Investors worth $6.7tr urge RSPO to beef up palm oil standards

Michael Holder
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil faces pressure to strengthen its certification standards from more than 90 institutional investors

More than 90 institutional investors representing over $6.7tr in assets under management have written to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) calling on it to strengthen its green certification...

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