not receive segregated sustainable
palm oil, but it has directly funded an equivalent amount from an RSPO - certified producer.»
While many
users of
palm oil in the consuming countries are committed to CSPO, its greater growth especially SG grades has been somewhat held back due to the premium; an issue further confounded by CSPO supply chain challenges.
While Hormel Foods is a relatively minor
user of
palm oil, we realize that responsible sourcing of even the smallest amount of this ingredient can make a difference.
With Europe the world's biggest
user and importer of biodiesel — from crops such as
palm oil, soy and rapeseed — the vote will have a major impact around the world, notably in the EU's main international supplier countries Indonesia, Malaysia and Argentina.
Here, RED payments would compensate land
users for their opportunity costs in not converting unprotected forests into
oil palm, while the construction of new roads to service the marketing of
oil palm would be halted.
In other words, the compensation forest
users would earn from REDD would have to be more than earnings they could make from, say, converting forest to
oil palm or to another cash crop.»
IOI is a founding member of the RSPO, which was set up in 2004 as an association of
palm oil producers, traders and
users, as well as banks and NGOs.