by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 27 March 2019 | Featured, Opinion
By Denys Munang* Much has been said about the “Impending Palm Oil Ban by the EU” and it is disheartening for me to see the way this whole episode has morphed into something bigger than it really is. First of all, I see much confusion about what the issue really is....
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 4 March 2019 | Opinion
In the wake of a series of boycott against palm oil by a number of European retailer and mounting restriction against the commodity as a biofuel in the European Union, For Free Choice Institute, an Italy-based platform that defends individual freedom of choice and...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 12 February 2019 | Opinion
Palm oil has increasingly become a very consuming subject of contention, with the two opposing and clearly polarized camps busy trading accusations rather than seeking a way out. The two opposing camps – Those accusing palm oil of being the main culprit behind what...
by For Free Choice | 6 December 2018 | Featured, Opinion
In the wake of another action by Greenpeace activists in Italy, chaining themselves in front of a factory in Northern Italy, the For Free Choice Institute is issuing another opinion piece. The piece has been slightly edited to meet standards of The Palm Scribe. The...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 29 November 2018 | Featured, Opinion
Despite the efforts and hard work of many in the Indonesian palm oil industry to make sustainability a norm, this major Indonesian commodity continues to become the target of incessant attacks and accusations from many corners, being labeled as a destroyer of the...
by For Free Choice | 22 November 2018 | Featured, Opinion
In palm oil-producing countries, including the world’s top producer Indonesia, Greenpeace’s recent series of actions, linked to a anti-palm oil campaign by a British supermarket chain and the boarding of a palm oil tanker ship bound for Europe, is being seen as...
