Online mapping tool tracks land-use changes down to the farm
The online mapping platform MapHubs stores maps and spatial data and makes them available to user groups for viewing, analyzing, and sharing with stakeholders. Users purchase a portal on the platform
View ArticleLiberia: Environment Protection Agency Refutes Oil Palm Company Water...
Monrovia – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refuted media reports that Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) polluted creeks in Kpogbah District in Grand Bassa. In a report in June that quoted community
View ArticleRSPO should ban deforestation, say investors representing $6.7t in assets
More than 90 institutional investors managing more than $6.7 trillion in assets have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to strengthen its standards, including by banning deforestation.
View ArticlePalm oil: A new threat to Africa's monkeys and apes?
Endangered monkeys and apes will almost certainly face new risks if Africa becomes a big player in the palm oil industry. That is the message of a study looking at how large-scale expansion of the oil
View ArticlePotential economic, health, and greenhouse gas benefits of incorporating used...
Indonesia has an ambitious 20% blending mandate for biodiesel in transport diesel fuel and relies almost entirely on palm oil to meet this target. This white paper assesses the potential of used cooking
View ArticleDeforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands:...
JAKARTA — Pledges by major brands to stop buying palm oil from companies known to destroy rainforests have failed to stop the clearance of a total area of forest the size of Los Angeles in just the last
View ArticleHigh & low ILUC risk biofuels: policy recommendations for the EU...
A significant share of palm oil and soybean expansion happens on rainforests, forests, peatland and savannahs (land with high carbon stocks), according to a new study reviewing the latest scientific...
View ArticleNorway's wealth fund ditches 33 palm oil firms over deforestation
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil companies over deforestation risks during the last seven years, a green group said on Thursday.
View ArticleFrom risk to reward: accelerating corporate action in the palm oil sector
In 2018, 7,018 of the world’s largest companies reported information about their efforts to manage their climate, water and forests related risks and impacts through CDP’s global disclosure platform.
View ArticleCommitments in-Country: Companies, palm & Commitments that count in...
Supply Change and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) teamed up to examine the state of corporate reporting on deforestation linked to palm oil production in Indonesia.
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