"New Britain Palm Oil has signed a $100m deal to supply Ferrero, the Italian confectionery maker, with sustainable palm oil as food producers come under pressure to source commodities ethically and to stop using hydrogenated fats."
"Large rainforest animals such as Asian elephants need to be able to travel large distances under forest cover in order to find water and food... Plantations block animals because companies do not keep corridors of forest available for animal movement. Furthermore, elephants may be killed if they "trespass" onto the plantation or search for food outside the forest." From Cruel Oil report (see links). Photo credit: The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee (www.elephants.com)
The last stand of the Orangutan, State of Emergency: illegal logging, fire and palm oil in Indonesia's National Parks, a report from UNEP, January 2007
How green is the palm oil purchased by European Companies WWF's Palm Oil Buyer's Scorecard for 2009. Download here.
Developing News
Girl Scouts campaign for palm oil free cookies. Big Oilgets into palm oil as biofuel. It is important to note that the term biofuel is misleading as it implies being ecofriendly,which palm oil is not."Agrofuel" is the correct term. This is the start of the worst possible situation for rainforests and their inhabitants.
