How companies can balance palm oil’s everyday benefits with ecologic issues. Palm oil is one of the world’s most widely used ...

A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the ...

The palm-oil processing plant, looming on higher ground, spewed smoke and steam throughout the day and night. Illegal land-clearing fires consumed the forest, blanketing the landscape in a choking ...

When produced irresponsibly, palm oil can have a devastating impact on forests, species, communities and the global climate. Despite many long-standing commitments by brands and industry coalitions to ...

Analysis of independent satellite data shows a decrease in the efficiency of palm oil plantations in Malaysia after they ...

Palm oil is an incredibly efficient and productive crop ... But there is no such thing as a free lunch and even meat reared right here in the UK could be linked to destruction of tropical forests. A ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

Many western countries including the EU have laws against buying palm oil linked to environmental issues like deforestation and wildlife destruction. Nevertheless, the EU is an important market ...

which bans the importation of palm oil, soy and other goods linked to the destruction of forests from Dec. 30 next year. The law which had initially been due to take effect this month and required ...