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| 13.11.2024 | The Rise of Fava Beans: A New Era in Plant-Based Protein | In the world of plant-based diets, fava beans are stepping into the spotlight. These legumes, rich in protein and nutrients, are being transformed into innovative food products. Companies are racing to harness their potential, creating a ne... |
| 12.11.2024 | RSPO Roundtable Conference Calls for Bold, New Approaches to Transform Sustainable Palm Oil | RT2024 sees new strategic partnerships to better address deforestation, improve smallholder inclusion through climate-smart programmes and drive global demand for RSPO Certified products
BANGKOK, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Building upon ... |
| 25.10.2024 | RSPO Reiterates FPIC and Components to Address Deforestation Remain Key Criteria in 2024 RSPO Standards | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The RSPO has recently observed factually incorrect statements concerning the draft 2024 RSPO Standards in relation to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and No Deforestation, publis... |
| 23.10.2024 | The Future of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production: Innovations in Indonesia and the U.S. | In the world of agriculture, change is the only constant. As climate change looms and biodiversity dwindles, innovative solutions are sprouting up across the globe. Two recent projects, one in Indonesia and the other in the United States, s... |
| 22.10.2024 | US Govt Loans $25M for Voyage Foods to Build Large Cocoa-Free Chocolate Factory | 4 Mins Read US food tech startup Voyage Foods is set to open a large-scale manufacturing facility for its ethical pantry staples, aided by a $25M loan from the government.
Recognising the vulnerability of the global cocoa supply, the US Dep... |
| 18.10.2024 | Enabling Regenerative Agriculture for Independent Smallholders in Indonesia: The BIPOSC Project, in Collaboration with Musim Mas, L3F, SNV Indonesia, and ICRAF | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Musim Mas Group, the Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (L3F), SNV Indonesia, and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) are collaborating to improve the knowledge and capacity of independent oil palm ... |
| 27.07.2024 | GVK Power's Insolvency: A Cautionary Tale for India's Infrastructure Sector | In the world of business, the rise and fall of giants often serve as cautionary tales. GVK Power and Infrastructure, once a beacon of hope in India's infrastructure landscape, now finds itself teetering on the brink of insolvency. This saga... |
| 24.07.2024 | IVPA Global RoundTable Conference 2024: Veg Oils Vision 2030: Opportunities and Challenges | New Delhi, Delhi, India
The Indian Vegetable-Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) announced the successful commencement of the third edition of its signature event, ‘IVPA Global Round Table Conference @3.0 on Theme “Veg Oils Vision 2030: Oppor... |
| 11.05.2024 | Voyage Foods: Leading the Way in Sustainable Food Innovation | Voyage Foods, a cutting-edge food innovation company based in California, has recently secured a substantial $52 million in funding, bringing their total raise to an impressive $94 million. This funding round, co-led by Level One Fund and H... |
| 09.05.2024 | Voyage Foods Closes $52M Series A+ Round After Notching Cargill Partnership | 4 Mins Read Ethical pantry company Voyage Foods, famous for its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads, has secured $52M in a Series A+ funding round, weeks after signing a commercial deal with Cargill.
Voyage Foods, which says it makes ... |
| 11.04.2024 | Voyage Foods Pens Deal with Cargill to Expand Cocoa-Free Chocolate & Nut-Free Spreads | 5 Mins Read Californian ethical pantry startup Voyage Foods has signed a commercial deal with food conglomerate Cargill to scale up the production and distribution of its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads.
Cargill has announced a co... |
| 22.02.2024 | RSPO y Solidaridad Latinoamérica firman declaración conjunta de apoyo al aceite de palma sostenible | La alianza entre RSPO y Solidaridad permitirá la implementación de estrategias regionales para apoyar a los pequeños productores de aceite de palma.
Seis países latinoamericanos unen esfuerzos para equilibrar la producción de aceite de palm... |
| 29.01.2024 | Voyage Foods Secures $22M in Funding, as LCA Claims It Makes the ‘Most Sustainable Chocolates Ever’ | 5 Mins Read Californian CPG startup Voyage Foods, which makes ethical and eco-friendly pantry staples, has raised $22M in funding, and released the results of a life-cycle assessment that shows its cocoa-free chocolate produces up to 88% fe... |
| 28.11.2023 | Agricultural commodity production driving deforestation ‘at an alarming rate,’ warns nonprofit | Ceres, a nonprofit founded on the principle that sustainability makes good business sense, has assessed efforts by some of the world’s largest companies to eliminate deforestation and found most of them could do better.
According to Ceres, ... |
| 03.10.2023 | Malaysia’s Sabah encouraged by group certification for palm oil sustainability | In 2015, the government of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo committed to gaining sustainability certification for 100% of the state’s palm oil by 2025, becoming the first region in the world to pilot such a jurisdictional approach. As the deadline... |
| 02.06.2023 | Meet the founders: ÄIO looks to upcycled feedstocks to fuel biomanufacturing platform | Used in everything from lipsticks to confectionery and meat alternatives, tropical oils such as palm and coconut come with environmental and societal costs. But can oil-producing microbes snacking on upcycled feedstocks give them a run for ... |
| 01.12.2022 | RSPO Certification Grows from Three Countries in 2008 to 21 in 2021, Representing 4.5 Million Hectares of Sustainable Oil Palm Plantations | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Global stakeholders from the palm oil industry gathered for the RSPO Annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT2022), the first physical meeting to take place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Centred aroun... |
| 23.09.2022 | India to Lead the Way towards a Sustainable Palm Oil Industry: RSPO | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
The recent announcement by the Government of India on increasing the domestic production of palm oil towards ensuring atmanirbharta (self-reliance) is a great opportunity for the country to demonstrate the economi... |
| 08.03.2022 | #IWD2022: 10 Women Changing The Future Of Impact In Asia | 1.4K
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| 08.02.2022 | Sustainability label claims are influencing more consumers, Cargill survey finds | Dive Brief:
More than half (55%) of global consumers are more likely to purchase a packaged food item that is labeled with a sustainability claim, according to the latest Fatitudes survey by Cargill. This is up four points from the company'... |
| 26.11.2021 | Nichirei : Building a Sustainable Supply Chain (203KB/2 pages)PDF | Initiatives for Achieving a Sustainable Society Environment Social Governance
Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
We recognize that the sustainable procurement of resources is extremely important for the Nichirei Group to continue to provid... |
| 23.09.2021 | Meet the founder: Releaf’s Ikenna Nzewi wants Nigerian palm oil to be the next big thing | Nigeria’s palm oil sector exemplifies the persistent challenges that have stymied Africa’s agricultural production at large. There are an estimated 4 million smallholder farmers cultivating oil palm in the country, but they lack modern tech... |
| 17.09.2021 | Tokmanni issues an important policy on the use of palm oil – All of Tokmanni’s private label products will contain only sustainably produced palm oil by the end of 2021 | Tokmanni issues an important policy on the use of palm oil – All of Tokmanni’s private label products will contain only sustainably produced palm oil by the end of 2021 Fri, Sep 17, 2021 12:50 CET
Tokmanni Press release 17 September 2021 at... |
| 12.05.2021 | BARRY CALLEBAUT AG
Barry Callebaut : Artificial intelligence against deforestation | There is growing evidence showing a causal relationship between deforestation, the acceleration of climate change, and the extinction of precious flora and fauna. But identifying and measuring deforestation and the cultivation of specific c... |
| 15.04.2021 | TILRAY, INC.
Aphria Inc. :'s Adult-Use Brands Good Supply and Solei Introduce High Potency Oils to its Product Lineup | Good Supply enters the oil category for the first time with THC 30:0, formulated to contain the highest allowable, cannabinoid content currently available in the Canadian market.
Solei expands successful oil lineup to include Solei Plus+ in... |
| 28.08.2020 | How Do You Save The Rainforests? Britain Has A New Idea | Just hanging on: a critically endangered northern muriqui with baby, photographed in Santa Maria, ... [+] Brazil.Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| 18.06.2020 | Unilever’s Climate Plan: Emissions From Supply Chain And Consumers Are The Real Challenge | Cans of Dove deodorant, produced by Unilever Plc.sit on a shelf at a supermarket in London, U.K., on ... [+] Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Unilever won European Union approval to buy Sara Lee Corp.'s shower-gel and European detergents business ... |
| 28.05.2020 | AgFunder Digitalk #4: The implications of Covid-19 on ESG and impact investing in agrifood | Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in our new What The Fork? series of digitalks for our community. Skip to the end for the recording or head over to our Vimeo page here to find this and other episodes.
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| 11.05.2020 | Palm oil plantations are under pressure to prove they're sustainable — but the process can have devastating effects on local communities and the plantations themselves | Redeem now
Mass production of palm oil around the world has been linked to widespread destruction of rainforests, pollution, and human rights violations.
Some palm plantations are deemed sustainable, but getting certification can take years... |
| 07.03.2020 | #IWD2020: 10 Women Changing The Future Of Impact In Asia | 1
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| 16.12.2019 | Indonesian Fires & The Climate Crisis: Can We Realistically Boycott Palm Oil? | 11 1
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Palm oil is the world’s most versatile vegetable oil. It is present in virtually every consumer product category, from beauty and cosmetics to food and the very material used to construct home furniture. However, ... |
| 18.04.2017 | ‘I’ve never been normal again’: Indonesian women risk health to supply palm oil to the West | PEKANBARU, Indonesia — Much of the palm oil used to keep our ice cream smooth, our chocolate shiny, and our margarine free of trans fats comes from the lush plantations of Indonesia and Malaysia. The big companies that produce the oil for f... |
| 21.11.2016 | A briefing on our investment in Feronia | |
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| 13.11.2013 | Unilever Takes A Step Toward Sustainable Palm Oil | A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. Photo via Marufish/Flickr
It's a step forward in using sustainably-sourced palm oil, and reining in the massive rainforest destruction generally associated with palm oil production: Unilever has announced ... |
| 05.09.2012 | Herakles Loses Out On Environmental Sustainability Rating Following Greenpeace Pressure | US farming Venture Capital giant, Herakles Farms has been forced to withdraw its application to join the sustainable development group known as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO,) following a long-standing opposition campaign whi... |
