Project Lampung – Enhancing the Sustainable Production of Palm Oil

The Estée Lauder Companies has partnered with BASF, Solidaridad and RSPO on a three-year project to support independent Indonesian farmers to improve their livelihoods and the sustainable production of palm oil by offering continuous education and technical support on implementing and maintaining sustainable palm oil practices. The project partners are collaborating with local Indonesian organisations to foster a sustainable palm oil production supply chain in Lampung that is free from deforestation and competitive in the global market, while increasing the social and economic benefits for farmers. Below is the press…

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Wilmar Leads Palm Oil Industry to be Deforestation-Free

Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) issued a Joint Statement with Aidenvironment and supporting consumer goods companies. The Joint Statement details Wilmar’s new supplier monitoring and engagement programme that willaccelerate its efforts towards a deforestation-free palm oilindustry. The programme was developed to step up the effectiveness of its current No Deforestation,No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy while also intending to provide remediation for past deforestation by its third-party suppliers.Wilmar will be supporting efforts by Aidenvironment to develop a comprehensive oil palm supplier group mapping database under the latter’s Supplier Group Compliance Programme,…

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Iceland Christmas Advert Released on Social Media

As not seen on TV: Iceland’s banned Christmas advert can be found here: Retailer Christmas adverts have  been the source of much anticipation in the weeks building up to the big day in recent years, with retailers blowing their advertising budgets to ensure their advert becomes the most talked about  of the season. For many consumers, the first screenings of the biggest adverts now herald the start of the festive build-up, a key milestone in the Christmas calendar. However, this year,  Iceland’s advert  will not appear on TV alongside those…

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Dame Emma Thompson leads celebs to give global brands 500-day warning: “Stop forest destruction for palm oil and save orangutans”

Dame Emma Thompson, backed by a host of other famous names, has taken aim at big brands including Unilever, Nestle and Mondelez today, as Greenpeace releases a powerful new 90-second animation that highlights how orangutans are being pushed to the brink of extinction because of deforestation for palm oil. Launched globally last month, just ahead of International Orangutan Day (on August 19), the film, voiced by Emma Thompson, was also be shown across UK cinemas with thousands of screenings throughout August and September. It has been made by creative agency…

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Iceland To Be The UK’s First Major Supermarket To Remove Palm Oil From Own Label Food

Iceland, the UK’s leading frozen food specialist, today announces that it will stop using palm oil as an ingredient in all its own label food by the end of 2018. Today it can report that the project is already well underway, with palm oil successfully removed from 50 percent of its own label range; 130 products will have been reformulated by the end of the year. Already this year, Iceland has brought out 100 new lines without palm oil, including the new summer range, and by the start of 2019…

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