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October 8, 2019 |
Palm Oil, Soy • Latin America, Southeast Asia
Significant shifts in soft commodity trade are continuing rapidly. China’s palm oil imports in August reached their highest level in six years at 590,000 tons. At current pace,
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September 9, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Africa
Sime Darby aims to sell its assets in Liberia by the end of 2019. The company has been considering a possible sale since early 2019. In February 2019, Chain Reaction Research
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August 20, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Latin America
The main drivers of deforestation in Ecuador are similar to those in other countries in the region: The cattle industry; logging (both for fuel and for commercial purposes);
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August 13, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
In the first six months of 2019, ten companies were responsible for almost 19,000 hectares (ha) of deforestation in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. This amount
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August 2, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Indofood Sukses Makmur’s (Indofood) financial statements for 1H19 show that Citigroup, Standard Chartered and Rabobank no longer offer credit facilities to the company. Both
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July 16, 2019 |
Palm Oil, Soy • Latin America, Southeast Asia
BlackRock’s recent statement that it is engaging with palm oil companies to better understand the industry’s challenges related to biodiversity and deforestation marked the
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July 11, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
FGV Holdings Berhad released a statement in late June contesting a petition to ban importation of its palm oil into the United States. Grant & Eisenhofer ESG, a U.S.-based
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March 13, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
The withdrawal of Indofood from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the subsequent suspensions of its subsidiaries signal a possible expanding gap between the NDPE
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February 14, 2019 |
Palm Oil • Africa
On January 22, 2019, Frontpage Africa reported that Sime Darby put its Liberian plantation up for sale. According to the news story, Sime Darby decided on this path as the
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December 6, 2018 |
Palm Oil, Soy • Latin America
Peru’s largest consumer goods company Alicorp is facing criticism over a recent report that the company is sourcing palm oil from deforested plantations. Research organization
