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• The Chain: Agropalma’s Owners Look to Sell While Company’s ESG Violations Rise
• The Chain: Top Ten Deforesters Clear 8,100 Hectares on Oil Palm Concessions During 1H 2022, a Significant Increase Versus 2021
• The Chain: Cargill and Bunge’s Links to Contested Farm in Brazil, Human Rights Violations Contradict Upcoming EU Regulations
• The Chain: Jhonlin Group’s Refining Company Goes Public to Raise Capital
• The Chain: How Limited Supply, Alleged Corruption, and the Biodiesel Market Led to Indonesia’s Cooking Oil Crisis
• The Chain: BrasilAgro to Convert Over 10,000 Hectares of Cerrado Forest
• The Chain: Investors Back Proposed Laws in the United States That Aim to Reduce Deforestation in Commodity Supply Chains
• The Chain: Agropalma Faces Possible Legal, Reputational Risks from Health and Safety Violations, Conflict With Local Communities
• The Chain: Deforestation Driven by Oil Palm Falls to a Four-Year Low
• The Chain: Revocation of Permits, Increased Biofuel Volumes Point to Significant Developments in Indonesia’s Palm Oil Sector in 2022
• The Chain: Biofuels from Big Oil Lack Sourcing Transparency, Form a Major Source of Leakage
• The Chain: Record Deforestation and Weakening Legal Framework in Brazil Highlight Need for New EU Import Law
• The Chain: EU Proposal on Deforestation-Linked Products Poses Risks for Companies, Investors
• The Chain: Astra International’s Mine Expansion Threatens Forest and Astra Agro Lestari’s NDPE Supply Chain Access
• The Chain: COP26 – Crucial Breakthroughs in Combatting Deforestation
• The Chain: Embedded Soy in UK Consumer Brands ‘Contaminated’ by Cargill’s Forest Approach, Says Report
• The Chain: Jhonlin Group to Serve Indonesia’s Domestic Market With New Biofuel Plant
• Deforestation on Oil Palm Concessions Continued to Decline in First Half of 2021
• The Chain: Sime Darby, FGV See Reputational Hits from U.S. Stop Orders
• The Chain: Asian Markets’ Uptake of Certified Palm Oil Still Low Despite Positive Trends
• The Chain: Active Fires Detected in SLC Agrícola’s Fazenda Perdizes Property in the Amazon
• The Chain: New Report Calls on Buyers of Forest-Risk Commodities to Strengthen NDPE Policies
• The Chain: MUFG Climate Shareholder Resolution Emphasizes the Bank’s Financing of Forest-Risk Commodities
• The Chain: What the Court Decision on Shell and the Lawsuit Against Casino Group Mean for Deforestation-linked Sectors
• The Chain: Shareholder Resolution Pressures Sumitomo Corporation to Alter Climate Policies
• The Chain: Less Rainfall Caused by Amazon Deforestation Could Lead to Almost $200B in Losses for Beef and Soy Sectors
• The Chain: Recent Shareholder Votes on Deforestation Reflect Greater Investor Pressure to Reduce Forest Loss
• The Chain: Malaysian Company Maxim Global Loses Control of Tanah Merah Concessions in Papua, Forest in Danger of Being Cleared
• The Chain: Selangor State Agricultural Development Corporation Peat Clearing Risks Access to FMCG and Trader/Refiner Supply Chains
• The Chain: Greenpeace Report Reveals Brazilian Meatpackers Purchase From Ranchers Linked to Pantanal Fires; JBS Moves Deadline for Eliminating Illegal Deforestation to 2030
• The Chain: Casino Group Faces Increasing Legal Pressure Over Deforestation Links After New Indigenous Lawsuit
• The Chain: Partnerships Welcome as CRR Looks to Expand
• The Chain: One of Indonesia’s Largest Deforesters Raises Questions About NDPE Policy Scope
• The Chain: New Report Reveals Social Footprint of the ‘Land-Hungry’ Palm Oil Industry
• The Chain: New High Carbon Stock Approach Rules Key to Transforming the Palm Oil Sector
• Deforestasi oleh perusahaan kelapa sawit di Asia Tenggara tahun 2020: totalnya berkurang, namun pelakunya masih sama
• 2020’s Top Deforesters for Oil Palm in Southeast Asia: A Lower Rate of Deforestation, but the Same Culprits
• The Chain: Continued Deforestation and Ownership Confusion in Fangiono Family-Linked Groups
• The Chain: Amaggi’s New Green Bond Prompts Questions on Deforestation Commitment
• The Chain: A Brief Look at IPO Developments in Forest-Risk Sectors
• The Chain: Traders See Increased Pressure to Agree to 2020 Cut-Off Date in Cerrado
• The Chain: Indonesia’s New Targets for National Biodiesel Program Could Sharply Increase Pressure on the Country’s Remaining Forests
• The Chain: Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation Banned From U.S. Markets Over Alleged Forced Labor Issues
• The Chain: French Retailers Strengthen Supplier Contracts to Mitigate Deforestation Risk in the Cerrado
• The Chain: Federal Agency Deems TIAA’s Land Holdings in Brazil Legally Null and Void
• The Chain: Capitol Group Deforestation Raises Concerns Over Palm Oil Buyer Responses and FMCG Material Reputation Risk
• The Chain: Continued Deforestation and Ownership Confusion in Fangiono Family-linked Groups
• The Chain: Pressure on Soy Traders Rises as Norwegian Salmon Producer Cuts off Brazilian Market Due to Deforestation Concerns
• The Chain: Recent Cerrado Deforestation, Wildfires Linked to UK Chicken Consumption
• The Chain: Financial, Political Decision-Makers Accelerate Construction of Information Toolkit on Deforestation
• The Chain: NGO Warns Banks, Investment Firms on Continued Financing of Indofood
• The Chain: P&G Shareholders Overwhelmingly Pass a Deforestation-Related Resolution to Mitigate Material Financial Risk
• The Chain: Soy Traders in the Brazilian Cerrado Under Pressure as Fires Continue to Burn in the Vicinity of Silos
• The Chain: Public Protests, Financier Concerns Follow Passing of Indonesia’s Omnibus Law
• The Chain: Spike in Fire Alerts Within Sourcing Regions of Top Brazilian Meatpackers Increases Investor Risk
• The Chain: Wildfires Rage on SLC Agricola farm
• The Chain: Brazilian Agribusiness Faces Mounting Risks as Fires in the Amazon and Pantanal Biomes Surge Past 2019 Levels
• The Chain: FGV Banned from Selling Products to the United States Due to Ongoing Labor Issues, Increasing Reputation Risk
• The Chain: Sarawak State Government to Purchase TH Plantations’ Sarawak Concessions, but NDPE Supply Chain Not Guaranteed
• Update: United Malacca’s 60,000-Hectare Industrial Tree Plantation Development Risks Market Access, Raises Questions About Scope of NDPE Policy Implementation
• The Chain: Yum China’s Secondary Listing Moves Forward Despite the Company’s Exposure to Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: SLC Agrícola to Continue With Immediate Plans For Land Clearing Despite Zero-Deforestation Rhetoric
• The Chain: Mondelēz International Follows Unilever in Palm Oil Monitoring, but Still More Than 80 percent of FMCGs Lag on Execution
• The Chain: European Lawmakers Propose Legislation to Reduce Deforestation in Supply Chains, Putting Them at Odds With Producer Countries
• The Chain: Record-Breaking Inflows to ESG Funds Amid COVID-19 as Investors Pressure Agribusiness to Mitigate Material Risks
• The Chain: Mixed Messages from the Brazilian Government on Deforestation Heighten Risks for Investors, Businesses
• The Chain: Detected Deforestation Within Oil Palm Concessions Has Decreased So Far in 2020
• The Chain: Record breaking year for Brazil soy exports drives deforestation and land insecurity in the Cerrado Biome
• The Chain: Nordea Divestment of JBS Sends Signal to Brazilian Meatpacking Industry
• The Chain: Financial Institutions Face Growing Pressure to Quantify and Mitigate Material Risk Exposure Related to Biodiversity Loss
• The Chain: PT Pradiksi Gunatama’s IPO Raises Risk of Further Deforestation
• The Chain: BlackRock’s Slow Pace on Ag, Deforestation Opens It to Further Criticism
• The Chain: Aspirasi Kristal’s Forest Clearance for Oil Palm in Sabah Raises Questions for IOI
• The Chain: Traders Tout Progress in the Cerrado, But Deforestation Risks Remain High
• The Chain: Cargill Subsidiary Cut Off From Grieg Seafood’s Green Bond Proceeds Over Deforestation
• The Chain: Financial Risks in Brazil Rise as Fire Season Approaches and International Investors Warn of Divestment
• The Chain: Unilever Commits to Increased Smallholder Inclusion, Deforestation-Free Supply Chain by 2023
• The Chain: Neste Oyj’s Updated Dashboard Reveals the Company Remains Linked to Deforestation
• The Chain: Pressure Grows on Traders, Investors to Take Action on Cerrado Deforestation at SLC Agrícola Farms
• The Chain: COVID-19 Accelerates Disruptive Business Models, Adoption of Innovative Solutions
• The Chain: As BNDES Divests from Marfrig, Controversial Investors Increase Stake in Company
• The Chain: COVID-19 Outbreaks at Brazilian Meatpackers Heighten Reputation Risk, Could Undermine Productivity
• The Chain: Corporate ESG Risks Mount as Indigenous Groups in Brazil Face Threats on Multiple Fronts During COVID-19
• The Chain: BrasilAgro’s String of New Farmland Acquisitions Signals Ongoing Land Speculation
• The Chain: Mizuho Leads Japanese Banking Sector in Forest Financing Policies, Questions Loom Over Financing of Indofood
• The Chain: NDPE Implementation of Palm Oil Refineries Increases To 75%
• The Chain: Biodiesel Markets Hit From COVID-19 Economic Fallout
• The Chain: How the COVID-19 Crisis Is Affecting ESG Investing
• The Chain: SLC Agricola Moves Forward with Clearing 5,200 Hectares of Native Vegetation
• The Chain: Tabung Haji Plantations to Develop New Oil Palm Concession, Once Again Breaching Buyers’ NDPE Commitments
• The Chain: Environmental Enforcement in Brazil, Southeast Asia Weakened Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
• The Chain: Food Shortages in China May Increase Reliance on Brazil
• The Chain: Deforestation’s Public Health Impact in the Spotlight Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
• The Chain: Prima Foods, JBS to See Increased Scrutiny Over ESG, Deforestation Concerns Ahead of IPOs
• The Chain: Despite New Commitments from Tyson, Kellogg’s and PepsiCo, Industry Still Mixed on Progress in Reducing Deforestation Risks in Supply Chains
• The Chain: Carrefour’s Deforestation Risks May Increase With Brazilian Expansion
• The Chain: Repeat Offenders Continue to Clear Forests for Oil Palm in Southeast Asia
• The Chain: BlackRock Flags Importance of Sustainable Agriculture, Falls Short in Accountability
• The Chain: End of Pertamina-Eni Deal Highlights Leakage Risks in Indonesian Biofuels Market
• The Chain: JBS’ Market Presence in China Set to Grow After Deal With WH Group, Increasing Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: India’s Boycott of Malaysian Palm Oil May Lead to Higher Imports from non-NDPE Sellers in Indonesia
• The Chain: Bunge’s Sustainability-Linked Loan Pegged to Transparency in Soy and Palm Activity
• The Chain: BlackRock, Vanguard Among Financial Firms U.S. Lawmakers Targeting in Effort to Curb Ag-Driven Deforestation in Brazil
• The Chain: Downstream Companies and Investors Push for Deforestation-Free Soy in Brazil; Commodity Traders Remain Quiet
• The Chain: JBS’ Corporate Ownership to Change as BNDES Looks to Sell 50 Percent of Its Stake in Company
• The Chain: Cerrado Fires Show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment Face Mounting Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: After NGO and Investor Engagement, Carrefour Reaches out to Suppliers in an Effort to Reduce Deforestation Exposure
• The Chain: France’s Court Ruling on Palm Oil-Derived Biofuels to Shift End-User Markets Away From the EU
• The Chain: JBS Backtracks on Transparency as Reputation Risks Grow
• The Chain: China’s Palm Oil Imports Surge Amid Global Trade Shifts, Potentially Challenging Zero-Deforestation Commitments
• The Chain: Nestlé, Danone, Unilever, and General Mills Closest Among Major FMCGs to Achieving 2020 Zero-Deforestation Targets
• The Chain: Investor Pressure Mounts on Companies Connected to Amazon Fires, Deforestation in Brazil
• The Chain: Sime Darby Aims to Responsibly Divest from Liberia by the End of 2019
• The Chain: Amazon Fires Highlight the Need for Stricter Execution of Corporate Zero-Deforestation Policies
• The Chain: Ecuador’s Palm Oil Exports May Expose International Firms to Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: Main Southeast Asian Deforesters of 2019 Supplying NDPE Market
• The Chain: Mizuho and Mandiri Replace Rabobank, Citigroup and Standard Chartered for Indofood Credit Facilities
• The Chain: EU Proposals for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains Another Step in the Transformation of Agricultural Commodity Trade
• The Chain: BlackRock’s Palm Oil Engagement Shows Limitations of Passive Funds in Sustainable Investments
• The Chain: Petition to Bar U.S. Imports of FGV’s Palm Oil Highlights Possible New Business Risk for Industry
• The Chain: Green Bond Aims to Curb Deforestation in the Cerrado
• The Chain: Deforestation as a Climate Risk for Investors
• The Chain: No Mention of Deforestation in JPMorgan’s Climate Risk Assessment
• The Chain: Business Risks, Investor Engagement Prompt Kroger to Adopt a No-Deforestation Policy
• The Chain: Financial Institutions May See Reputation Risks from Links to Deforestation
• The Chain: SLC Agrícola Clears 1,355 Hectares of Cerrado Vegetation Despite Customers’ Zero-Deforestation Commitments
• The Chain: Alicorp Subject of RSPO Complaint, Faces Reputation Risks
• The Chain: China’s Pork Crisis May Lead to Deeper Trading Ties With Brazil, Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: Financial Troubles at FELDA May Impede FGV’s Sustainability Efforts
• The Chain: Chinese Companies Face Deforestation Risks From Growing Reliance on Brazilian Beef
• The Chain: Suspended Palm Oil Company Korindo Turns to Biofuel Market
• The Chain: Brazilian Beef Linked to Deforestation May Re-enter U.S. Market
• The Chain: Deforestation Risks Escalate in Brazil as Cattle Slaughter Hits Highest Levels Since 2014
• The Chain: Bewani Oil Palm Plantation Divestment Increases Risks of Continued Deforestation in Palm Oil Supply Chains
• The Chain: Indofood Likely to Become Leakage Supplier After RSPO Withdrawal, Increasing Financial Risks
• The Chain: Cargill May Still Face Reputation, Business Risks Despite Updated Zero-Deforestation Policy for Soy
• The Chain: Cencosud Commits to Mitigating Deforestation Risk in Its Beef Supply Chain
• The Chain: Limited Response from Financial Institutions to U.S. Senators’ Call to Tackle Deforestation
• The Chain: Soy Traders Adopt Key Transparency Measures to Counter Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: Sime Darby’s Potential Liberian Divestment Emphasizes ESG Risks
• The Chain: COFCO Warns of Business and Reputation Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains
• The Chain: NDPE Uptake Impacts List of Top 10 Deforesters in SE Asia
• The Chain: Investor Engagement Prompts Aramark to Adopt No Deforestation Policy
• The Chain: Rising Brazilian Beef Exports to China to Test Sustainability Commitments
• The Chain: Bunge’s Updated Sustainability Policy Does Not Address Legal Deforestation
• The Chain: BrasilAgro Moves Forward with Deforestation at Chaparral
• The Chain: Alicorp Faces Reputational Risks From Sourcing Palm Oil Linked to Deforestation; Tesco Further Commits to Sustainability
• The Chain: Malaysian BLD Tops List of Major Deforesters in 2018
• The Chain: Mars’ USD 1 Billion Commitment Mitigates Deforestation, May Green Lincoln National Corporation’s Portfolio
• RSPO Adopts Resolution for Refineries to Publish Third-Party Supplier Lists
• The Chain: Austindo Nusantara Jaya Subsidiary First to Violate New RSPO Standards
• The Chain: RSPO Sanctions Indofood Agri Subsidiary for Labour Violations
• Bolsonaro’s Presidency to Increase Deforestation Risk in Brazil
• The Chain: Lidl UK Announces Sustainable Soy Commitments
• The Chain: Deforestation in the Amazon Hits an 11-Year High as Demand for Brazilian Soy Increases
• The Chain: Malaysian BLD Tops List of Major Deforesters in 2018
• Carrefour’s ‘Act for Food’ Initiative to Bolster Zero-Deforestation Policy
• GAMA Plantation Faces Legal Risks from Peat Fires
• The Chain: Sime Darby Plantation Berhard Inks MOU With COFCO Group to Further Penetrate the Chinese Market
• The Chain: Report Says Brazil’s Soy and Beef Industries Funnel Capital Through Tax Havens
• The Chain: Investors With USD 6.7 Trillion in Assets Pressure RSPO to Boost Sustainability Efforts
• The Chain: Bewani Oil Palm Mill in PNG May Supply the Palm Oil Leakage Market
• The Chain: China Imports More Brazilian Soy Amid U.S. Trade War, Increases Deforestation Risk
• The Chain: TH Plantations’ Stop Work Order Violated by PT Persada Kencana Prima’s Deforestation
• The Chain: Tesco, Louis Dreyfus Propose Policies to Limit Exposure to Deforestation Risks
• The Chain: CalPERS Approves Updated Investment Policy Including Material Risks from Deforestation
• The Chain: Martua Sitorus Resigns from Wilmar Board
• The Chain: Wilmar and GAMA Group’s Zero-Deforestation Policies Threatened by Shadow Companies
• The Chain: Lack of Palm Oil Traceability Contributing to Deforestation in Sumatran National Parks
• The Chain: Wilmar and Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp. Loan Pegged to Sustainability Criteria
• The Chain: Carrefour Makes Incremental Commitment to Sustainable Beef in Brazilian State of Mato Grosso
• The Chain: Brazilian Contested Land Risks May Decrease Value of Harvard’s Endowment
• The Chain: Bunge, Cargill, Others Fined for Brazilian Deforestation in Cerrado; Investors Push Bunge to Ban Deforestation-Linked Suppliers
• The Chain: Felda IFFCO Sells its 50 Percent Stake in PT Synergy Oil Nusantara while Felda Global Ventures Improves its Sustainability Policy
• The Chain: Hayel Saeed Anam Group Sells Deforestation-Linked Palm Oil into Corporate Supply Chains
• The Chain: Citigroup Cancels Loans to Indofood Agri Resources and its Subsidiaries
• The Chain: Unilever and Nestlé Publish Detailed Supplier Lists
• The Chain: A Tale of Two Indonesian Green Bonds
• The Chain: Norwegian Government Pension Fund’s Soy Company Exclusion Linked to Deforestation, No Longer Invested in SLC Agrícola
• The Chain: Government of Indonesia Backtracks on Palm Oil Standards while Industry and Investors Demand NDPE and Supply Chain Transparency
• The Chain: Pepsi Suspends Palm Oil Purchased from Indofood Agri Resources, Broadening Supply Chain Policies
• The Chain: Potential ADM Takeover of Bunge Carries Uncertain Supply Chain Impacts
• The Chain: Felda Global Ventures’ Asian Plantations Deforestation Contrary to Company-Wide Policy: Group Takes Corrective Action
• KKR Buys Unilever Spreads Division for USD 8 Billion, Pledges 100 Percent Sustainable Sourcing by 2019
• The Chain: U.S. Biodiesel Indonesian Countervailing Duty Ruling May Impact Wilmar, Others
• The Chain: Paradise Papers Links APRIL’s Tax Avoidance to Deforestation and Banks, Could Impact USD 500 Million Loan
• The Chain: Forest Heroes Campaign Ranks Palm Oil and Soy Leaders and Laggards on Deforestation Commitments
• The Chain: JBS Cancels 2018 subsidiary IPO, Suspends Slaughter at 7 Locations while Investigations Continue
• The Chain: Sime Darby Submits Plans for Pure-Play Plantation Company, Announces Impairments, Mitigates Liberian Liability
• The Chain: Bunge Buys IOI’s Specialty Fats Business, Zero-Deforestation Policies Require Integration
• The Chain: Mars’ USD 1 Billion Commitment Mitigates Deforestation, May Green Lincoln National Corporation’s Portfolio
• The Chain: Felda Global Ventures Stops Peat Clearance, Faces Potential Deforestation Liability Equal Q2 2017 Net Income
• The Chain: Unilever’s Possible BCS Sale May Impact Unilever’s Investors and Zero-Deforestation Achievements
• The Chain: Noble Group’s Palm Oil Investments Value Decreased by USD 60 Million
• The Chain: JBS Improving Its Governance and Cash Position While Brazil’s SEC Opens Case
• The Chain: Noble Group Crisis May Understate Palm Oil Liabilities and Pose Risks to Forests
• The Chain: Misleading Climate Advertising Causes EU Legal Liabilities, Ferrero Wins Nutella Lawsuit Over Ahold Delhaize
• The Chain: UBS and Aviva Investors State Financial Stability Board’s New TCFD Proposal Supports Deforestation Risk Mitigation
• The Chain: Noble Group Up Because of Goldilocks While HSBC Palm Oil Policy Drives RSPO Inquiry
• The Chain: Unilever Suspends Sourcing from Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Because of Deforestation
• The Chain: Neste Revenue Risk From Norwegian Public Procurement Ban of Palm Oil-Based Biofuels
• The Chain: Noble Group’s Deforestation Risks Further Sinks the Ship
• The Chain: IOI Corporation Commits To Improving its Supply Chain Risk Management
• The Chain: Felda Global Ventures Allegedly Defying Government of Indonesia Peatland Laws, Company Disagrees
• The Chain: PepsiCo and TIAA Face Financial Risks from Agriculture Investments and Supply Chains
• The Chain: EXCLUSIVE – FGV Risks Supply Chain Exclusion Over Repeat Offenses – See Video
• The Chain: Unilever Changing Strategy After Kraft Pulls Bid and Invests USD 200 Million in Sustainability
• The Chain: NASDAQ’s EU Listing Guidance; Nestlé, Others’ Cocoa Deforestation Commitment; EU Votes for Sustainable Vegetable Oils; Court Orders Indonesian Palm Oil Review
• The Chain: Two Rotten Meat and Deforestation Scandals Impact JBS’s and BRF’s USD 2.5 Billion IPOs and Brazilian Economy
• The Chain: KLK’s Equatorial Palm Oil Obtains Five-Year Tax Holiday – Palm Oil Sector Hides Risks, says ZSL
• The Chain: EU Parliament 2020 Resolution on Biofuels Imports, Market Reacts
• The Chain: Sime Darby To Split Into Three Corporations In 2018 But No IPO – Risks Remain in Liberia
• The Chain: Investors With $600 Billion Launch Latin America Forest Protection Initiative, UK Makes Progress in Palm Oil, France Adopts Corporate Supply Chain Monitoring Law
• The Chain: HSBC Updates Palm Oil Policy
• The Chain: Indofood Agri Resources New Palm Oil Policy; Risks in Advanced Holdings SG$240 Million Reverse Takeover; Malaysia’s Sukau Bridge Risks Investors, Dooms Elephants
• The Chain: Unilever Makes Produce & Protect Commitments, New Corporate Palm Oil Reporting Guidance Launched
• The Chain: London Stock Exchange Suspends Trading of United Cacao
• The Chain: Industry Report States Up To $900 Billion Revenue at Risk from Deforestation; Impacts Cost of Goods Sold
• The Chain:Cargill Receives Indonesian Sustainability Awards; FGV Seeks RSPO Certification; FELDA Purchases 37 Percent Stake in PT Eagle High Plantation
• The Chain: Dimensional Fund Advisors Divests From Some Palm Oil Positions to Mitigate Risks
• The Chain: Matang’s IPO Lacks RSPO Commitment, Its IPO Financing by Insas Berhad Subsidiary May Conflict with Insas Board of Director’s Policy
• The Chain: Feronia has Successful Equity Raise for DRC Expansion of Previous Unilever Assets
• The Chain: Indonesia Strengthens Peatlands Moratorium; ING Places €80 Million in Debt for SocFin’s Palm Oil and Rubber Expansion
• The Chain: KLK Withdraws from Customary Land in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea; KLK Increases Hostile Bid for MP Evans
• The Chain: New U.S. Administration May Lead to Investor Uncertainty Regarding U.S. Biofuels Imports
• The Chain: U.S. Palm Oil Importer Makes Zero Deforestation Commitment, U.S. SEC Adopts Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers
• The Chain: Scientific Data Suggests West African Palm Yields Less Than SE Asia
• The Chain: KLK Makes $441 Million Hostile Bid for MP Evans, PT Tualang Raya Clears Rare Forests Possibly Violating Customers NDPE Policies
• The Chain: New Research Tool May Support Banks and Investors in Assessing Their Exposure to Material Deforestation Risks in SE Asia
• The Chain: Cameroon Seeking to Expand Palm Oil Business, Yet Land-Tenure Risks for Communities and Investors Remain
• The Chain: BREAKING Sime Darby Raises $571 Million – 3rd Largest SE Asian Deal in 2016
• The Chain: Felda Global Ventures Launches New Sustainability Policy
• The Chain: Nigerian Forex Limits Drive Palm Oil Returns; SocFin Growing in Sierra Leone; Indonesia Peatland Restoration Finance
• The Chain: BlackRock Calls Out Deforestation as Climate Risk; SE Asia 2015 Haze Death Toll Could Top 100,000; Sime Darby Launches Responsible Agriculture Charter
• The Chain: Wilmar Expanding JV in Nigeria; Eagle High gets $116 Million Loan; Sinar Mas Downgrade
• The Chain: KLK Expanding Into Liberia, Indonesian Officials Held Hostage by Group Possibly Linked to Corporation
• The Chain: Sampoerna Agro Fined $81 Million for Fires, RSPO Reaching Out to Africa and Latin America
• The Chain: Moody’s maintains negative outlook on IOI as IOI’s Q2 2016 earnings negative, Malaysian palm oil producers may look to Africa
• The Chain: Stranded Assets, Revenue-at-Risk, Land Tenure, and U.S. SEC Regulation S-K
• The Chain: BREAKING – IOI shares trade 5% higher on 3x daily average volume after RSPO lifts suspension, key palm oil buyers response uncertain
• The Chain: SE Asian biodiesel mandates may drive palm oil demand
• The Chain: Recapitalization as a Result of Indonesia’s Palm Oil Moratorium, IPOs Expected
• The Chain: Cargill suspends IOI after IOI does not meet deadline, Indonesia proposes 5-year moratorium, UK DECC to be dismantled
• The Chain: Palm Oil Prices Sink 25% to 2016 Lows, and Palm Oil Companies Expand to Peru
• The Chain: Buyers paying more for CSPO and IPOP disbanded
• The Chain: Brexit Impacts Palm Oil Markets
• The Chain: Indonesian haze season begins with little progress since 2015 public health disaster
• The Chain: Norway says “no” to deforestation
• The Chain: Salim Group reportedly acquires four concessions in West Papua
• The Chain: EU biodiesel policies driving palm oil demand
• The Chain: Indonesian Government Aspirations Moving to Actions
• The Chain: IOI threatened by possible Moody’s downgrade
• The Chain: IOI sues and FGV withdraws – both actions increase buyer risk
• The Chain: BREAKING – Felda Global Ventures (FGV) Withdraws Mills from RSPO
• The Chain: Indonesian Palm Oil Companies and Gender Equality
• The Chain: Mixed Messages from Jokowi Administration
• The Chain: Demand-Side Special
• The Chain: Palm Prices Up, Production and Consumption Down; Soy Crushing Palm
• The Chain: RSPO Suspends IOI – Buyers at Risk, Company Needs to Strengthen Sustainability Mandate
• The Chain:Prices Move on El Niño, CSPO Demand Increases, Norway Divests
• The Chain: Sime Darby Downgrade, Soybean Demand, Indonesians Want Sustainable Palm
• The Chain: Wilmar update report shows mixed progress on implementation
• The Chain: Indonesian Sustainable Financing, new EU declarations, and more
• The Chain: Jokowi bans peatlands, smallholders call for reform, and more
• The Chain: Indonesia’s haze crisis, Astra’s new policy, Lumber Liquidators’ plea deal, and more
• IOI Risks Suspension From RSPO-Certified Palm Oil Market
• KLK Exposed to Serious Risk from Corrupt Sepik Palm Oil Deal
• The Chain: Norway divests from palm oil deforestation, APP’s historic commitment, and more
• The Chain: First Resources adopts zero-deforestation palm oil policy
• The Chain: Bunge cuts off supplier planning to clear peatlands; GAR and TFT announce action plan for re-engagement
• The Chain: Astra announces deforestation moratorium; APRIL launches strong sustainability policy
• The Chain: Jardine Matheson under fire for deforestation connection
• New Analysis: Palm Oil Producer Triputra Agro Persada’s Lack of Transparency and Responsibility Puts Rapid Growth at Serious Risk
• The Chain: ADM commits to zero-deforestation soy and palm oil
• Addressing KLK’s response to the CRR Sustainability Risk Assessment report
• The Chain: 3M makes sustainability commitment, pressure mounts on APRIL
• The Chain: Santander Bank breaks with paper giant over deforestation
• The Chain: IOI Group confirms forest and human rights policy
• The Chain: Wilmar announces major transparency initiative for palm oil
• The Chain: KLK commits to High Carbon Stock protection
• The Chain: Most global palm oil trade covered by zero-deforestation
• The Chain: Analysis of BW Plantation shows significant risks
• The Chain: IOI announces zero-deforestation palm oil policy
• The Chain: Bunge announces forest conservation policy
• The Chain: Indonesian government cracks down on corruption and deforestation
• The Chain: the New York Declaration on Forests
• The Chain: Five large palm oil producers announce HCS moratorium
• The Chain: Indonesian parliament floats bill to restrict foreign firms
• The Chain: Singaporean approves transboundary haze law
• Breaking: Cargill announces No-Deforestation policy
• The Chain: PNG leases, Wilmar put to test, responsible financing grows
• Analysis on Kuala Lumpur Kepong and Papua New Guinea
• The Chain: Bumitama dropped by Deutsche Bank; Boustead IPO; and Asian Agri legal palm oil commitment
• ADM Announces Support for Wilmar ‘No Deforestation’
• The Chain: Sarawak Boomerang hits financial sector; J&J deforestation drumbeat
• The Chain: PNG Land Leases Revoked, P&G Sets Commitment, New Data on Asian Consumers
• The Chain: Mars, General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive, Orkla All Move to End Deforestation
• Fires in Indonesia Produce Worst Haze Since Last Summer
• Milestone: Majority of global palm oil now covered by deforestation-free sourcing policies
• The Chain: Singapore haze bill, new monitoring tool, Sarawak boomerang
• The Chain: Kellogg’s Goes Deforestation-Free
• Wilmar Commits to No Deforestation, Peat, No Exploitation Policy
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