'Potential breakthrough': Palm oil giant Wilmar steps up 'no deforestation' efforts

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'Potential breakthrough': Palm oil giant Wilmar steps up 'no deforestation' efforts

World's largest palm oil trader, which had come under fire from Greenpeace, unveils palm oil supplier monitoring programme

One of the world's largest palm oil traders, Wilmar International, has promised to step up efforts to combat deforestation and peatland destruction throughout its supply chain in a new supplier monitoring...

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