Government and businesses to shelve unsustainable palm oil

Jessica Shankleman
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Fifteen industry bodies pledge to source only sustainable palm oil by 2015, but critics question the strength of the commitment

The government and a group of leading businesses have today unveiled a major pledge to phase out the use of unsustainable palm oil by 2015 in the UK, in a bid to reduce deforestation and tackle climate...

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