Cultivating partnerships across the palm oil value chain
This series looks at how the palm oil industry can take decisive action to tackle future challenges and ensure sustainability and protection of the interests of smallholders. It is curated as RSPO approaches its 20th anniversary in April 2024.
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Podcasts / Food & Agriculture
‘We revised the standard because we should’: What RSPO’s new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has released new criteria for certifying responsibly grown palm oil. What's changed and how does RSPO respond to criticism that the new standard lowers the bar for deforestation?
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A call to financial institutions: Work with palm oil stakeholders to scale climate action
EB Studio
Mutual benefits are assured when the financial sector collaborates with palm oil stakeholders. FIs can help smallholders secure credit, while getting access to data and insights required to make sound and profitable investment decisions.
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Bridging the gap for smallholders amidst tightening regulations
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's Guntur Cahyo Prabowo argues why certified smallholders should be able to sell their produce under the European Union's new deforestation regulation, including via a RSPO smallholder credits system.
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Seeing through the haze – is palm oil still to blame?
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Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.
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