Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Told to Move to Sustainable Practices

... Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Production, or RSPO. Palm oil production can be ... showed the palm oil industry absorbed almost 21 million workers. Palm oil also has ... high yield efficiency compared to other [vegetable oil ...

Trade Swings to Deficit as Coal, Automotive Exports Suffer Amid Pandemic

... to $1.5 billion, while palm oil export managed to climb to ... curbed logistics and movement of workers.

Astra Agro Develops Own Technology to Improve Plantation Operations

... the productivity of its oil palm plantations and counter the ... location of thousands of plantation workers. The second is Dinda, ... quick and accurate data on palm oil mills. This tool helps ... become a "world class" palm oil producer by implementing new technology ...

Wilmar Helps Farmers Obtain ISPO Certification

... Group, received their Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil, or ISPO, certification on ... that the country's palm oil farmers have the capacity to ... tracing program to track palm oil from the plantations to ... government. It involves 228 workers, each with the right ...

Taking a Stand for Palm Oil Workers

... not hypocritical? Workers Unite Indonesian palm oil workers formed the Japbusi (Indonesian Palm Oil Workers Network) at ... and living conditions for palm oil workers. The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) has also ...

Indonesia Uses Belt and Road Initiative Forum to Promote Palm Oil

... to improve environmental standards for palm oil production," Arrmanatha said. Infrastructure ... address environmental concerns, employ Indonesian workers and produce clean energy. " ... products, especially commodities such as palm oil and fruit," Arrmanatha said, ...

House Speaker Slams EU Plan to Phase Out Palm Oil

... plant oil palm-subtitute crops. Critics of the palm oil industry ... 4.3 million workers," Bambang said. Palm oil was the ... against retailers campaigning for "palm oil-free" labeling, according ... on palm oil labelling, but many companies have slapped palm oil- ...

Malaysia Targets Middlemen to End Debt Bondage of Migrant Workers

... charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, ... trafficking and exploitation of workers," Malaysian Human Resources ... 2 million registered migrant workers, government figures show. ... A spokeswoman for the palm oil giant Wilmar, a Singapore ...

European Free Trade Association, Indonesia Clinch Deal in Principle: Swiss

... an agreement on subquotas for palm oil and its derivatives, with customs ... to respect the rights of workers. It promotes sustainable management of ... sustainable production and trade in palm oil and other vegetable oils, the ...

Palm Oil Watchdog Urged to Take 'Giant Leap' to Save Forests

... Lumpur-based Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), comprising producers, ... of workers. Faced with such pressures, many large palm ... and to strengthen provisions for workers' rights. "RSPO is ... use of certified sustainable palm oil. Earlier this year, ...