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December 3, 2018 |
On September 6, Mars announced their new Sustainable in a Generation Plan to invest USD one billion in reducing environmental impacts focusing on climate action, water
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September 11, 2018 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Foresthints.news reports that, on August 25-26, the Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry sealed four of the five palm oil concessions owned by GAMA Plantation in West
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August 30, 2018 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
On August 21, 2018, Malaysia-based Sime Darby Plantation Berhad (SDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China’s COFCO Group Co. Ltd. to cooperate on palm oil
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August 23, 2018 |
Other (Beef, Timber, Coffee), Soy • Latin America
From 2000 through 2011, 68 percent of all foreign capital, or USD 18.4 billion, flowing through nine of the top companies in the beef and soy markets in the Amazon was transferred
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August 16, 2018 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
A letter sent from investors to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), dated August 1, 2018, highlights growing demand in the investment and financial communities for the
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August 9, 2018 |
In June 2018, the Bewani Oil Palm Plantation (BOPPL) in West Sepik, Papua New Guinea confirmed that its mill, Vanimo Green Palm Oil Limited, was due to be commissioned.
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August 2, 2018 |
Soy • Latin America
Amid the U.S.-China trade war, China is importing more soy from Brazil while the United States exports more soy to the European Union and other outlets, which may increase
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July 27, 2018 |
Southeast Asia
Despite a stop work order, TH Plantations deforested 127 hectares (ha) of peat forest between March 17 and July 25, 2018 (see maps below). Figure 1: 127 ha deforestation of peat
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July 20, 2018 |
Soy • Latin America
International commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has committed to “eliminate deforestation” and UK supermarket Tesco has committed to “help achieve zero net
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July 13, 2018 |
Other (Beef, Timber, Coffee), Palm Oil, Soy • Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia
CalPERS, the largest U.S. state pension fund with USD 355 billion in assets under management and 1.9 million beneficiaries (as of July 11, 2018), updated its investment policy to
