Pepsico, Unilever and Nestlé have been accused of complicity in the destruction of Sumatra’s last tract of rainforest shared by elephants, orangutans, rhinos, and tigers together in one ...
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How Investors Are Changing the Palm Oil Supply Chain ... with palm oil production have found themselves again under fire for failing to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. INVESTORS PRESS FOR FULL TRACEABILITY TO ENSURE DEFORESTATION-FREE PALM OIL: To mitigate the environmental impacts of their palm oil supply chain and the reputational risks associated with it, investors are ...
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RSPO Credits are purchased through RSPO PalmTrace, a certificate trading program, which contributes toward more sustainable palm oil products. We will map the supply chain for our high-volume palm oil, PKO, and PKO derived ingredient suppliers and assess the sourcing policies and practices of these key suppliers.
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PZ Cussons will continue monitoring its palm oil supply chain through independent satellite tracking technology and work closely with high-impact and smallholder suppliers for the last push on its goal of 100% ‘no deforestation, no peat and no exploitation’ NDPE standards.
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But for now, blockchain doesn’t work for commodities like palm oil, says RSPO’s Strechay. “Once it [palm oil] is mixed in large holding tanks with other sources and goes into the supply chain, the blockchain and its inherent traceability is lost. “That’s the challenge for applying blockchain to bulk commodities. But blockchain is ...
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a body of producers, buyers, civil society groups, financiers and others - which has developed a set of Principles and Criteria which can be applied to both production systems and supply chains to...
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2013-09-17· Palm oil is one of the most widely used vegetable oils today. It is a key ingredient in food items and is used in many other industries, from pulp and paper manufacturing to industrial cleaning.
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This paper contributes to the sustainable supply chain management literature by discussing how stakeholders, with differing objectives, influence behaviour along complex palm oil supply chains
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The palm oil supply chain is long and complex, with the palm oil changing hands many times before it reaches our factories. The fruit is grown on plantations where farmers sell their produce to middle men and agents. They in turn supply it to a mill where the fruit bunches are processed. Next it is transported via traders to refineries for
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4.1. Supply chain complexity. Complexity of the palm oil supply chain was the major barrier to the implementation of no-deforestation commitments. Palm oil sources were highly cryptic, hindering communication and formation of relationships between, and even within, companies at different supply chain tiers. This prevented companies seeking to
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This has prompted manufacturers to source sustainable palm oil and make ‘deforestation-free’ claims on their products. But a recently published study by researchers from Imperial College London suggests that the unilateral ‘no-deforestation’ commitments made by manufacturers is unsuited to the complexity of the palm oil supply chain and is, therefore, likely to fail. In order to
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The project partners are collaborating with local Indonesian organizations to foster a sustainable palm oil production supply chain in Lampung that is free from deforestation and competitive in the global market, while increasing the social and economic benefits for farmers.
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2017-01-30· Aim for more supply chain transparency by reporting the percentage of physical palm oil supply from traceable mills (ones where the name, exact location and owner are known). The report recommends that manufacturers report their direct palm oil suppliers, as well as their criteria for suspending or excluding suppliers and the names of suspended suppliers.
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Palm Oil Sustainability Certifier to Review Indonesian Bribery Claims A human-rights organization has made accusations against one of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers and a supplier to
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This study shows that the global palm oil supply chain is a complex social system. • Supply chain complexity impedes implementation of no-deforestation commitments. • Supply chain certification may help overcome the problems posed by complexity. • Existing certification standards require amendment to address deforestation.
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Unilever releases details of its entire palm oil supply chain. Unilever is going to release all of the details of its palm oil supply chain, becoming the first major company to do so. Palm oil is
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For palm kernel oil, begin investing in and working with small farmers, with the aim of improving their practices to ensure no deforestation in the supply chain by 2020; Working with suppliers, industry peers, NGOs, academic experts and other stakeholders to promote consistent industry standards and practices for sustainable palm oil sourcing.
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2014-02-03· Palm oil: is it practical to aim for total traceability? It may be a purely economic decision, but efforts to create 100% sustainable and traceable products have a
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Sustainable Supply Chains for a Stronger Future. Palm oil in the supply chain isn’t going away anytime soon, but deforestation-free efforts and other eco-conscious business initiatives can be hugely effective in shifting the current course.
Get PriceSince 2012 100% of L’Oréal’s palm is certified through RSPO certification. But the challenge for a company like L’Oréal is the traceability of the supply chain of palm oil derivatives and how to improve the practices within this supply chain. L’Oréal pursues a threefold innovative approach. 1. Tracing back derivatives to make full
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Our purchase of palm oil-related materials accounts for less than 0.2 percent of the palm oil and palm kernel oil produced worldwide. The majority of this is palm kernel oil, which forms the basis of the surfactants that we use in our detergent and cosmetic products. These materials are at the end of a long and often complex supply chain: For
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RSPO Credits are purchased through RSPO PalmTrace, a certificate trading program, which contributes toward more sustainable palm oil products. We will map the supply chain for our high-volume palm oil, PKO, and PKO derived ingredient suppliers and assess
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2010-10-27· This plays out all the interlocking complexities and trade-offs that make sustainability so challenging. It is big business, a global supply chain, and an ingredient in big brand consumer products
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2025-07-09· With a deficit of clear, credible information about the Indonesian palm oil sector — particularly its links with deforestation, and the roles of the various actors along the supply chain — it
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2025-11-04· Alexandra Palt, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at L’Oréal, said: “As part of our Sharing Beauty With All sustainability programme, L’Oréal has been working on building a responsible palm oil and palm oil derivatives supply chain for years, in close partnership with its suppliers and with the support
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We work with farmers in our global supply chain to help them incorporate industry-leading policies, practices and technologies, which are designed to make our food system more sustainable and productive. Palm oil, the most widely used edible oil in the world, is a key area of focus. While PepsiCo is one of the largest global buyers of palm oil
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Although oil palm is a more sustainable producer of vegetable oil than other oil crops, there is a serious concern that the growing demand of palm oil for food and biofuel could lead to rapid and ill-managed expansion of palm oil production resulting in serious deforestation.
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A new report from Rainforest Action Network says food giants supporting "weak" and "diluted" Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standards or buying GreenPalm certificates are kidding
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For example, Cargill has committed to creating a transparent, traceable, and sustainable palm-oil supply chain by 2020. Assist suppliers with managing impact—and make sure they follow through The purchasing power held by consumer companies and retailers gives them significant influence over their suppliers’ business practices.
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Neste is a steering committee member of the SUSTAIN initiative bringing together oil palm growers, processors, users, sustainability experts, and technology partners to collaboratively drive innovation in addressing region-specific sustainability issues (i.e. “sustainable landscape approach”) across the palm oil supply chain. The initiative
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Palm Oil Supply Chain Traceability We work with the Earthworm Foundation (formerly The Forest Trust) to trace our palm oil and palm kernel oil supply chain to the mill and to the plantation level. This helps us better understand if the palm oil we source is linked to areas or supply chain actors involved in sustainability concerns, such as deforestation, peatland development or exploitation of
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Sourcing certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) This complexity is further magnified if the palm oil fractions (different types of refined palm oil) are converted to derivatives for use in other industries (such as health and beauty) as the number and complexity of handling and storage increases exponentially. It is important that there is a balanced market demand for all fractions of
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Mondelēz International’s suppliers have achieved industry leading levels of traceability with its Palm Oil Action Plan but there remains a gap between the current state and our goal,” said Mondelez in a statement. Related stories: The Green Supply Chain CITI Index ranks supply chains by sustainability
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