Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
A palm oil industry body has ordered a unit of one of the world's major producers to stop buying or developing new plantations in Indonesia, in a dispute seen as a test case on expansion by agribusiness firms versus local land rights. The subsidiary of Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources Ltd was …
Whether its food you’re putting in your mouth, or products you’re putting on your body, the probability is that half of them contain palm oil. That’s no accident, nor the result of some natural evolution in our eating habits and predilection for cosmetics. It’s because palm oil makes big profits …
Up to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left over from logging damage, argues a paper published this week in Environmental Research Letters. The research is based on field work conducted in Malaysian Borneo under the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) …
The roster of food companies that want to eliminate palm oil from their products is getting longer. But actually reaching that goal will require an enormous effort across their supply chains. “Once a company goes into the palm oil supply chain, it gets incredibly complex,” says Alexis Bateman, a research …
CEO of cocoa producer, United Cacao, has deforested about 7,000 hectares of Amazonian rainforest, an Environmental Investigation Agency report alleges The CEO of a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, that aims to become the world’s largest producer of cocoa, is responsible for illegally clearing swathes of rainforest in …
Yum Brands - the parent-company of fast-food brands KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - has committed to 100% sustainable palm oil for the first time following pressure from environmental activists. Yum has an existing nutritional policy to remove palm oil from its cooking process by 2017, but says the …
Indonesia’s annual tree-cover loss declined in 2013 to the lowest level in almost a decade after deforestation had surged, according to a new study. Data from the World Resources Institute (WRI) showed that from 2011 to 2013, the country’s average tree-cover loss slowed to 1.6 million hectares per year, indicating …
A group of large companies, mainly in the food sector, have promised to reduce their role in the destruction of the world's forests, and a new online portal launched on Wednesday aims to hold them to their word. Some of the biggest names in global food production, processing and retailing, …
A group of large companies, mainly in the food sector, have promised to reduce their role in the destruction of the world's forests, and a new online portal launched on Wednesday aims to hold them to their word. Some of the biggest names in global food production, processing and retailing, …
Clearing forests for palm oil plantations is a "technical" matter that should not get tied up with trade discussions, an Indonesian minister told a land and poverty conference. Growing global demand for palm oil is fuelling rapid deforestation in Indonesia, at a faster pace than in Brazil's Amazon region, making …
Forests the size of a football field were illegally cleared every two minutes between 2000 and 2012 to supply European consumers with beef, soy beans, leather and palm oil, a campaign group said on Tuesday. The European Union (EU) imports 25 percent of all soy produced on illegally cleared tropical …
Endangered great ape species are having their rainforest habitat destroyed and threatened by the expansion of agribusiness projects in central Africa according to new evidence from Greenpeace Africa. Satellite images, obtained by Greenpeace Africa, show that more than 3,000 hectares of rainforest bordering the Dja Faunal Reserve has already been …
Wilmar International Ltd. , the world's largest palm oil processor, opened its supply chains to outside scrutiny on Thursday in what environmentalists called an unprecedented step to help safeguard tropical forests. Singapore-based Wilmar said it would give outsiders, from customers to environmentalists worried about deforestation, access to online maps showing …
Doritos parent company PepsiCo has fired back at an environmental campaign which attacked the snack brand's 'destruction of rainforests' and 'unsustainable use of palm oil'. Launched yesterday (13 January) by consumer group SumOfUs, the campaign features posters on UK buses and an online video backed by a 'five-figure ad-buy'. But …
Indonesian indigenous communities launched a project on Friday to encourage foreign tourism in ancestral forests to slow the advance of logging operations and palm oil plantations. The GreenIndonesia non-governmental organization, working with six indigenous groups, said the plan would ease poverty, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and diversify from traditional forest-based …
A new study offers hope for endangered orangutans in Borneo, who are suffering due to deforestation and climate change. "In order to identify eventual environmental refuges for the animals, we applied bioclimatic model simulations. Therefore, we used satellite images to map deforestation and estimate the changes in forest areas expected …
This paper reviews the evolution of biofuel policies in the United States, because it is by far the largest market for biofuels, and the European Union, because the use of oilseed crops for biodiesel, including palm oil, poses particular risks for tropical forests and for climate change. The paper analyzes …
Every drop of palm oil used by Unilever PLC’s European food business, in products from Magnum ice cream to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spreads, will come from sustainable sources by the end of 2014, the company said Wednesday. The declaration marks a step toward Unilever fulfilling its pledge …
Wilmar International Ltd (WLIL.SI), the world's largest palm oil processor, could take longer than expected to convince small suppliers to comply with its push to be greener, its chief sustainability officer said. Wilmar's "No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation" policy was lauded when announced in December as a step toward …
Orangutans are endangered. Now, they're also at the epicenter of a quiet revolution, a transformation taking place on our grocery store shelves, as one company after another promises to switch to palm oil from "deforestation-free" sources. Orangutans face many obstacles, from commercial logging and mining to deforestation for pulp and …
