Following the inauguration last month of the use of the B30 biodiesel fuel that has a…
Author: Bhimanto Suwastoyo
Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders Visit Malaysian Counterparts
In a program aimed at providing Indonesian smallholders with a better understanding of best agricultural practices,…
Sawit Watch Airs Concerns Over Planned Revision of Manpower Law
Palm oil watchdog Sawit Watch is airing concerns that a plan by the Ministry of Manpower…
Palm Oil Prices to Continue Rising in 2020: GAPKI Executive
The Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Palm Oil Producers (GAPKI), Togar Sitanggang, believes that…
Indonesian Workers Coalition Wants Specific Labor Law for Indonesian Palm Oil Sector
The Coalition of Oil Palm Workers (KBS) is calling on the government to come out with…
Sawit Watch: Presidential Instruction on Sustainable Palm Oil Fails to Address Root of Problems
Presidential Instruction number 6 of 2019 on the management of a sustainable palm oil industry for…
Bakhtiar Talhah Named RSPO Interim CEO
The Board of Governors of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) announced Tuesday (3/12) that…
Commodities Other Than Palm Oil Under the Radar in Deforestation Issue
Research by CDP, an environmental non-profit and investment research provider, is showing that while palm oil…
Indonesian Palm Oil Smallholders Reject Mandatory ISPO Certification
Indonesian palm oil smallholders are rejecting a government plant to come out with a presidential regulation…
Pertamina Begins to Supply B30 Ahead of Schedule
State oil and gas company Pertamina has started providing biodiesel with a 30 percent content of…