Jonathon Porritt puts 'reputation on the line' in sustainable palm oil push

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Controversy surrounds the launch of the Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto, but could it provide a better mechanism for distinguishing between good and bad palm oil?

Few environmental issues are more contentious than the vexed topic of palm oil. Issues of climate change, biodiversity, consumerism, corporate power, the rights of indigenous peoples, and colonialism all...

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