By Carolyn Cowan Multinational palm oil-buying companies could be doing more to address financial inequities in their global ...

Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.

But this incredible rise came at a cost. The rapid expansion of palm oil plantations has led to the destruction of huge areas of tropical rainforest, creating dangerous CO2 emissions and ...

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 ...

The Indonesia Palm Oil Association, GAPKI, on Friday urged the government to delay a planned hike in the palm oil export levy ...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Reuters) - Palm oil demand from top global buyers China and India is expected to increase as the ...

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 ...

The palm oil industry has papered over vast swathes of the planet much of it valuable and ecologically diverse Forty million tonnes are produced annually and it can be found in 50 of all packaged ...

How companies can balance palm oil’s everyday benefits with ecologic issues. Palm oil is one of the world’s most widely used vegetable oils and found in nearly 50 percent of all packaged ...

Palm oil has found its way into more than half of packaged products Americans consume, in part because it's so cheap and easy to grow. But the versatile substance has long been a target of ...