2023
- Friday, November 10 Palm Oil Monitor: Is the Palm-Fire Narrative Dead?
- Friday, September 29 “Six million data points”: Is the EUDR Implementable?
- Friday, September 15 Temperature Rising Around JTF
- Friday, September 8 Deep Dive: The EU’s Circumvention Folly
- Wednesday, August 23 Why do activists treat Indonesian fires differently?
- Monday, August 21 ICYMI: ITC chief tells FT that EUDR could be “catastrophic”
- Friday, August 18 Joint Task Force: Benchmarking Transparency is Key to Progress
- Friday, August 11 Indonesia Gains New Allies, But Will Brussels Wake Up?
- Tuesday, August 1 An EUDR FAQ; Big Questions Ahead of the Task Force Meeting
- Friday, July 21 Indonesia Consolidates EUDR Position
- Sunday, July 2 Are Indonesia’s Deforestation Rates a Win for Brussels?
- Monday, June 26 EU-Indonesia Ties in Free-Fall, Brussels Plays Defence
- Monday, June 19 EUDR: Hartarto Versus Timmerman’s Tin Ear
- Friday, June 9 Fires in Canada and Indonesia: Blame Games
- Tuesday, June 6 Indonesia to Halt FTA Negotiations on Back of EUDR
- Friday, May 19 Can’t EU Farmers Compete Against Waste Products?
- Friday, May 12 Is EU Ambassador Rokas Misleading Southeast Asia?
- Thursday, April 27 A New Problem for the EUDR: National Security and State Espionage
- Tuesday, April 4 Special Investigation: The EU’s Secret Anti-Palm Programs
- Monday, April 3 EU ‘copy paste’ EUDR response at WTO
- Monday, March 27 Indonesia’s Smallholders: EUDR “a violation of human rights”
- Monday, March 20 Delays, Protests and Pushback: A Watershed Week in Palm
- Monday, February 27 Is the EU Listening to Palm Oil Producers?
- Tuesday, February 21 The Millions Behind Anti-Palm Campaigns
- Sunday, February 12 CPOPC Meet Consolidates Region on Palm
- Wednesday, February 1 Can the EU Salvage its ASEAN Relationships?
- Thursday, January 19 EU Lives in Denial, Greenpeace Ditches Global South
- Sunday, January 15 POM Special Alert: ASEAN Anger Grows as EU Vote Looms
- Tuesday, January 10 Jakarta and Putrajaya Find Unity Against Brussels
- Thursday, December 8 The Deforestation Regulation: Win or Lose for Palm?
- Monday, December 5 The Deforestation Regulation: Is the EU Turning its Back on ‘Fair’ Trade?
- Wednesday, November 23 Can RSPO Make the Grade? Part 2: Labour
- Tuesday, November 22 Can RSPO Make the Grade? Part 1: The Deforestation Regulation
- Tuesday, November 15 The EU’s WTO Palm Case Approaches Judgement Day
- Monday, October 31 EU Delays Food Labels: Crisis and Opportunity
- Thursday, October 27 Could Borrell’s Comments Kill the Green Deal?
- Monday, October 10 Does FOE’s Attack on Astra Stack Up?
- Thursday, October 6 More RED Faces in Brussels?
- Wednesday, September 28 The Deforestation Regulation Part 4: The EU’s RED Palm Ban – A Big Contradiction
- Sunday, September 25 The Deforestation Regulation Part 2: The Parliament Doubles Down
- Wednesday, September 21 The Deforestation Regulation: The EU Empire Strikes Back
- Tuesday, September 6 Brussels’ Green Ministers Head to Indonesia
- Thursday, August 25 Europe’s Green Deal Zeal: DOA with ASEAN Chiefs?
- Thursday, June 23 Norway’s New Attack on Palm Smallholders
- Sunday, May 15 Prices and Deforestation: WSJ Misses the Real Story
- Wednesday, May 4 RSPO and Human Rights: Late to the Party?
- Wednesday, April 27 Decoding Indonesia’s Palm Export Ban
- Thursday, March 31 ‘King Richard’s palm hypocrisy gets slapped
- Wednesday, March 9 Is Europe’s Trade Agenda Tanking in ASEAN?
- Sunday, February 13 UK-Indonesia: A Roadmap to Nowhere?
- Wednesday, February 2 Politico’s Europe Arm Takes the Greenpeace Bait Hook, Line, and Sinker
- Monday, January 17 Jokowi Revokes 3 million ha of Forestry Permits; NGOs Ignore the Good News
- Tuesday, December 21 Jokowi Calls out France; Malaysia’s Responsible Employment Charter Announcement
- Wednesday, December 8 EU Deforestation Regulation: Can We Expect a Trade War?
- Friday, November 19 Labor Rights In The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector: On The Right Path?
- Thursday, November 18 Greenpeace and Legality, Round Two
- Monday, November 15 Palm Oil’s Due Diligence Battle Is About to Heat Up
- Wednesday, November 10 UK Spin on COP26 Declaration Angers Indonesia
- Thursday, November 4 BBC Gets On The Anti-Indonesia Bandwagon
- Monday, November 1 EXCLUSIVE: Is the BBC now Norway’s new ‘voice’ in Indonesia?
- Monday, September 27 UK’s Due Diligence Approach is Popular: Will the EU Follow Suit?
- Monday, September 13 BREAKING: Norway Flip Flops on Deforestation Payment Commitment to Indonesia
- Sunday, September 12 Palm Oil and Child Workers
- Tuesday, August 31 WWF Lobbies DEFRA, Undermines Indonesia
- Monday, August 23 ICYMI: ‘Price Premium’ for CSPO is Dead says POM
- Wednesday, August 18 Is Norway Funding anti-Palm Oil Campaigns in Indonesia?
- Sunday, August 8 ANALYSIS: Are we facing a two-tier vegetable oil market?
- Thursday, July 29 It’s Haze Time Again… (in America) and More
- Tuesday, July 20 TIP clears Indonesian palm oil, criticises Italy and Norway
- Monday, July 5 Indonesia announces new measures on Child Labour
- Thursday, June 17 Western-funded Groups Launch Apparent Coordinated Attack on ISPO
- Wednesday, June 9 International Recognition for ISPO | INDEF Webinar Recap
- Tuesday, May 4 Palm Oil Monitor Exclusive: UK Rethinking its ILUC Mistake
- Wednesday, April 21 The Belgium Ban: Taking PR Lessons from King Leopold
- Thursday, April 15 The Indonesia-UK Joint Partnership Forum Is a Big Deal for Palm Oil
- Thursday, April 8 Is EU Ambassador Piket Pulling A Fast One on Producer Countries?
- Thursday, March 11 SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Greenpeace’s Certification Play in Brussels
- Monday, March 8 Swiss Voters Choose Open Trade, Indonesia and Palm Oil
- Wednesday, March 3 The Swiss Referendum: What it Means for EFTA, the EU and ASEAN
- Tuesday, December 22 The EU’s Deforestation Regulation: Rifts Emerge
- Wednesday, December 9 The EU Backs Down on Palm Brinksmanship
- Wednesday, December 2 Labor, Abuse and Palm Oil
- Monday, November 23 The Flawed Logic of the Palm-Poverty-Certification Narrative
- Monday, November 16 UK Due Diligence: A Certification Solution
- Sunday, November 8 Is London Pursuing a Due Diligence Standard for Ukrainian Sunflower?
- Monday, November 2 Greenpeace Attacks Jokowi on Fires, Ignores US and Australia
- Thursday, October 22 Norway’s Attack Against President Jokowi Fails the Smell Test
- Tuesday, October 13 Why Is Norway Secretly Funding Attacks Against President Jokowi’s Omnibus Law?
- Sunday, October 4 Lord Goldsmith and the $700 Billion Question
- Monday, September 28 European Commission: A Hall of Mirrors?
- Tuesday, September 22 Does [UK] DEFRA Want a VPA for Palm Oil Due Diligence?
- Sunday, September 13 Who is Darrell Lea and why did they boycott palm oil?
- Tuesday, September 8 Indonesian MPs hit out at EU-backed smear campaigns
- Tuesday, September 1 IN DEPTH: The UK’s New Due Diligence Strategy
- Wednesday, August 19 U.S. Commerce Department slapped down on RI biodiesel duties
- Thursday, August 13 Indonesia “Demands Fairness” in Palm Trade
- Wednesday, August 5 Indonesia Picks Up Allies In WTO Palm Fight
- Wednesday, July 29 ANALYSIS: WTO Moves Ahead with Indonesia’s Complaint Against EU
- Sunday, July 26 Indonesia, Malaysia and the WTO: Will They? Won’t They?
- Thursday, July 23 Europe’s F2F Strategy = CAP 3.0
- Sunday, July 19 Norway Confirms Indonesia on Right Track; 3-MCPD Update
- Tuesday, May 26 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 27th May 2020
- Wednesday, May 13 ICYMI: Palm Oil Monitor Featured in Food Navigator Asia
- Tuesday, May 5 An Explainer on the Malaysian 3-MCPD Walkback
- Monday, April 27 The Malaysian Walkback on 3-MCPD Undermines Producer Unity
- Tuesday, April 21 Debunking the COVID-Palm Oil Link Conspiracy
- Tuesday, March 24 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 25th March 2020
- Monday, March 23 Is Norway Trying to Sink Indonesia-EFTA Over Palm Oil?
- Monday, March 9 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 9th March 2020
- Sunday, March 1 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 2nd March 2020
- Thursday, February 20 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 20th February 2020
- Wednesday, February 19 ICYMI: Palm Oil Monitor Co-Host and Agronomist Weights in on EU Palm Oil Debate
- Wednesday, February 19 Palm Oil Debate Betrays EU Commitment to Truth & Science
- Monday, February 10 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 10th February 2020
- Tuesday, January 28 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 28 January 2020
- Thursday, December 12 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 12th December 2019
- Wednesday, December 4 EXPOSED: ILUC MAKES A COMEBACK
- Tuesday, December 3 CNN Report on Borneo Fires: Reliable or Fake News?
- Thursday, November 28 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 28th November 2019
- Monday, October 7 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 7th October 2019
- Tuesday, October 1 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 1st October 2019
- Tuesday, September 17 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 17th September
- Tuesday, September 10 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 10th September 2019
- Tuesday, September 3 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 3rd September 2019
- Thursday, August 22 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 22nd August 2019
- Wednesday, August 14 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 14th August 2019
- Wednesday, August 7 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 7th August 2019
- Wednesday, July 31 The EU Communication on Deforestation: Worse Than It Seems
- Monday, July 22 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 22nd July 2019
- Wednesday, June 12 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 12th June 2019
- Monday, June 3 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 3rd June 2019
- Tuesday, May 28 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 28th May 2019
- Tuesday, May 21 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 21st May 2019
- Tuesday, May 7 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 7th May 2019
- Monday, April 29 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 29th April 2019
- Wednesday, April 24 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 24th April 2019
- Sunday, April 14 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 15th April 2019
- Monday, April 8 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 8th April 2019
- Wednesday, April 3 Palm Oil Monitor Exclusive: Indonesia Blocks Imports, EU Scrambles
- Tuesday, April 2 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 2nd April 2019
- Thursday, March 21 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 21st March 2019
- Wednesday, March 13 Palm Oil Monitor Exclusive: Analysing the EU’s Scientific Report on Biofuels
- Monday, March 11 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 11th March 2019
- Thursday, March 7 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 7th March 2019
- Monday, February 25 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 25th February 2019
- Monday, February 18 Palm Oil Monitor Special Edition: Analysis of Europe’s Delegated Act
- Thursday, February 14 ICYMI Euractiv: Europe’s Palm Oil Strategy Is Fading
- Sunday, February 10 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 11th February 2019
- Monday, February 4 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 4th February 2019
- Monday, January 21 Palm Oil Monitor Special Edition Exclusive: PM Mahathir’s letter to Macron
- Thursday, January 17 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 18 January 2019
- Wednesday, January 9 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 9 January 2019
- Monday, January 7 Is Brussels Preparing to Delay Palm Oil Delegated Act?
- Thursday, December 20 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 20 December 2018
- Wednesday, December 12 Purdue’s Sub-par Palm Research
- Monday, December 10 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 10 December 2018
- Monday, December 3 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 3rd December 2018
- Monday, November 26 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 26 November 2018
- Thursday, November 15 RSPO Daily Update: 15th November 2018
- Wednesday, November 14 RSPO Daily Update – 14th November 2018
- Wednesday, November 14 Latest from Brussels
- Tuesday, November 13 RSPO Daily Update – 13th November 2018
- Monday, November 12 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 12th November 2018
- Monday, November 5 Indonesia Sounds Alarm over Brussels’ Biofuels Trojan Horse
- Tuesday, October 30 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 30th October 2018
- Wednesday, October 24 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 25th October 2018
- Monday, October 15 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 15th October 2018
- Thursday, October 11 HCS 101 PART 3: Can HCS Be Changed?
- Monday, October 8 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 8th October 2018
- Monday, October 1 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 1st October 2018
- Thursday, September 27 HCS 101 PART 2: SPOM
- Monday, September 24 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 24th September 2018
- Wednesday, September 19 Comments on the IUCN Report: “Oil Palm and Biodiversity”
- Thursday, September 13 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 13th September
- Wednesday, September 5 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 5th September 2018
- Friday, August 24 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 24th August 2018
- Wednesday, August 22 HCS 101: What Is HCS?
- Thursday, August 16 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 16th August 2018
- Tuesday, August 7 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 7th August 2018
- Tuesday, July 31 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 31st July 2018
- Thursday, July 26 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 26th July 2018
- Wednesday, July 18 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 18th July 2018
- Monday, July 9 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 9th July 2018
- Tuesday, June 26 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 26th June 2018
- Tuesday, June 5 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 5th June 2018
- Tuesday, May 22 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 22nd May 2018
- Thursday, May 17 POM Exclusive: Documents Detail RED Negotiations in Brussels
- Monday, May 14 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 14th May
- Tuesday, May 8 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 8th May 2018
- Friday, May 4 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update 4th May 2018
- Tuesday, April 24 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update, 24th April, 2018
- Monday, April 16 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update, 16th April, 2018
- Friday, March 2 EU’s commitment test in Asia
2019
- Wednesday, December 4 EXPOSED: ILUC MAKES A COMEBACK