In the continuing fight to create a sustainable palm oil industry, Natural Habitats is proud to have a network of partners committed to using only sustainable palm oil. By committing to only using palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and hence only using palm oil…
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By Katherine Martinko | Look for sustainable palm oil—or none at all—in the treats you buy. | Fact checked by Haley Mast Within a few days, many of us will have hordes of lively trick-or-treaters at our front doors, their bags and baskets held out in hopes of a good candy haul. Our job…
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Exciting Commitments Made by World Governments As reported originally in The Edge Malaysia Weekly, The Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Palm Oil Processing Special Interest Group (or IChemE’s POPSIG) has relayed that Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Yaakob announced that the country remains committed to its target of becoming carbon-neutral…
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Boulder, CO—Palm Done Right has announced September as Palm Done Right month. The educational platform will be raising awareness of brands that are committed to creating a better future by using organic, sustainable, and ethical palm oil. Throughout the month, the platform will highlight retailers who have joined the movement,…
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Through working with Serendipalm and Natural Habitats in Ecuador, we here at Traidcraft developed FairPalm – the world’s only fair trade, organic palm oil, that protects the environment while supporting smallholder growers. Today, we’re speaking to Natural Habitats’ Sebastian Rojas, on all things climate change and organic. Traidcraft: Hi Sebastian,…
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A partnership with Palm Done Right links farming methods to sloth habitats. By Katherine Martinko If you take a trip to the Denver Zoo at some point over the next few months, you’ll see an adorable-looking pair of Linne’s two-toed sloths named Elliot and Charlotte. As they (and their baby Wookiee)…
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Boulder, CO—Palm Done Right has partnered with Denver Zoo to encourage consumers to Shop Smart to Save Sloths. Sloth populations are threatened by unsustainable harvesting of palm trees, as the animals naturally inhabit tropical forests in South and Central America that are affected by deforestation. Denver Zoo is launching a new Sloth Exhibit this…
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IndexBox: Streamed live on May 6, 2021 In March 2021, the futures price for crude palm oil reached its highest level of 954 US$/MT in 13 years, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, March 23. This is due to limited supply from manufactures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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About this series: Part 1: Palm Oil in Cosmetics. Part 2: The Future of Palm Oil. Gay Timmons has been in the agricultural business for decades. Twenty-one years ago she founded Oh, Oh Organic, selling organic ingredients—including palm oil—to cosmetic companies in North America. “The chemical industry is complacent,” says Timmons, a…
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