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Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

...smallholders also benefitted from the biodiesel programme as it ensured long term domestic demand for palm oil. This in turn helps to stabilise the price of palm oil while ensuring that smallholders c...

2 Jul 2020

Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

After another haze outbreak chokes Southeast Asia, can palm oil smallholders shift to sustainable farming?

...smallholders towards sustainable practices? Is certification out of reach for smallholders? How has RSPO's new standard for smallholders affected the market? What a sustainable future look like for s...

30 Oct 2019

After another haze outbreak chokes Southeast Asia, can palm oil smallholders shift to sustainable farming?

Press Releases / &Green Fund

&Green Fund makes palm oil sector investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk

PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a globally-focused impact investment fu...

9 Jun 2020

&Green Fund makes palm oil sector investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk

Global rainforest loss 'relentless' in 2020, but SE Asia offers hope

News / Carbon & Climate

Some businesses still go for the cheapest carbon credits: The Nature Conservancy APAC chief

...smallholders on the margins. Also, the forest may not be managed so it's just degrading over time. So it's not always easy to understand whether a forest is 100 per cent protected already. Yayasan Kon...

7 Apr 2022

Some businesses still go for the cheapest carbon credits: The Nature Conservancy APAC chief

News / Food & Agriculture

The world is converging on the need for sustainable agri-food systems

...smallholders and marginalised people. The breadth of topics illustrates just how complex a task the shift to sustainable agri-food systems will be. "Agri-food systems lie at the heart of sustainable d...

17 May 2021

The world is converging on the need for sustainable agri-food systems

fire breaks out at the SS Power One plant

News / Policy & Finance

State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh

Mohammad Harun once owned a small plot of land on the Bay of Bengal coast, about 60 km south of Chattogram, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. He used it as a salt pan until it was acquired in 201...

18 Jun 2021

State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh

News / Food & Agriculture

Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach

Sime Darby Plantation, one of the world's largest palm oil companies, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), a methodology companies use to implement commitments to stop cutting dow...

28 Jul 2020

Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach

Smallholder cooperatives are breaking new ground

Videos / Food & Agriculture

How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?

A group of smallholder farmers from Tegal Mulyo village, South Sumatra, made history when it entered Indonesia's national book of records for the second time in a row last year. The cooperative, KUD B...

16 Oct 2019

How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?

Logs being transported down a river from Ogan Komering Ilir paper mill South Sumatra, Indonesia. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

Certification has failed to stop rampant deforestation—so, how to improve it?

The eco labels that certify forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, soy, wood and cocoa have failed to stop ongoing deforestation despite their sustainability assurances, and are in need of an overh...

11 Mar 2021

Certification has failed to stop rampant deforestation—so, how to improve it?

Press Releases / Olam International

Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes

Olam has been recognised for making a difference in farmers’ lives through its Olam Direct platform at Innovation Leader’s 2020 Impact Awards. Now in its third year running,...

23 Sep 2020

Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes

On Cape Barren Island, Australia, a vegetation fire started along the coast.

News / Food & Agriculture

Explainer: Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable?

Can images from space help us achieve greener ways of growing food here on Earth? That’s the very real ambition behind precision agriculture, a new form of tech-driven farming which uses the data capt...

23 Feb 2021

Explainer: Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?

...smallholders get certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2018, but Greenbury said more investment was needed to motivate smallholders to farm according to no deforestation, no de...

13 May 2020

Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?

News / Food & Agriculture

Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown

...smallholders, they are unable to withstand such earning shocks. In times of a pandemic, any unanticipated medical expanses could see them slide back into poverty and destitution. The Covid-19 pandemic...

14 Apr 2020

Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown

Instant noodles on sale at a supermarket in Shanghai, China

News / Food & Agriculture

Sustainable palm oil seeks breakthrough in China

...smallholders are allowed to put the RSPO credit logo (which is different from a certification logo) on products, despite them not necessarily containing certified palm oil. Another reason for the low ...

8 Jul 2020

Sustainable palm oil seeks breakthrough in China

News / Corporate Responsibility

Mars achieves 'deforestation-free' palm oil—what about the rest?

...smallholders, after many firms missed a 2020 "zero deforestation" target. This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers h...

9 Oct 2020

Mars achieves 'deforestation-free' palm oil—what about the rest?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil: Import bans pressure sustainability standards

...smallholders. Import bans are also limited in efficacy. Despite the ban on rubber product imports, some experts do not see major trade disruptions given the surge in demand for latex gloves amid the C...

17 Mar 2021

Palm oil: Import bans pressure sustainability standards

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from sporadic in August 2020 to the biggest peaceful civil society protest in the world. Despite 11 rounds of...

25 Jan 2021

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

News / Food & Agriculture

Do smallholders hold the key to sustainable palm oil?

...smallholders nibbling at the edges of forests rather than by industrial-scale tree felling. Consequently, the industry is now paying concerted attention to the challenges smallholders face in switchin...

26 Jun 2019

Do smallholders hold the key to sustainable palm oil?

What are the sustainability risks ahead for business sectors in 2022?

News / Corporate Responsibility

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

...smallholders’ access to digital and e-commerce tools. What is your prediction for the food industry in 2022? Based on 2021, I think we need to expect the unexpected. After an extended period of uncert...

5 Jan 2022

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

How a coffee grower and NGO are fighting deforestation in Sumatra

The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is one of South Sumatra’s last stands of lowland forest, and home to critically endangered Sumatran tigers and elephants. But the park is under threat from the ...

19 Nov 2019

How a coffee grower and NGO are fighting deforestation in Sumatra

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