by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 5 April 2019 | News
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Netflix and Silverback Films on Friday (5/4) launched an eight-part “Our Planet” TV series globally, showing the beauty of Earth but also the damage we are inflicting on the planet and the role we must play to assure how...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 4 April 2019 | Featured, News
Considering the importance of palm oil for the Indonesian economy and also its significant role in fighting against poverty, the country should consider having a specific institution to manage the sector at the national scale, a number of practitioners and observers...
by Dewi Kurniawati | 2 April 2019 | Featured, News
Senior Indonesian officials are voicing strong reactions, including threats of retaliation, to the plan by the European Union to impose its Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II) that will ban palm oil-based biodiesel from its transportation sector arguing that it was...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 29 March 2019 | News
Palm oil company Asian Agri has now become 100 percent certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme following the sustainability certification of two of its business units – PT Indo Sepadan Jaya and PT Rantau Sinar Karsa. “We are fully committed...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 28 March 2019 | News
Palm Oil Farmers Union (SPKS) in the West Kalimantan District of Sintang submitted an academic draft for the District Regulations Draft on Plantation Business Partnerships and Facilitation of Community Plantation Development, as part of their efforts to improve...
by Dewi Kurniawati | 25 March 2019 | News
As a token of appreciation for the commitment of its partner scheme farmers for managing their oil palm plantations in a sustainable manner, palm oil giant Asian Agri distributed more than four billion Rupiah worth of certified palm oil sales premiums to them in...
