Let’s talk about Palm Oil, Baby
Last night PepsiCo re-launched its 90’s throwback drink, Crystal Pepsi. It was a 90’s-filled night, with performances by Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue. In typical 90’s nerd fashion, we weren’t invited,…
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RAN: RSPO Puts Credibility on the Line by Lifting IOI Suspension
Today, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) lifted its suspension of IOI Group, one of the world’s largest palm oil traders. IOI Group’s membership had been suspended from the…
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RSPO’s Credibility On The Line: Will It Maintain Its Suspension of Industry Laggard IOI Group?
Yesterday, news broke of a pending decision by the RSPO Complaints Panel to lift the suspension of IOI Group’s certification under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification system. If…
Conflict Palm Oil: The Human cost of Conflict Palm Oil
The destruction of rainforests, the stealing of local communities’ and Indigenous Peoples’ lands, and the massive greenhouse gas emissions caused by the draining and burning of peatlands for the production of Conflict Palm…
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Behind the Scenes: Exposing PepsiCo’s Dirty Palm Oil Secret
There are so many stories behind the production of palm oil. Stories of rampant deforestation, toxic haze from man-made fires, and sky high climate emissions are a few that have…
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Video: Day of Action turns up the heat on Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch found itself in the hot seat this Memorial Day weekend as shoppers, in search of hot summer deals at Abercrombie & Fitch stores across the globe, were…
Shareholders beware: Company misreporting on critical sustainability issues could cost you the earth
Are Japan’s biggest corporations deliberately misreporting sustainability or simply oblivious to the major environmental and social risks they face from deforestation footprints? Either way, shareholders beware; environmental and social risks…