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yuleng
January 8, 2014

Welcome back and Happy 2014

yuleng
January 8, 2014
Happy New Year to all. Khor Report was away on our holiday and newsletter #6 is in its final preparation now. As a teaser, we offer you some articles while awaiting our Jan/Feb issue release.

Newer Post"Ice cream" treats & Magnum
Older PostUnilever - Wilmar push for supply chain change
  • March 2018
    • Mar 2, 2018 Palm oil trade & market news: India import tax hike against palm oil rattles traders Mar 2, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 27, 2018 Indonesia: the rise of the politics of palm oil by Khor Yu Leng Jan 27, 2018
    • Jan 18, 2018 Biodiesel news: EU Parliament has voted to exclude palm oil from the EU-RED. What's next? What can you do? Jan 18, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 24, 2017 Khor Reports' Food Watch: Malaysian nutritionist promoted sugar-laden cereals in 'fattest Asian country'? Dec 24, 2017
    • Dec 21, 2017 Khor Maps: Looking at Batang Toru critical habitat for orangutans. Case studies done on 2.8 million hectares Dec 21, 2017
    • Dec 21, 2017 Plantation corporate news: More headlines for Felda-FGV. Land deals questioned. Felda settler incentives and debt question. Dec 21, 2017
    • Dec 20, 2017 RSPO RT15 Bali: Why did RSPO volume drop in 2016? P&C new policy watch. Sabah-MSPO discord? Dec 20, 2017
    • Dec 4, 2017 Climate change perspectives: Landmark case glacier lake (flood) threatened town vs carbon emitter RWE, Exxon-led carbon tax proposal gains more support Dec 4, 2017
    • Dec 1, 2017 Oil and macro: US net oil imports lowest since 1990, Saudi 'goosing' oil prices? China's lending crackdown, Brent Crude (ICE) $63.07 Dec 1, 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 29, 2017 Note on Bali volcano and travel (updated) Nov 29, 2017
    • Nov 27, 2017 Buyer policy listing: Ferrero says added EUR 1/person/year cost to EU consumers for low-contaminant & sustainable palm oil Nov 27, 2017
    • Nov 24, 2017 Deforestation and development: The hope of sustainable oil palm for Sri Lanka, Relief to plantations in Sarawak but NCR land claimants upset Nov 24, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 14, 2017 Indonesia peat policy tussle - Pulp and palm and the Indonesia electoral cycle, 250,000 Riau jobs takes SPSI to the Supreme Court. Context. Oct 14, 2017
    • Oct 12, 2017 RSPO news: Leaving Bali? Investigative report features anti-corruption issue Oct 12, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 14, 2017 China pushes for full scale bio-fuel ethanol E10 by 2020 Sep 14, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 Indonesia palm oil sector upgrades: Indonesia eyes Japan, Spain for improved palm oil trade and more. Russia-built railway in East Kalimantan. Jul 18, 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 Food safety news: Eyes on Hema Shanghai on China food safety and traceability Jul 18, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 23, 2017 Campaigns on supply-chains:Public art campaign aims at Sumatra’s palm oil industry, Campaigning matures with Mighty Earth, MEPs call for clampdown on unsustainable palm oil and use in biofuel May 23, 2017
    • May 11, 2017 Malaysia palm oil focus: Palm kernel made into chicken feed, POIC inks deals with China companies May 11, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 Proofs of sustainability question as schemes proliferate Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 18, 2017 On inequality - Fighting illegal plantations, inequality in asset ownership in Indonesia, Oxfam paper on Indonesia Mar 18, 2017
    • Mar 17, 2017 On fire activity and carbon emissions: Doubts on transparency in corporate commitments, Indonesia Fire Free Alliance of plantation groups Mar 17, 2017
    • Mar 9, 2017 Major review fails to find positive impacts from certification schemes, calls for more studies Mar 9, 2017
    • Mar 9, 2017 Peatland restoration news: LIDAR field mapping, Draft bill on palm oil pushes for legalisation, Foresthints News videos on 2017 fire risk in peat cultivation zones Mar 9, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 14, 2017 Jokowi and the Haze: Symbolic removal of acacia (video), Indonesia's legal regularisation push, Companies have not paid fines / compensation Feb 14, 2017
    • Feb 12, 2017 Felda smallholders: Windfall for rubber smallholders - Malaysia. Felda-Eagle High Plantations deal and Felda housing project in the news Feb 12, 2017
    • Feb 9, 2017 Smallholders in Nigeria Feb 9, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Jan 6, 2017 Carbon prices: California’s cap-and-trade program, Disney carbon credits deal in Cambodia. $8 and $7. Jan 6, 2017
    • Jan 4, 2017 Trump - Reading about the Trump Trade Doctrine, US biofuel risk, 100 days plan video, Malaysia ringgit more exposed, Europe food industry reactions Jan 4, 2017
  • December 2016
    • Dec 1, 2016 At RSPO RT14 Bangkok - big news Marrakech Declaration by Africa palm producers. GA resolution results. Dec 1, 2016
  • October 2016
    • Oct 21, 2016 OFIC global trade policy and politics panel - initial notes Oct 21, 2016
    • Oct 1, 2016 Biogas - Indonesia plantations need fiscal incentives to invest in the biogas power Oct 1, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Sep 28, 2016 Research and tech market news: Review of studies attributing "good and bad", Documentary - Appetite for Destruction: The Palm Oil Diaries and University of Uppsala’s high fat muffin study Sep 28, 2016
    • Sep 20, 2016 International Criminal Court (ICC) will try land grabs and environmental destruction, human trafficking - test case Cambodia? Sep 20, 2016
    • Sep 5, 2016 Eye on Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC): Malaysia appoints first of its three representatives for CPOPC Sep 5, 2016
  • August 2016
    • Aug 29, 2016 Palm oil in Africa:Bidco protestors, angst in East Africa about local oilseeds Aug 29, 2016
    • Aug 12, 2016 US ban on imports made by forced labour Aug 12, 2016
  • July 2016
    • Jul 30, 2016 Social and labour issues: Some parts of US Congress worry about doing TPP deal with Malaysia on labour and other concerns Jul 30, 2016
    • Jul 17, 2016 Sabah & Sarawak news (update 10): Plantation company link to Miri murder of activist Bill Kayong. Sabah pledges RSPO, 3D forest mapping by Lidar, 90 meter tree, other use of Lidar Jul 17, 2016
    • Jul 10, 2016 Climate politics and finance: Funds and forests - DFID on Green Climate Fund, Credit Suise Invt Bank view Jul 10, 2016
    • Jul 10, 2016 PNG news: Tekwie laments PNG border weakness with Papua, Tomscoll wants firemakers arrested and charged, Long dry spell affects local oil palm growers Jul 10, 2016
    • Jul 9, 2016 India trade issues:India benefits from little price increase in palm oil, eye on Africa, domestic oil palm Jul 9, 2016
    • Jul 7, 2016 Producer pledges for palm oil sustainability: IPOP dissolves to no surprise within Indonesia and to some negative international reactions, GAR blog on mapping supply chains Jul 7, 2016
    • Jul 7, 2016 Latin America:news review in progress - Melka group plans to sell off its plantations, Global Witness finds Latin America most dangerous region for environmental activists Jul 7, 2016
    • Jul 1, 2016 New plantings news: Philippines - Farmers, indigenous peoples thumb down expansion of oil palm plantations , PM Modi wants 2 million ha of oil palm in Maharastra and Karnataka, India Jul 1, 2016
  • June 2016
    • Jun 25, 2016 Food reformulations and lifestyle change: China's plan to cut meat consumption by 50% , McDonald's swaps margarine to butter, Nestle reduces sodium, sugars, trans-fat, total fat, calories or artificial colourings Jun 25, 2016
    • Jun 13, 2016 Indonesia deforestation policy: Reference on Papua forests protection, GAR/PT Smart statement, Entire process for new palm oil permit issuance ends: Minister - Environment and Forestry Ministry - nationwide extension of current moratorium, Quantifying the drivers of South American deforestation Jun 13, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 24, 2016 Food sector news (update 7): European Agency for Food Safety warns on contaminants in palm oil in its May report, insights into processed food reformulations and sustainability May 24, 2016
    • May 22, 2016 Peat (update 3): Norway to develop peatland-friendly agriculture in Indonesia, Haze Can Only Be Overcome Through Peat Soil Management - Dr Lulie Melling, MOEF 50 boreholes, US$67 million in grants for peat lands restoration May 22, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 12, 2016 Khor Reports' home and personal care watch: SLS and "sodium coco sulfate" from WSJ test of Honest Co. Mar 12, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 20, 2016 Dairy / dairy-free news (update 7): Fonterra requests its smallholders to limit the use of palm kernel expeller / PKE to 3 kg per animal per day. Wilmar says PKE sales to NZ are under 1% of revenue. Back news - NZ palm kernel imports picked up to 222,413 tonnes in Nov 2015 Feb 20, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 3, 2016 Palm oil in Thailand (update 1): Royal Forest Department says it will not renew some 32,000 ha of plantation concessions, but allocate land to local farmers instead Jan 3, 2016
  • November 2015
    • Nov 30, 2015 Eye on Jokowi and Indonesia palm oil: Indonesia finance and health ministries mull sugar tax, Scorecard Mixed as Indonesia's Jokowi `Drifts' in First Year, PT Bank Mandiri - commodity-based provinces should find new sources of economic growth as the commodity boom is over Nov 30, 2015
    • Nov 26, 2015 Palm Oil Welfare Index by HCS+ Study Nov 26, 2015
    • Nov 24, 2015 RSPO RT13: Reader feedback on HCS+ HCSA and RSPO convergence and more. RSPO Next "commensurate effort" and floor price efforts are no-go? Link for presentation downloads. Members terminated / suspended. EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) initiative. Nov 24, 2015
    • Nov 23, 2015 EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) initiative: Fratini Vergano report Nov 23, 2015
    • Nov 6, 2015 Universiti Malaya roundtable. Fire-haze-smoke a new dimension to sustainability - is Sabah the first jurisdictional mover? Nov 6, 2015
  • October 2015
    • Oct 20, 2015 Khor Reports - fast/snack food watch: Macdonalds in Singapore - trimming palm oil for canola and sun blends Oct 20, 2015
    • Oct 19, 2015 MEOA 2nd RAISE SEMINAR 2015 - 28th October 2015, MPOB Bactris Hall, Bangi Oct 19, 2015
    • Oct 19, 2015 Palm oil alternative or a new business model? Solazyme to supply Unilever 3 million gallons of algae oil for soaps and toileteries Oct 19, 2015
    • Oct 14, 2015 Singapore moves on "haze-free" products - apart from wood, paper makers, SEC plans to work with others such as palm oil industry Oct 14, 2015
    • Oct 7, 2015 At PIPOC 2015 in Kuala Lumpur Oct 7, 2015
  • August 2015
    • Aug 30, 2015 Market access and voluntary standards news: Indonesia Coordinating Economic Minister worries voluntary corporate pledges jeapordise small farmer prospects; RSPO Next and RSPO NPP public consultations Aug 30, 2015
    • Aug 2, 2015 Trade deals: Via TPP, Malaysia ready for environmental step up for US market access, but the US-oriented geopolitical deal stumbles ("as important as another US aircraft carrier"). Aug 2, 2015
  • July 2015
    • Jul 22, 2015 HCS+ Science Study proposes strong carbon threshold? Update 2b - On the peat / organic soil question Jul 22, 2015
    • Jul 18, 2015 Smallholders: Links for RISDA and FELCRA of Malaysia, Over 400,000 oil palm smallholders in Malaysia eye MSPO certification says NASH (independent smallholders are those with under 40 ha of oil palm land); Indonesia targets 5.5 million ha of forest to local people with 2.5 mill ha targeted for 2015 with 20% from forest concession areas (forestry companies raise concerns); Pope Francis urges rights for downtrodden against "new colonialism"; RM900 per Felda settler dividend plus "duit raya" / Eid gift but not for some 13,947 settlers (about 6.5% of total) who have sued Felda or who have not participated in Felda replanting, carried out unauthorized activities or sold produce outside Felda Jul 18, 2015
    • Jul 16, 2015 Eid wishes Jul 16, 2015
    • Jul 1, 2015 The Pope on Sustainability (update 5): Pope Francis: Extreme and compulsive consumerism fostered by the techno-economic hegemons. An "integral ecology." How about some contemplative rest instead of empty activism and unfettered greed? Jul 1, 2015
  • May 2015
    • May 21, 2015 Palm traceability sector (update 3a): GAR/Sinar Mas back in NGO focus, TFT suspends Golden Agri takes (and hours later a new chief sustainability officer is appointed for the plantation giant - Agus Purnomo) May 21, 2015
    • May 20, 2015 ESG / socially responsible investing (update 1a): RGE/APRIL and Roger Federer-Credit Suisse, Singapore Urges SEA Lenders to Better Screen Palm Oil Investment, Conservation International and Hollywood stars May 20, 2015
    • May 16, 2015 Singapore Dialogue (update 1a): SIIA / Simon Tay dialogue in Singapore centered on palm oil sustainability, Indonesia extends moratorium, ASEAN banks under WWF spotlight May 16, 2015
    • May 16, 2015 Eye on Brazil: 5 million hectares of sustainable Amazon oil palm eyed, China $150 billion infra spend plan for Brazil, Petrobras' political corruption scandal May 16, 2015
    • May 3, 2015 Trade policy on palm oil: Fratini Vergano- WTO Environmental Goods Agreement does not include "green by definition, such as commodities...'; WHO Interim Report on Ending Childhood Obesity calls for taxes and marketing restrictions to tackle child obesity May 3, 2015
    • May 1, 2015 The Corporate Capture of Sustainable Development by Leslie Sklair May 1, 2015
  • April 2015
    • Apr 26, 2015 Indonesia policy & regulations (update 7): The Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS); mood for provincial autonomy grows in PNG ; RSPO-Guardian - Local and national interests clash in Indonesia's palm oil industry, "bupatis... take decision in best interest of (Singapore or Jakarta) companies.. rather than communities... there is low level oppressions and sometimes violence...it’s a simmering human rights issue" says EIA and “There are rogue operators who are playing the corruption game with the local authorities.... A big problem is the overlapping land rights, which causes a lot of conflict... there is an increasingly wealthy middle class who see land as an investment for the future..." says CIFOR Apr 26, 2015
    • Apr 26, 2015 Traceability moves: Need for traceability says consultants including PwC; Hershey Announces Results of First Phase of Palm Oil Supply Tracing - TFT traceability; RSPO Traceability Taskforce has IDH who runs Palm Oil Traceability Working Group initiative Apr 26, 2015
    • Apr 23, 2015 Food labelling and tax ideas (update 5): Obesity blamed on food (diet with sugar and carbo excess), public falsely told couch potato lifestyle to blame - report in British Journal of Sports Medicine, Malhotra et al.; US views on palm oil plantations, FDA food labels concerns on health claims; Nestle reformulates Nesquick, Fruit drinks with more sugar than sodas, sugar lobby tactics compared to tobacco denials; Food industry battles against added-sugar label in US; Caps on fat, salt and sugar promised by UK Labour Apr 23, 2015
    • Apr 19, 2015 HCS vs HCS vs HCS?: Greenpeace led HCS Approach toolkit approved; Greenpeace promotes its HCS Approach as a "tested and leading methodology" Apr 19, 2015
    • Apr 19, 2015 Philippines palm oil: 1 million hectare oil palm hopes center on Caraga? FGV, NBPOL, Pertamina, PTPN among key intended FDI players? Apr 19, 2015
    • Apr 9, 2015 How the deal was done - changing palm oil trade policy to eliminate deforestation: the Wilmar-TFT-Forest Heroes story Apr 9, 2015
  • March 2015
    • Mar 18, 2015 The sustainability / health debate matures? (update 6): Negative social impacts of palm oil in view by key NGOs - a call for data on social degradation; Halal standards also shows prevalence of multiple standards and customers paying for the higher costs; healthy food fight - healthier products and purer ingredients; US NBER economists find obesity linked to cheap food retailers - cheap processed and prepared foods is a feature. Mar 18, 2015
    • Mar 5, 2015 At Bursa Price Outlook Conference / POC in KL Mar 5, 2015
  • February 2015
    • Feb 26, 2015 Observation on new power relationships in the palm oil supply chain - policy making Feb 26, 2015
    • Feb 22, 2015 Rubber news (update 1): Rubber tappers suffer on price fall, 50:50 split on volume at RM1.90 per kg; Sustainable Malaysia rubber (using German scientific methods) for new condom maker, GM rubber trees for proteins for pharma use, rubber glove sector outlook Feb 22, 2015
    • Feb 13, 2015 Attended MPOC forum (update 1a) Feb 13, 2015
    • Feb 11, 2015 Rural socio-economic issues (update 4): Kotabaru regency in South Kalimantan distributes oil palm and rubber seeds and other inputs to assist farmers who own land not yet cultivated Feb 11, 2015
  • January 2015
    • Jan 30, 2015 Malaysia flood (update 3a): Sarawak floods receded, Peninsula damage estimates Jan 30, 2015
    • Jan 28, 2015 Indonesia politics (update 21): Golkar split goes to court, Jokowi seeks Golkar in his coalition, party split renders Golkar ineffective; Jokowi studying ministry issues for first 6 months Jan 28, 2015
    • Jan 10, 2015 Peat regulation (update 5): 40cm minimum water level rule to be adjusted for 1.7 million peatlands with palm and eucalyptus Jan 10, 2015
    • Jan 1, 2015 Happy 2015 Jan 1, 2015
  • December 2014
    • Dec 22, 2014 End product news & views (update 3a): A junk food free world? Italy campaign against palm oil in food products. Dec 22, 2014
    • Dec 10, 2014 RSPO Roundtable (RT12) 2014 (update 6): WWF welcomes RSPO move to expel and suspend members over annual reporting Dec 10, 2014
    • Dec 7, 2014 Obesity and the food industry (update 1a): "The men who made us fat" - UK documentary Dec 7, 2014
  • November 2014
    • Nov 30, 2014 Conference season (update 6): downstream merchandising for sustainable palm oil Nov 30, 2014
    • Nov 21, 2014 RSPO RT12: at the exhibit - online information (update 1) Nov 21, 2014
    • Nov 20, 2014 RSPO RT12: Eye on resolutions (update 3a) - at the General Assembly,declaration of mills and ACOP reporting; 5.15pm Nov 20, 2014
    • Nov 19, 2014 RSPO RT12: On social and labour issues Nov 19, 2014
    • Nov 19, 2014 RSPO RT12: David Suzuki – on human overconsumption, the need for diversity, local knowledge of sustainability, risks of monoculture, over fixation on the market economy Nov 19, 2014
    • Nov 19, 2014 Call for higher palm oil promo spend? Nov 19, 2014
    • Nov 18, 2014 RSPO RT12: On Compensation Liability and riparian reserves (update 1) Nov 18, 2014
    • Nov 18, 2014 RSPO RT12: New GHG emission reduction scenarios for new plantings - Bumitama and Musim Mas case studies (update 1a) Nov 18, 2014
    • Nov 17, 2014 Indonesia haze (update 4): KPK questions former Forestry Minister in Riau-Annas case Nov 17, 2014
    • Nov 12, 2014 China market (update 2): To cap emissions and have 20% energy from zero-emission sources by 2030 Nov 12, 2014
    • Nov 10, 2014 The importance of logistics hubs? Nov 10, 2014
    • Nov 6, 2014 Research highlights by MOSTA for OFIC KL 2014 Nov 6, 2014
    • Nov 5, 2014 Sunny Verghese of Olam on structural trends Nov 5, 2014
    • Nov 5, 2014 Indonesia palm oil: 2025 outlook from PT SMART Nov 5, 2014
    • Nov 5, 2014 MITI talks on Malaysia palm oil and FTAs Nov 5, 2014
    • Nov 2, 2014 Australia sugar marketing tussle: producer QSL versus foreign-owned processors Nov 2, 2014
    • Nov 2, 2014 Indonesia's new Plantation Bill (update 9): Sime Darby Indonesia plantation listing / spin off? Nov 2, 2014
    • Nov 2, 2014 NGOs in the news (update 2a): The US Halloween $2 billion candy season and palm oil critique, new forest destruction report Nov 2, 2014
    • Nov 2, 2014 Producer-led sustainability programs: MSPO set for 1 Jan 2015 Nov 2, 2014
  • October 2014
    • Oct 26, 2014 Indonesia environment and industry (update 2): coal industry clamp down? Oct 26, 2014
    • Oct 7, 2014 Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP) Oct 7, 2014
    • Oct 7, 2014 Manifesto 5 stepping up efforts (update 5): The tussle over HCS and 35tC/ha Oct 7, 2014
    • Oct 7, 2014 NIelsen global snack survey Oct 7, 2014
    • Oct 6, 2014 Higher oil palm yields are bad ? Oct 6, 2014
    • Oct 6, 2014 Indonesia smallholders get MOA-UNDP support Oct 6, 2014
  • September 2014
    • Sep 19, 2014 Felda Global IPO revisited (update 1) Sep 19, 2014
    • Sep 16, 2014 Jokowi-JK cabinet - with new Agrarian Ministry Sep 16, 2014
  • August 2014
    • Aug 6, 2014 Singapore approves anti-haze bill and Jokowi eyes drones to stop land misuse (update 2) Aug 6, 2014
    • Aug 3, 2014 Forrest pushes Australia-China 100 year agriculture - food partnership (update 1) Aug 3, 2014
    • Aug 3, 2014 Singapore introduces canola subsidy to cut its palm oil consumption (update 1) Aug 3, 2014
    • Aug 1, 2014 Palm sustainability news Aug 1, 2014
  • July 2014
    • Jul 30, 2014 Aidilfitri 2014 Jul 30, 2014
    • Jul 11, 2014 How Brazil clamped down on deforestation Jul 11, 2014
    • Jul 4, 2014 Interview #2 Presidential race heats up, foreigners worry? Jul 4, 2014
  • June 2014
    • Jun 28, 2014 Sustainability news links - Nespresso sustainability, BBC complaint, Greenpeace losses Jun 28, 2014
    • Jun 21, 2014 Nielsen survey finds sustainability boost sales, sustainable consumption ranks #12 Jun 21, 2014
    • Jun 13, 2014 Interview #1: Presidential politics and Indonesian palm oil Jun 13, 2014
    • Jun 7, 2014 Sustainable palm oil - RSPO vs Greenpeace, Greenpeace targets, French nutrition policy, Club of Rome Jun 7, 2014
  • May 2014
    • May 30, 2014 Palm sustainability toughens up? May 30, 2014
    • May 27, 2014 Politicians worry about WWF roundtables? May 27, 2014
    • May 23, 2014 Saturated fats fears but carbs the real culprit? May 23, 2014
    • May 16, 2014 CIMB survey, WWF soy report May 16, 2014
    • May 3, 2014 Australia resource industries seek ban of market boycotts (update 1) May 3, 2014
    • May 2, 2014 HSBC ratchets up sustainability risk policy May 2, 2014
  • April 2014
    • Apr 16, 2014 Indonesia parliamentary elections (update 2) Apr 16, 2014
    • Apr 15, 2014 Revisiting Brundtland Report 1987 Apr 15, 2014
    • Apr 3, 2014 Algal vs palm oil. Coming soon? Apr 3, 2014
  • March 2014
    • Mar 31, 2014 US soybean sustainability issues and approach Mar 31, 2014
    • Mar 26, 2014 Liberia says "no more land will be taken" Mar 26, 2014
    • Mar 21, 2014 Sime Darby: Liberia fire and doubt on Olam Mar 21, 2014
    • Mar 19, 2014 Olam was bid up on Africa market hopes? Mar 19, 2014
    • Mar 8, 2014 Singapore's anti-haze bill to bite? Mar 8, 2014
    • Mar 8, 2014 Singapore’s Transboundary Pollution Bill – Prospects and Challenges by Helena Muhamad Varkkey Mar 8, 2014
    • Mar 6, 2014 TFT rattles NGO sector? Mar 6, 2014
    • Mar 6, 2014 At the sidelines of POC 2014: (2) on certification and smallholders Mar 6, 2014
    • Mar 6, 2014 At the sidelines of POC 2014: (1) on new Indonesia regulations (update) Mar 6, 2014
  • February 2014
    • Feb 25, 2014 Interview with Wilmar to be reported soon Feb 25, 2014
    • Feb 23, 2014 Wilmar policy - from recent media reports (update1) Feb 23, 2014
    • Feb 21, 2014 Khor Report's Palm Oil Jan/Feb 2014, Issue 6 (now on public release) Feb 21, 2014
    • Feb 18, 2014 Competition acts & antri-trust concerns on sustainability shift? Feb 18, 2014
    • Feb 18, 2014 Indonesia biodiesel - Pertamina's 2nd tender Feb 18, 2014
    • Feb 18, 2014 Wilmar’s strong pledges - NGO reactions Feb 18, 2014
    • Feb 18, 2014 Peatlands in Malaysia and Indonesia - map and info sources Feb 18, 2014
    • Feb 14, 2014 Malaysia - Sarawak palm oil concerns Feb 14, 2014
  • January 2014
    • Jan 29, 2014 Africa: NGOs asked to disclose info? Jan 29, 2014
    • Jan 28, 2014 Remote sensing brings new transparency Jan 28, 2014
    • Jan 27, 2014 Editorial: New challenge for the supply chain Jan 27, 2014
    • Jan 26, 2014 Malaysia palm oil looks to Bangladesh for workers Jan 26, 2014
    • Jan 26, 2014 Indonesia biodiesel - a tepid first tender Jan 26, 2014
    • Jan 26, 2014 Indonesia PLN for a million tonnes Jan 26, 2014
    • Jan 13, 2014 Landmark Indonesia ruling on peat infractions Jan 13, 2014
    • Jan 12, 2014 "RSPO+9", new TFT / Climate Advisers-led policies for Wilmar Jan 12, 2014
    • Jan 12, 2014 US transfats demise Jan 12, 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 India increases import duty on refined palm oil from 7.5% to 10% Jan 10, 2014
    • Jan 8, 2014 "Ice cream" treats & Magnum Jan 8, 2014
    • Jan 8, 2014 Welcome back and Happy 2014 Jan 8, 2014
  • December 2013
    • Dec 9, 2013 Unilever - Wilmar push for supply chain change Dec 9, 2013
  • November 2013
    • Nov 29, 2013 Choices available for sustainable palm oil credentials Nov 29, 2013
    • Nov 29, 2013 We would appreciate your feedback Nov 29, 2013
    • Nov 20, 2013 Over 1000tc/ha carbon stock in one oil palm cycle Nov 20, 2013
    • Nov 16, 2013 Sustainability impacts supply-chain Nov 16, 2013
    • Nov 12, 2013 Khor Report's Palm Oil Nov/Dec 2013, Issue 5 (now available) Nov 12, 2013
    • Nov 11, 2013 Upcoming talk: What next for palm oil certification? Nov 11, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 NGO powerplays roil palm oil certificat​ion. Back to B2B? Nov 10, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 RSPO Hot topics for Roundtable 11 at Medan, Indonesia Nov 10, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 Editorial: Time for new strategies? Nov 10, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 Biodiesel: Neste’s renewables rise Nov 10, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 Biofuels policies: EU & US cool while Indonesia boosts Nov 10, 2013
    • Nov 10, 2013 Palm oil sustainability certification: more and more Nov 10, 2013
  • October 2013
    • Oct 7, 2013 Khor Reports' Palm Oil #4 newsletter: Indonesia's boom, plantations earnings crunch, price expectations for 2H2013 & more Oct 7, 2013
  • July 2013
    • Jul 11, 2013 Europe: biofuels from crops to be capped Jul 11, 2013
    • Jul 11, 2013 Liberia palm oil project shareholder in default? Jul 11, 2013
    • Jul 5, 2013 EU due to vote 10 July to limit food crops in biofuels Jul 5, 2013
    • Jul 2, 2013 Khor Reports' Palm Oil #3 newsletter: Trade tussles, corporate outlook, prices & more Jul 2, 2013
  • June 2013
    • Jun 23, 2013 Great Haze II: PSI measures for Malaysia and Singapore Jun 23, 2013
    • Jun 23, 2013 Great Haze II - burning concessions identified by Greenpeace Jun 23, 2013
    • Jun 23, 2013 Great haze II - the blame game starts Jun 23, 2013
    • Jun 23, 2013 Great haze II - the karmic winds of change? [report] Jun 23, 2013
  • May 2013
    • May 31, 2013 A new era in Malaysia plantation CSR? May 31, 2013
    • May 17, 2013 WWF vs Greenpeace? May 17, 2013
    • May 7, 2013 Khor Reports' Palm Oil #2 newsletter: Carbon thresholds, biodiesel & more May 7, 2013
  • April 2013
    • Apr 14, 2013 Deforestation detection, RSPO GHG and trade clashes Apr 14, 2013
  • March 2013
    • Mar 26, 2013 UK Easter chocolates rated highest if "palm oil free" Mar 26, 2013
    • Mar 22, 2013 Sarawak controversies Mar 22, 2013
    • Mar 14, 2013 Documentary on soy in Argentina Mar 14, 2013
    • Mar 13, 2013 45% area usable for Kalimantan plantations? Mar 13, 2013
    • Mar 13, 2013 Norway goes cold on palm oil Mar 13, 2013
    • Mar 5, 2013 The Sabah-Sulu crisis and palm oil supply chain risks Mar 5, 2013
    • Mar 3, 2013 Khor Reports' Palm Oil newsletter #1: sustainability, food labels, bio-diesel, CPO price expectations Mar 3, 2013
  • February 2013
    • Feb 14, 2013 US wants to displace oil as transport fuel "for good" Feb 14, 2013
    • Feb 5, 2013 RTRS smartly moves ahead Feb 5, 2013
    • Feb 3, 2013 Foods & ingredients news snippets Feb 3, 2013
  • January 2013
    • Jan 21, 2013 Khor Reports: RSPO data’s points to supply growth and lackluster demand Jan 21, 2013
  • October 2012
    • Oct 4, 2012 Malaysia's political shock to the CPO price? Oct 4, 2012
  • August 2012
    • Aug 20, 2012 Felda Global listing: over RM600 million in profits pocketed so far? Aug 20, 2012
    • Aug 20, 2012 100tC/ha ceiling? Aug 20, 2012
  • July 2012
    • Jul 12, 2012 Cambodia local elections impacted by land discontent? Jul 12, 2012
    • Jul 9, 2012 50% utilization plus excess soybean demand in China? Jul 9, 2012
  • June 2012
    • Jun 29, 2012 Felda Global leaps to "target" and 12% cash-in? (correction) Jun 29, 2012
    • Jun 24, 2012 Felda Global saved major embarrassment over Dreyfus? Jun 24, 2012
    • Jun 22, 2012 What do Felda settlers now think of the IPO? Jun 22, 2012
    • Jun 20, 2012 Felda Global strategic investor woes? (updated) Jun 20, 2012
    • Jun 19, 2012 Khor Report Facebook page activity Jun 19, 2012
  • February 2012
    • Feb 15, 2012 Conference - algal biofuels Feb 15, 2012
    • Feb 9, 2012 GM crops in 2011 Feb 9, 2012
  • January 2012
    • Jan 30, 2012 Palm oil biodiesel fails? Jan 30, 2012
    • Jan 22, 2012 Conservation news links - on algae and REDD Jan 22, 2012
  • December 2011
    • Dec 7, 2011 RSPO general assembly to be rescheduled Dec 7, 2011
  • November 2011
    • Nov 24, 2011 Preview of RSPO 8th General Assembly Nov 24, 2011
  • October 2011
    • Oct 21, 2011 RSPO farmers and facilitators - who earns what? Oct 21, 2011
    • Oct 12, 2011 Palm oil on fast-track vs. others Oct 12, 2011
    • Oct 7, 2011 MPOA calls for halt to new RSPO certification? Oct 7, 2011
    • Oct 7, 2011 Felda listing mooted again Oct 7, 2011
    • Oct 3, 2011 RSPO vs. soy roundtable Oct 3, 2011
  • September 2011
    • Sep 26, 2011 IFC / World Bank Group support of RSPO Sep 26, 2011
    • Sep 6, 2011 Greenpalm CSPO premium dives to 30 cents Sep 6, 2011
  • August 2011
    • Aug 30, 2011 Sarawak NCR land - a new development model Aug 30, 2011
    • Aug 1, 2011 Behemoths' land banking efforts stutter? Aug 1, 2011
    • Aug 1, 2011 Cargill goes RSPO but keeps smallholders in Aug 1, 2011
    • Aug 1, 2011 Malaysia criticizes "sinister" campaign against palm oil Aug 1, 2011
  • July 2011
    • Jul 5, 2011 Trends in planted area for the Top 10 Jul 5, 2011
  • May 2011
    • May 22, 2011 The Top 30 May 22, 2011
    • May 22, 2011 Indonesia moratorium eases business and growth concerns May 22, 2011
    • May 19, 2011 Brazil deforestation accelerates May 19, 2011
  • April 2011
    • Apr 7, 2011 Native customary rights (NCR) issues at IOI Pelita escalate Apr 7, 2011
    • Apr 7, 2011 World Bank Group - new palm oil sector approach Apr 7, 2011
  • March 2011
    • Mar 19, 2011 Sime explores 300,000ha landbank in Cameroon, France processing plant Mar 19, 2011
  • February 2011
    • Feb 20, 2011 Golden Agri -TFT deal sets 35 tonnes carbon stored per ha ceiling Feb 20, 2011
    • Feb 20, 2011 Current work projects Feb 20, 2011
    • Feb 20, 2011 Newsletters on sustainable palm oil issues (Aug-Nov 2010) Feb 20, 2011
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