Palm Oil

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Newsletter Mar/Apr 2013: Sustainability Heating Up

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Khor Reports' Mar/Apr 2013 newsletter: Indonesia minimum wage hikes of up to 49%. Malaysia finally regularises duty structure vs. Indonesia. China food safety and more. Biofuels – US aims to get its cars out of oil “for good.” Food sector labelling. China popular product claims. EU-RED ILUC may block allbut waste for biodiesel. HCV grassland criteria soon? FEATURE: Sustainable palm oil – heating up. “Palm oil free” and super tax get short shrift in France. Key vegetable oils. Weather outlook. CPO technical view. Price charts. Our CPO Price Expectations Survey.  

Download here: KR_Newsletter_MarApr13

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March 2013: Sabah-Sulu Crisis - An Annotated Palm Oil Map

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SABAH-SULU CRISIS & PALM OIL: an annotated map of the crisis that started in February and erupted in violence in early March 2013, resulting in risk concerns for the palm oil supply chain in Sabah (the biggest producer of palm oil in Malaysia). 

Download here: SabahSulu_Map_Mar13

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Newsletter Jan/Feb 2014: South Asia's Needs

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Khor Reports' Newsletter: South Asia’s need, 11 million tonne predominance of imported palm oil Feature: South Asia competition, tariff impacts & local India palm oil. Non-dairy ice cream. Wilmar-Unilever supply-chain jolt, biodiesel stuttering start Sustainability: TFT-Greenpeace principles lead Science: remote-sensing & extreme transparency Spreads narrow, PO exports to dip & demand shift?  

Download here: KR_Newsletter_JanFeb14

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Newsletter 27 October 2010: Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil - NGO and Downstream Perspectives, Part II

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Why we need the RSPO

  • WWF says we are using 1.5x of our planet's ability to replace resources - sustainability is about survival
  • Supportive stakeholders of the RSPO are averse to reputational and market risks
  • Should governments be invited to the RSPO? HCV regional mapping may signal closer cooperation
  • Economic incentives as a possible best solution to sustainability

Download here: Newsletter_October10_03