Building a transparent, traceable and sustainable palm oil supply chain. Cargill is committed to producing and sourcing palm oil in an economical, environmentally sustainable and socially responsible manner. We are working toward a 100% transparent, traceable and sustainable palm supply chain by 2020. The result of this gradual transition is an increasing amount of palm oil in our products that has been produced and sourced in a sustainable manner. Why can't we simply replace palm oil? Although using other vegetable oils seems like a practical solution, it would actually create similar - if not even larger - environmental and social problems. Palm oil is in half of the products we buy but the impacts of unsustainable production can be devastating. Here’s what we learned from our expert panel on ways to build a sustainable palm oil industry. From rainforest to your cupboard: the real story of palm oil - interactive. Palm oil is the most sustainable vegetable oil in terms of yield, requiring one-ninth of land used by other vegetable oil crops, but in the future laboratory-grown microbes might achieve higher yields per unit of land at comparable prices.
5 Nov 2019 Concerns about the impacts of palm oil have led to standards certifying it as ' sustainable'. But are they effective, and which are best?
Palm oil is the most sustainable vegetable oil in terms of yield, requiring one-ninth of land used by other vegetable oil crops, but in the future laboratory-grown microbes might achieve higher yields per unit of land at comparable prices. In addition, the sustainable palm oil sector perpetuates colonialist-like top-down, extractive violence—in an environmental guise. In Merauke, oil palm expansion is taking place without the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous landowners. Certification can be given to palm oil plantations planted on land cleared of tropical forest, which begin as non-certified palm oil and later apply for the sustainable palm oil accreditation: this hides the reality that this certified plantation was recently tropical forest. Sourcing certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) can be complex. You must evaluate not only the production of the palm oil, but also the integrity of the product throughout the supply chain. One of the most recognizable certifications for CSPO is the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO),
24 Sep 2015 Sustainable palm oil certification typically targets single plantations or mills that belong to companies or smallholders, but support is growing for
The RSPO has become the globally recognised standard for sustainable palm oil . Sustainable palm oil is defined by the eight principles and criteria against which
Palm oil is semisolid at room temperature and can stay stable for long periods without going rancid. Sustainable palm oil may be elusive, but it's possible—and, in
If your favorite product contains palm oil, contact the manufacturer and ask them to use certified sustainable palm oil. If the manufacturer already uses sustainable palm oil, ask them to add the logo to product packaging. Adding a sustainable logo helps consumers make the best choice to protect the environment.
For Alliance member companies, palm oil is considered sustainable if it comes from a plantation that: has no impact on deforestation, meaning exploitation
Palm oil is found in half of packaged supermarket products. Its unsustainable production has led to decimation of rainforest, threatening species like tigers and