POM Insights

Investors lobby RSPO: Why didn’t they just join? A group of investors sent a letter to RSPO last week, calling on the certification body to…

The revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) that emerged from the European Union recently has provided some direction on where the European biofuels market will head…

New biodiesel mandates in Indonesia and Malaysia The biggest news in palm-based biodiesel – surprisingly – has nothing to do with the European Union. Instead,…

Zero Deforestation Comes to the Soy Market The past few weeks have seen a number of new developments on ‘zero deforestation’ initiatives, but this time…

Malaysia right to be wary of France Malaysia’s Ministry of Primary Industries has issued a statement in response to a comment by the French Ambassador…

EU-Indonesia Negotiations Update The Indonesia-EU trade agreement negotiations re-started at the beginning of last week in Brussels. The new round comes after what seemed to…

FTAs and Palm Oil Sustainability The completion of the RED negotiations means that NGOs are having to move on to other targets in the palm…

Last week, The Jakarta Post published an opinion piece by trade and sustainability consultant and Palm Oil Monitor author, Khalil Hegarty. For months the tumultuous,…

EURT Roundup The RSPO European Roundtable (EURT) was recently held in Paris after weeks of lengthy debate around palm in Europe as part of the…

RED II: What Will It Mean for Palm Oil? The RED II Trilogue reached something of a conclusion last week after months of wrangling between the EU Commission,…