Sustainable Palm Oil

To achieve this were stepping up our work with partners to create a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023. Cover 100 percent of our demand with oils whose responsible sourcing is certified or externally confirmed.

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Palm oil is a vegetable oil which is extracted out of the meat of the fruits of oil palms.

Sustainable palm oil. Primary or secondary forests. Palm oil is cheap and were using way too much of it Palm oil is a vegetable oil like sunflower or olive oil. When sustainably cultivated oil palms are ecologically very efficient plants that allow maximum oil production on a comparatively small area of cultivated land.

Depending on the way the palm oil is handled through the supply chain manufacturers can claim they sell one of four possible types of certified sustainable palm oil CSPO. Companies that do harvest produce and supply palm oil sustainably can then receive the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO certification certifying that their palm oil is doing better for our planet and the people on it. Conservation International recognizes that palm oil itself is not the enemy and that it can be produced sustainably.

Palm oil can be produced sustainably. Palm oil is. The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil was formed back in 2004 to set standards for the industry.

Plus eliminating the demand for sustainable palm deprives these farmers of the opportunity to adopt sustainable business models that can transform their lives for the better. Choosing sustainable palm oil in Europe will help to protect rainforests all over the world safeguard their vulnerable biodiversity and help to create fair socio-economic conditions in the global palm oil supply chain. The importance of palm oil Palm oil is a highly versatile crop.

We are committed to purchasing sustainable palm oil. Thats why we are working urgently to address these issues and to promote solutions that benefit people and nature. All palm and palm kernel oil used in our products should be derived from sustainably cultivated sources in line with the RSPOs Mass Balance model.

But some companies are signing up to comply with a standard known as sustainable palm oil. Palm oil is a major cause of forest destruction The palm oil industry has been a disaster for the worlds forests. BBC environment correspondent Claire Marshall explains.

In order to be considered truly sustainable palm oil must meet 8 specific criteria that were established by the RSPO. As an active member of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO founded by WWF in 2004 we are sourcing 100 RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil. It turns out there is a general global standard the RSPO The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil made up of 8 principles which producers can pledge to withhold to make sustainable palm oil.

What is Sustainable Palm Oil. Weve been talking about the sustainability of palm oil for a while. The sustainable palm kernel oil market is experiencing a period of volatility due to uncertainty caused by two large producers of palm oil losing their Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO certification.

Further boycotts eliminate demand for sustainable practices. Palm oil from a single plantation is kept physically separate during the transport and refining. How sustainable is palm oil.

Nearly fifteen years later researchers revealed that there isnt a big difference between the RSPO certified plantations and non-certified plantations. Experts estimate that every second product in a supermarket contains palm oil from pizza to cosmetic products you can find it anywhere. Nearly every product in the supermarket contains palm oil.

5 problems with sustainable palm oil 1. Yet despite progress the negative impacts associated with palm oil persist. Our ambition is to make sustainable palm oil commonplace.

A company must have a fully transparent supply chain they must not clear any primary forest only active since 2018 but instead grow their plantations responsibly. At Beiersdorf we actively support a sustainable palm kernel oil economy that does not lead to the deforestation of rainforests ie. If responsible companies boycott palm oil production will not cease.

These criteria were designed to ensure that no primary forests fragile ecosystems or areas containing high concentrations of biodiversity especially those home to endangered species are cleared in order to create palm oil plantations. In many of our products such as unfilled chocolate bars or hollow figures cocoa butter is the only vegetable fat used. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO aims to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm.

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