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Carolyn Lim, head of sustainability operations, Golden Agri-Resources

Lim has joined GAR to lead global impact. Rob Nicholls has also left Musim Mas after several years running its smallholders unit.

2 Apr 2026

Cooking oil shelf

Plantation and commodities minister Noraini Ahmad said an official used cooking oil (UCO) benchmark will improve market transparency, guide fair trading, and support a more sustainable palm oil market.

Palm oil plantation-papua

Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha, who also chairs the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said sustainability must be rooted in consistency, not convenience, as he urged RSPO members to match advocacy with action at the annual roundtable conference RT2025.

RT2025 press conference

They called for fairer policies, stronger support, and inclusion in global sustainability standards such as Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and EU Deforestation Regulation at annual roundtable conference on sustainable palm oil, RT2025.

6 November 2025

palm smallholder in Cimulang, Bogor

21 Oktober 2025

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24 September 2025

A smallholder oil palm farmer in Indonesia moves fresh fruit bunches.

30 Juli 2025

A log yard at Asia Pulp & Paper's OKI mill in South Sumatra

11 Juli 2025

KL petronas towers

9 Juli 2025

Yili_IP certified palm oil shipment

3 Juni 2025

Malaysia's plantation and commodities minister Johari Abdul Ghan at SWR 2025

27 Januari 2025

China's first RSPO-certified shipment of Identity Preserved sustainable palm oil

17 Januari 2025

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18 Desember 2024

A palm oil harvesters cutting down fruit bunch

21 November 2024

New RSPO-certified smallholder groups 2024

14 November 2024

Sumatra deforestation satellite image

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