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2023
  • 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
2022
  • Sunday, December 18 Jokowi Sends Clear Message to Brussels: Deforestation Regulation Risks Europe’s Future in Indonesia
  • 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
  • Monday, September 26 The Deforestation Regulation Part 3: Norway’s Reset with Jakarta – An Example for Brussels?
  • 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
2021
  • 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?
  • Monday, November 22 Two Days Before Event on Labor Rights In The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector: On The Right Path?
  • 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?
  • Sunday, October 24 ICYMI: Failure Of Indonesia-Norway REDD A Major Lesson For Brussels, Wealthy Nations
  • Sunday, October 17 Event Today on Smallholder Farmers and Sustainability Certification with Palm Oil Monitor
  • Wednesday, October 13 Event: Smallholder Farmers and Sustainability Certification: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Monday, October 4 Germany Moves to Ban Palm Oil; Distracts from its Peatland for Biomass Destruction
  • Monday, September 27 UK’s Due Diligence Approach is Popular: Will the EU Follow Suit?
  • Friday, September 17 Statement From Pierre Bois d’Enghien, Agronomist And Environmental Expert, On Lord Randall’s Comments About Indonesia
  • 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
  • Tuesday, July 6 ICYMI: Palm Oil at Heart of ASEAN-EU Impasse Says Palm Oil Monitor
  • 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
  • Monday, June 7 Borrell Criticized by Indonesian Minister | Norwegian Confusion | Zuckerman’s Iceland Moment
  • Sunday, June 6 Event Today on Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil, hosted by INDEF & with Palm Oil Monitor
  • Friday, June 4 Event: The Future of Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil – Monday 7 June, 2021 09.00 AM Hosted by INDEF
  • Thursday, May 27 EXCLUSIVE: Is Brussels Intentionally Delaying the ASEAN Joint-Working Group?
  • Monday, May 17 ICYMI – Belgian Palm Oil Expert: Belgium Boycott Undermines Sustainable Development
  • Wednesday, May 12 Palm Oil Monitor: Investing in Palm Biofuels Gets a RED Card from Brussels
  • Tuesday, May 4 Palm Oil Monitor Exclusive: UK Rethinking its ILUC Mistake
  • Wednesday, April 28 Palm Oil Monitor: Vegetable Oil Wars at WTO | T&E Takes Swipe at UCO | Is WWF Abandoning RSPO?
  • 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, April 1 POM Update: CDP Report | New Attack on Palm | Palm Pandemic Folly Returns | Back to Iceland
  • Sunday, March 14 Palm Oil Monitor: ‘Buttergate’ | EU RED | Why is the UK Giving Brazil an Easy Run on Deforestation?
  • 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
2020
  • 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?
  • Friday, September 18 ICYMI: Indonesia calls on UK to adopt ‘Mutual Recognition’ on palm oil – Exclusive Insights from POM
  • 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
  • Monday, August 3 ICYMI: WTO Moves Ahead With Indonesia’s Palm Oil Complaint Against EU
  • 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
  • Tuesday, May 19 ICYMI: WHO Backs Down Following Pressure from CPOPC and Indonesia
  • 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
  • Monday, April 13 EXCLUSIVE: DEFRA’s Stealthy Plot to Undermine Britain’s Free Trade Deals in SE Asia Exposed 
  • Tuesday, March 31 POM Weekly Update – 31 March 2020 | UK Government Funds Anti-Indonesian Campaign
  • Tuesday, March 24 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 25th March 2020
  • Monday, March 23 Is Norway Trying to Sink Indonesia-EFTA Over Palm Oil?
  • Friday, March 13 Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update – 16th March 2020 A New Approach from KL?
  • Tuesday, March 10 Dutch Royal visit in Indonesia: The Opportunity for the Dutch to Commit Against the EU Palm Oil Ban
  • 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
2019
  • 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?
2018
  • 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
  • Wednesday, July 11 ICYMI: The Jakarta Post sets the stage for the EU’s continued war on Palm Oil
  • 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 23 Palm Oil Monitor News Alert: Palm Oil Ban Puts Hundreds of UK Jobs At Risk
  • Wednesday, April 18 Palm Oil Monitor Alert: Indonesia-EU Trade Deal at Risk over Biofuels; A400M Deal Under Review
  • Monday, April 16 Palm Oil Monitor – Weekly Update, 16th April, 2018
  • Monday, April 9 Debut of New Palm Oil Monitor Covering Trade, Sustainability and Environment
  • Friday, March 2 EU’s commitment test in Asia
2019
  • Wednesday, December 4 EXPOSED: ILUC MAKES A COMEBACK
  • Tuesday, October 22 EXPOSED: Internal EU Documents Reveal Brussels’ ‘Need to Know’ Strategy on Palm Oil

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