Tagged with "European Sustainable Palm Oil (ESPO)"
No palm oil is no solution – sustainable palm oil is
In Europe, there is a growing negative image of palm oil which is leading towards a movement to boycott palm oil instead of using sustainable palm oil. ESPO, IDH’s European…
The future of sustainability within the Palm Oil industry
Think of palm oil, and it’s likely that the forests and swamps of west Africa and Southeast Asia spring to mind. More specifically, at least if you are in Western…
Facts and Figures on Palm Oil Trade Flows & Sustainability
Europe is the main importer of sustainable palm oil. A monitoring report by ESPO, EPOA and the RSPO shows that in 2015, 2 million mass balance and segregated RSPO certified…
Norwegian industry joins commitment for 100% sustainable palm oil
The Norwegian Initiative for Sustainable Palm Oil has signed the Commitment to Support: 100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe by 2020. At the European Palm Oil Conference, the Norwegian Initiative for…
No palm oil is no solution – sustainable palm oil is
Moving towards sustainable palm oil in Europe creates an incentive to make the global palm oil supply more sustainable. NGOs like Greenpeace and Conservation International support the sourcing of credible,…
Commitment to Support 100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe
With the support of various National Palm Oil Initiatives, ESPO (IDH and MVO) instigated in December 2015 a ‘Commitment to Support 100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe by 2020’.
Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg declared governmental support to the Commitment to Support 100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe today at the Oslo REDD Exchange by signing the Amsterdam Palm…
European private sector forces join to ensure a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain in Europe by 2020. The commitment to support 100% sustainable Palm Oil was presented to the…
The Ministry of Development Cooperation and International Trade organized a one-day conference on aid and trade. The Dutch government chairs the EU in the coming six months and aid and…
Minister Ploumen (Ministry of International Trade and Development Cooperation) has expressed her support for the ambition of European Sustainable Palm Oil (ESPO), an initiative of The Netherlands Oils and Fats…