Palm Oil

Governments and businesses pledge £330bn during Rio +20 Earth Summit, including plans to eliminate deforestation from the retail supply chain

Food giant strengthens sustainable palm oil commitment and reveals plan for €100m processing plant in Indonesia

Government minister tells local newspaper plans are moving forward for new palm oil certification scheme

Belgian Jury d'Ethique Publicitaire orders Malaysian Palm Oil Council to retract 'sustainable' claims

Green Palm reports that RSPO-certified palm oil now accounts for nine per cent of global supply as demand grows

Home cleaning giant becomes latest consumer goods firm to promises to only use certified sustainable palm oil by 2015

Cosmetics firm says it will buy Green Palm certificates to cover 100 per cent of its palm oil use

Leaked draft energy policy proposes ending fossil fuel grants to most countries, as new sustainable palm oil policy is introduced

Jessica Shankleman wrestles with the environmental and ethical dilemmas presented by the global palm oil industry