Commodity: Palm Oil
CONO Cheesemakers (Kaasmakers) investing in sustainable oil palm production
CONO Cheesemakers, the company behind Beemster cheese, and Solidaridad, in collaboration with Nature & Environment (in Dutch: Stichting Natuur &…
21 August 2014
9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil in November 2011 in Malaysia
The 9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT9) & 8th General Assembly (GA8) will be held from 22…
Solidaridad West Africa: Millions ploughed into Oil Palm sector
Accra, Ghana. Solidaridad West Africa signed a 4 year agreement with The Netherlands Embassy in Accra for the development of a…
Rio+20 crowd to learn from practical sustainable development work for farmers and environment
The UN Summit on Sustainable Development brings tens of thousands of people together to discuss the future we want, but…
Indonesia launches first RSPO certified cooking oil
Global output for certified palm oil is expected to increase way above the current 10% or 4.5 million tonnes in…
Increased RSPO certification for Asia
Solidaridad’s Palm Oil Producer Support Initiative aims to reach thousands of smallholders and plantation workers in Central and Latin America,…
20 August 2014
Sustainable Palm Oil: The journey of Keresa Plantations
Two years ago, the Sarawak-based Keresa Plantations in Malaysia started their mission to obtain certification in sustainable palm oil (RSPO).…
A decade of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – A personal journey
Marieke Leegwater is palm oil programme manager at Solidaridad. She visited nearly all RSPO meetings in the last ten years,…
Johnson & Johnson supports Palm Oil programme of Solidaridad
Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies, which offers the world’s broadest range of health care products, has a longstanding…
West Africa: Ghana smallholders to implement Oil Palm Best Management Practice
The oil palm tree although very productive and indigenous to West Africa remains under-utilized on many farms in the region.…
