The first shipment of palm oil certified as environmentally sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is on its way from the rainforests of Malaysia to the UK this week, where it will eventually end up on the shelves of Sainsbury’s supermarkets.
Last year, the trade group launched a certification scheme designed to allow palm oil producers to prove their crops have come from legal and environmentally sustainable plantations that have not contributed to rainforest clearance.
The scheme has won significant support from both plantation operators and palm oil purchasers – including Tesco, Nestle, Sainsbury’s and Unilever, all of which have signed up to join the RSPO – who have faced criticism from green groups for indirectly supporting illegal plantations that result in the destruction of rainforest in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Read more
Source: Business Green
Editor Note: But Greenpeace has its doubts. I would as well.
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