All Palm Oil articles
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News
UK grocers lead the way in WWF’s sustainable palm oil ranking
Sainsbury’s and M&S jumped to the top spots alongside Waitrose and Co-op
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The Big Interview
Tony’s supply chain guru on changing chocolate sourcing for good
To fight child exploitation, Tony’s Chocolonely open chain lead Joke Aerts wants to apply its five sourcing principles at scale. How is she going about the task?
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News
Yeast-made palm oil biotech company secures £2.5m funding boost
Its go-to-market product is an equivalent to high oleic palm oil, with an equivalent nutritional and fatty acid composition
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Analysis and Features
Oils 2023: Brands ride out massive price rises
The Ukraine war has taken its toll on cooking oils this year
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Analysis and Features
Will 2024 bring an end to key commodity turbulence?
Buyers will be hoping for the ‘semblance of normality’ experts predict – but El Niño and other costs mean it won’t be simple
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News
Lab grown fat business partners with Roberts Bakery on ‘circular ecosystem’
The initial focus of the partnership will involve utilising surplus bread as feedstock for yeast fermentation
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News
KTC launches new sustainable palm oil range
The range will initially include Planet Palm Oil as well as three specialist bakery products
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: The Flower Farm’s Marcel van Wing on palm oil and family
‘I lived in Indonesia and saw with my own eyes the damage to the rainforest for palm oil’
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News
City snapshot: Profits plunge at palm oil producer MP Evans as prices stabilise
Profits have plummeted by 62% at London-listed palm oil producer MP Evans as record high prices in the wake of the Ukraine war returned to more normal levels.
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The Big Interview
How Napoleon inspired Mighty Earth founder Glenn Hurowitz to tackle Big Meat
Growing up, Glenn Hurowitz believed he could save the planet. Now, the founder of climate action group Mighty Earth is taking on Big Meat, which he feels does more environmental harm than any industry
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Analysis and Features
Could a new palm oil alternative help save the planet?
Clean Food Group says its alternative is ‘sustainable and scalable’
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News
Palm oil alternative maker Clean Food Group secures major backer
Clean Food Group will use the cash to “scale up its technology platform whilst advancing critical regulatory and commercial pathways” it said
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News
City snapshot: Dekel Agri-Vision profits fall despite record palm oil prices
Profits at Dekel Agri-Vision have fallen despite the company benefitting from record palm oil prices as a poor harvest hit production at the agribusiness group.
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Comment and Opinion
Joining the CPTPP is a gateway to lower food standards
The removal of the 12% tariff on palm oil from Malaysia is a major cause for concern, says Pip Murray, founder of Pip & Nut
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Comment and Opinion
Businesses must prepare for new EU deforestation regulations
Upcoming EU laws will require importers to demonstrate no deforestation has occurred in their supply chains, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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News
Malaysian palm oil tariffs relaxation comes under fire
Palm oil production has been linked to illegal deforestation and biodiversity loss in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia
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News
Cake manufacturers face heavy palm oil disruption over EU deforestation laws
New due diligence legislation will require businesses trading in or with the EU to prove their supply chains are deforestation-free
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News
Palm oil-free spread The Flower Farm secures Sainsbury’s listing
The Dutch-owned brand has expanded its presence in the UK with its first major retail listing
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Analysis and Features
Can WWF’s ‘critical friend’ approach get mults to deliver on climate?
WWF insists being a ‘critical friend’ is more likely to get results than slamming supermarkets for sustainability failures
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News
European olive oil output to fall by a quarter, EU Commission warns
Plunging output in Italy and Spain would be offset “to some extent” by a strong Greek harvest and by imports from outside the EU