Greenpeace urges food companies to check palm oil suppliers' sustainability score

Published to coincide with the beginning of the tenth annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSP…

Published to coincide with the beginning of the tenth annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meeting in Singapore this week, the report shows that only one company of eleven major global palm oil producers achieved full marks for its forest protection and peatland protection initiatives, while also certifying at least half of its palm oil under the RSPO certification programme.

The company, Agropalma Brazil, only produces 0.3% of global certified palm oil, but Greenpeace highlighted its work as “a blueprint for the rest of the palm oil industry to move towards responsible production.”

In total, about 14% of global palm oil production is certified as sustainable.

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