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The following is a statement from Pierre Bois d’Enghien, co-host of Palm Oil Monitor, agronomist and environmental expert, on UK Lord Randall and WWF’s comments in The Times UK that Indonesia has weakened their rules on protecting forests since the… Read more

Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Government of Indonesia will terminate its agreement with Norway on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (“REDD”), just months after posting its lowest deforestation on record. The move came after Norway continued… Read more

The Jakarta Post has highlighted activities being undertaken by smallholder farmers in Jambi to further the education of local school children. Smallholder farmers in the West Tanjung Jabung region are operating under a group certification model. Using additional certification credit… Read more

WWF appears to have gone out of its way to discredit Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification in a new report. The report – ‘Due Negligence’ – is an attempt to lobby and influence UK DEFRA into making its forest… Read more

In a wide-ranging interview with Food Navigator, co-host of Palm Oil Monitor Khalil Hegarty posits that the likelihood of a ‘price premium’ for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) is dead. Hegarty makes this reflection based on the realization that Western… Read more

The Norwegian Government has announced its funding allocations for the next iteration of the Norwegian International Climate Forest Initiative (NICFI). NICFI funding has been the source of considerable controversy in Indonesia and around the world because of Norway’s funding of… Read more

Long-term structural changes in global vegetable oil markets have implications on sustainability policies – and the ‘market’ for sustainability — going forward. They also reignite the possibility of a ‘two-tier’ market that goes beyond voluntary certification and structurally locks smallholders… Read more

August represent the beginning of the haze season in Southeast Asia. This means two things. First, and most importantly, is the potential threat to human health and forest areas. Second is campaigns and finger-pointing at the palm oil sector, and… Read more

The US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2021 makes for sobering reading – for critics of palm oil. There have been multiple efforts by different groups over the past year that have attempted to link the Indonesian… Read more

In Food Navigator Asia, co-host of Palm Oil Monitor Khalil Hegarty weighs in with his thoughts on how disagreements over palm oil are causing a stall in ASEAN-EU relations. To read the interview, check out the story here. In the… Read more