POM Insights

African Farmers and RED Gain Attention Our colleague Thompson Ayodele from the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis in Nigeria has highlighted the EU’s attitude towards…

Nestle: Who Needs Greenpeace? Greenpeace’s action against Wilmar and other firms has highlighted the work being undertaken by Nestle and The Forest Trust in conjunction…

The first two blogs in this series looked at how the ‘high carbon stock’ idea has been introduced into both European regulation (under the Renewable…

Has the EU Predetermined ‘High Risk’ Biofuels? The EU’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Vincent Guérend, has raised eyebrows in the region by stating that the EU…

Indonesia Tries Another Moratorium The Indonesian government has said that it has put in place a presidential instruction that halts new palm oil developments for…

In our last piece we analysed High Carbon Stock as it is understood by two key stakeholders in the palm oil debate: the European Commission,…

COMMENTARY: Is the GAR spat putting the HCS Group at risk? The Golden-Agri Resources-Greenpeace spat has escalated since we wrote about it briefly last week….

The new IUCN Report Oil Palm and Biodiversity has generated a considerable response in both the French and English media. This includes outlets such as…

The Haze Season Campaign Begins The end of the dry season is approaching in Southeast Asia. For many countries it also represents the beginning of…

Is GAR attacking Greenpeace? Golden Agri Resources appears to have lost its patience with the ‘no palm oil’ campaigns in the European Union. Its sustainability…