Will RSPO's new standards drive deforestation out of the palm oil industry?

Jessica Shankleman
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RSPO Next scheme aims to recognise most sustainable companies, but is it really needed when many firms are still failing to deliver basic improvements?

With high-profile companies such as Unilever, Mars, and Dunkin Donuts pledging ever more ambitious goals to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, the certification body in charge of driving...

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