The Palm Scribe

The Sawit Terampil Program Boosts Oil Palm Smallholders’ Agri Practices

The Sawit Terampil (Skilled Palm oil) program, a collaboration between a number of private companies, has…

Tripartite Collaboration Gets 239 Oil Palm Smallholders RSPO Certified

A program involving three private companies — Consumer good company KAO Corporation Indonesia, vegetable oil processor…

Asian Agri Affirms its Long-Term Sustainable Business Strategy

Asian Agri, one of the leading Indonesian palm oil companies and that is part of the…

Expert: Good Water Management is Key to Peatland Restoration

Good water management is the key in the restoration of peatland or their use for agricultural…

SMILE: Helps Oil Palm Smallholders Join the Sustainability Path

Three giant palm oil corporations — Asian Agri, Apical Group and Kao Corporation — on Wednesday…

Sawit Watch : Omnibus Law Worsens Working Conditions for Female Oil Palm Workers

The Omnibus law that was passed earlier in October not only weakened the protection of workers…

CPOPC Calls on Producing Countries to Jointly Fight Black Campaign Against Palm Oil

The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) is once again inviting fellow palm oil producing…

Sawit Watch: Omnibus Law Complicates Efforts to Improve Palm Oil Management

The passing of the draft Omnibus Law into law by a plenary of the People’s Representative…

Omnibus Law Will Not Push Investment but Instead Push Environment Destruction: Activists

This article was first published in The Forest Scribe, a sister website. The draft Omnibus Law…

Oil Palm Kernel Shells Can Now Help Production of Hotmix Asphalt

Oil palm kernel shells, a solid waste from the production of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and…