palm oil: 1/14 of 14
Palm oil giant Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland
Ecologist
11th August, 2010
Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had received permits or made conservation assessments more...
Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practice more...
Nestlé under fire for destroying orang-utan habitat
Ecologist
19th March 2010
Nestlé is ignoring the social and environmental crimes of its palm oil suppliers says Greenpeace more...
Boots, KFC, McDonalds ignore rainforest destruction survey
Ecologist
10th February, 2010
Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s have been praised for disclosing their ‘forest footprint’ but experts say that consumers are still not aware of the impact of their daily diet more...
Jordans cereals switches to 'sustainable' palm oil
Ecologist
11th February, 2010
Major UK cereal brand switches to more sustainable sources of palm oil following interview with the Ecologist more...
Palm oil plantations could be classified as forests
Ecologist
8th February, 2010
European Commission guidance would allow biofuels to be labelled as sustainable even if forests have been destroyed to make way for the palm oil plantations more...
Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust?
Tom Levitt
1st January, 2010
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, claims a new report more...
Palm oil firms letting four-year-olds sign contracts
Ecologist
11th November, 2009
'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land more...
UK bans Malaysian palm oil advert
Ecologist
3rd November, 2009
Second advert from palm oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims more...
Major retailers ranked on sustainable palm oil
Ecologist
28th October, 2009
Tesco and Waitrose lagging behind on sustainable sourcing of world's most traded edible oil, found in wide range of everyday products from cakes and cosmetics more...
'Sustainable' palm oil campaign banned by ASA
Mark Sweney
9th September, 2009
Advertorial claimed that controversial oil business was 'green answer' and was important to alleviating poverty more...
World Bank breaks rules in lending to palm oil companies
Ecologist
27th August, 2009
Campaign groups call for a suspension on lending to palm oil plantation developers after critical internal audit more...
palm oil: 1/14 of 14
Sustainable palm oil usage at unsatisfactory levels
Ecologist
1st July, 2009
Land victory will allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable palm oil sits at a mere one per cent. more...
Hedge funds for forests?
Mark Anslow
6th June, 2008
Protecting rainforests is now almost as lucrative as cutting them down. Mark Anslow reports on a commodities-centred approach to stopping deforestation more...Members
