When you start looking, palm oil is everywhere. It’s found in food – yes, Naomi, it is found in chocolate – and in cosmetics and hygiene products. Imagine, then, just how much is needed to make our world of hygienic, chocolate-happy people go round.
77,000 square miles of palm oil plantations, actually.
RSPO unites stakeholders along the palm oil supply chain, helping smallholders and protecting indigenous groups. Primary o0r biodiverse forest is protected and pollution is monitored. This is checked by inspectors.
The RSPO claims to have saved about 250,000 football pitches of rainforest.
… However. Naturally, it isn’t perfect. It’s best to check whether the company is using or just supporting sustainable palm oil – you can be a member and no do anything. Also, as it relies on honesty and NGOs, the system has chances of being cheated.
The Palm Oil Integration Group is now working to ensure their standards are being lived up to.
So if in doubt: check!
https://www.rspo.org/about#about-sustainable-palm-oil
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/what-rspo
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Shandin Rickard-Hughes commented on Day 12: How sustainable IS sustainable palm oil? 3 years agoExcellent work looking deeper Naomi! I am hoping to be honest that we will just start using alternatives - even 'sustainable' palm oil is dubious as you've uncovered. I remember hearing about these guys starting a movement in Scotland back in 2019 and it looks like they are up and running, but small scale - rescuing coffee grounds from cafes and creating a palm oil substitute with them! https://revive-eco.com/ Respond
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