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Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) Oil palm fruit is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world.. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia, along with about 500,000 people directly employed in the sector in Malaysia, plus those connected with related industries.
Palm oil block showing the lighter color that results from boiling. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. [1] The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. [2]
In Honduras, the business-lending arm of the World Bank aligned itself with a key player in a land dispute that has left more than 130 people dead, including Gregorio Chávez, a preacher who went out to tend his garden one day and didn’t come back. In the last decade, the International Finance Corp.’s lending and influence has soared, even as it has embraced financing methods that shield ...
The loans to its palm oil subsidiaries Asian Agri and Apical were linked to commitments to “no deforestation,” backed by full supply-chain traceability, by the end of 2025.
The ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in March 2011, with audits beginning in May 2012 and all palm oil producers expected to be in compliance by the end of 2014. The MSPO (Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in November 2013, and came into full effect on 1 January 2015, although it was not mandatory for all oil ...
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Oil markets spiraled on the news, falling as much as 4% on Thursday. A report that Saudi Arabia would ditch its unofficial crude price target sent crude oil prices sharply lower on Thursday.
Palm oil division: In April 2012, the Harita Group listed its palm oil division, Bumitama Agri, on the Singapore Exchange.Since then, the company has won numerous awards, including Forbes' Best Under A Billion award, Asiamoney's Best Corporate Governance Award, Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award, Best For Disclosure and Transparency Award, Most Outstanding Company in Singapore and Best ...