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The Chester Zoo Sustainable Palm Oil Communities project relies on organisations stepping forward and taking responsibility for transparency, whilst maintaining their ambition to improve sustainability […]

Misinformation is rife in our digital world; sometimes it’s harmless, other times it can have negative consequences for efforts that matter. Such is the concern […]

A new publication, freely available in pdf, shows how oil palm landscapes can contribute to wildlife conservation. ‘Wildlife Conservation in the Oil Palm Landscape’ is […]

For years, the public conversation around palm oil was stuck in a simple loop: palm oil is bad. The narrative is simple, emotionally driven and […]

Fats are complex, both in chemistry and in public discourse. For decades, “fat” has carried negative connotations, fuelling widespread fear about its role in our […]

Smallholders, defined as farmers with less than 50 hectares of oil palm (RSPO, 2020), produce up to 30% of the world’s crude palm oil (Chain […]

“Why are you selling palm oil? Palm oil is bad!” This is one of the most common consumer criticisms we face as Britain’s leading distributor […]

When most people picture palm oil, they imagine vast swathes of palms as far at the eye can see, managed and owned by multi-national conglomerates. […]

The latest report from FAO, The State of the World’s Forests 2024, highlights that although 4.1 billion ha (31%) of the area in the world’s […]