Opinion
Why Palm Oil Continues to Get a Bad Rap in Europe
To many in Europe Palm Oil is evil incarnate. The oil that anoints deforestation and putting the world’s tropical forests under stress. There are those working hard to change this…
Profiles
Astra Agro Lestari Sees 2021 Palm Oil Production Up By a Least Five Percent
Palm oil producer PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. is forecasting a modest production growth of about five percent in 2021 as most of its crop were already mature, there was…
Geetha Govindan: Fighting Climate Change with Sustainability Initiatives
With over three decades of experience in the plantation business, 21 years of which in Indonesia, Geetha Govindan K. Gopalakrishnan, Chief Operating Officer for palm oil operation at PT Austindo…
IPB Researchers may have found a Palm Oil Solution to Peatland Fires
Indonesia has been plagued by annual forest and ground fires, most of them taking place in hard to extinguish peatland, but a team of researchers from the Bogor Institute of…
The Continuous Struggle To Find a Solution for Oil Palm Waste
For Siti Nikmatin, her efforts to help find a solution to deal with an abundant oil palm waste did not stop with her invention of a safety motorcycle helmet made…
RSPO Academy Relies on Partnership to Spread Palm Oil Sustainability Among Smallholders
Aware of the growing importance of smallholders in the palm oil sector, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is relying on partnership with various corporations, organizations and institutions to…