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Products containing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) can carry the RSPO trademark. [4] Members of the RSPO include palm oil producers, environmental groups, and manufacturers who use palm oil in their products. In 2014, Indonesia accounted for 40% of global palm oil production and 44% of the total RSPO-certified areas. [5]
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), founded in 2004, works to promote the production of sustainably sourced palm oil through involvement with growers, processors, food companies, investors and NGOs. [1] Beginning in 2008, palm oil that meets RSPO introduced standards has been designated "certified sustainable palm oil" (CSPO).
This is known as the food versus fuel debate. According to a 2008 report published in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, palm oil was determined to be a sustainable source of both food and biofuel, and the production of palm oil biodiesel does not pose a threat to edible palm oil supplies. [82]
Six years later, as a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, they sold that operation to Felda Global Ventures, the third-largest palm oil company in the world, for almost $200 million ...
Palm oil has long been used by food and consumer product companies as an ingredient in everything from ice cream and chips to lotions and soaps. But the production of this inexpensive and ...
The ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in March 2011, with audits beginning in May 2012 and all palm oil producers expected to be in compliance by the end of 2014. The MSPO (Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in November 2013, and came into full effect on 1 January 2015, although it was not mandatory for all oil ...
African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis. The World production of vegetable oil seed is forecast to be 418 million tonnes in 2008/09. After pressing this will make 131 million tonnes of vegetable oil. [22] Much of this is from Oil Palm, and palm oil production is growing at 5% per year. At about 7.5 lb/USgal (900 g/L) this is about 38 billion ...
In response to this concern, Neste has joined the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to certify that the palm oil is produced in a carbon-neutral, environmentally responsible manner. Neste purchases most of its palm oil from IOI , [ 20 ] but requires a separate production chain for the RSPO-certified palm oil, in order not to create ...