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June 25, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
On June 15th, the consumer goods company Unilever announced new measures to combat climate change and protect biodiversity. The measures commit Unilever to a deforestation-free
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June 19, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
In May 2020, the Finnish consumer good manufacturer Neste Oyj (known as Neste) updated its traceability dashboard. The dashboard provides data on both Neste’s palm fatty acid
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May 11, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Mizuho has adopted stricter forest policy financing standards, paving the way for stronger ESG actions in the Japanese banking sector. Mizuho is now the standard by which to
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May 6, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Just before last week’s release of Chain Reaction Research’s (CRR) report on NDPE and palm oil refiners, the large refiner Permata Hijau Group published a list of its
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May 1, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
This Chain is part of a series on how COVID-19 is affecting agricultural markets and investor flows. The global biodiesel market has taken major hits from weaker demand, a sharp
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April 9, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Download the Bahasa translated version here. Malaysian palm oil company Tabung Haji (TH) Plantations has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the development of
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April 7, 2020 |
Other (Beef, Timber, Coffee), Palm Oil, Soy • Latin America, Southeast Asia
Major agricultural commodity-producing countries are seeing environmental enforcement rollbacks amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Brazil and Southeast Asia, concerns about worker
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February 21, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Download the Bahasa translated version here. Analysis by Chain Reaction Research (CRR) shows that ten palm oil companies were alone responsible for approximately 39,500 hectares
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February 7, 2020 |
Palm Oil • Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s state-owned energy company Pertamina has ended an agreement with Italian Eni to build a refinery to turn palm oil into biodiesel. The end of the partnership, which
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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,