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Chinese firms’ growing influence in palm oil value chain will endure despite global volatilities: RSPO China head
Chinese companies now want to benchmark themselves against their international peers for ESG practices, says Fang Lifeng, head of China for Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. He shares insights into RSPO’s decade of presence in the emerging market, as palm oil buyers and industry experts convene at a forum in Guilin this week.
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s aquaculture sector needs technical assistance, finance to match blue economy hype to reality: experts
Financial institutions are 'underperforming' in lending to aquaculture, which is perceived to be too risky, said experts at the Indonesia edition of the Unlocking capital for sustainability forum.
Corporate Responsibility
One-fifth of global environmental conflicts traced to 104 companies: report
A new analysis of over 3,000 environmental conflicts finds that a small group of mostly multinational firms, primarily from high-income countries, are disproportionately responsible for socioecological harm worldwide.
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Agri-food giant Japfa’s new sustainability-linked loan overlooks deforestation risk: NGOs
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