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Palm Oil Monitor was fortunate enough to participate in an extensive webinar in Jakarta earlier this week, covering the future of Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification in the global environment. The webinar was hosted by INDEF, one of Indonesia’s… Read more

Retno to Borrell: Treat palm oil fairly Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has called on the European Union to stop discriminating against palm oil in a meeting with Josep Borrell, the EU’s most senior foreign affairs official. According to news… Read more

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Palm Oil Monitor is hearing numerous rumours that the EU is stalling its second meeting with its ASEAN counterparts for the Joint Working Group (JWG) on vegetable oils. The meeting was supposed to be held this week, but according to… Read more

Belgian agronomist and co-author of the Palm Oil Monitor, Pierre Bois d’Enghien, wrote in Le Soir, Belgium’s leading French-speaking daily newspaper, that Belgium’s decision to ban palm oil biofuels was undermining the cause of sustainability that Europe so desperately seeks.… Read more

Investing in Palm Biofuels Gets a RED Card from Brussels Last week the Commission released its ‘Climate Taxonomy’ document. Basically, this is a new set of regulations that determine whether an investment by an EU bank or institution can be… Read more

Palm Oil Monitor has learned that the UK’s Department for Transport has been looking into introducing new ILUC restrictions on palm oil biofuels. An internal discussion, including consultation with other UK government departments, is already underway, but there has been… Read more

The Vegetable Oil Wars Start Another Round This week Indonesia and the EU will face off over Brussels’ ban on palm oil within the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II). The first WTO Panel meeting taking place in Geneva will be… Read more

Belgium has decided to unilaterally phase out both palm oil and soy-based biofuels from its renewable programs in 2022, well ahead of the EU’s phase out date of 2030 for crop-based biodiesel. The timing of the decision could not have… Read more