Indian food giant to source deforestation-free palm oil; Mongabay.com; http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0319-orkla-zero-deforestation.html; Orkla, a Nordic conglomerate that owns MTR Foods, one of India's major food companies, has established a zero deforestation policy for the palm oil it sources, reports Greenpeace... Orkla's policy commits it to full traceability and bars palm oil produced via forest and peatlands conversion by 2017. There are also provisions for workers rights and local communities.
Read: http://www.orkla.com/content/download/81608/16345118/file/Orkla%20Policy%20for%20sustainable%20palm%20oil.pdf
General Mills ramps up palm oil pledge to consider deforestation; BakeryAndSnacks.com 25 March 2014; http://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Manufacturers/General-Mills-ramps-up-palm-oil-pledge-to-consider-deforestation; The cereal and snack titan said that while it was a, “relatively minor user of palm oil”, it remained committed to sourcing 100% of its palm oil responsibly and sustainably by 2015 - a pledge it first made in 2010. General Mills said it would continue ...
Colgate-Palmolive Latest Company to Jump on Deforestation-Free Palm Oil ...; Union of Concerned Scientists - Mar 24, 2014; http://www.ucsusa.org/news/commentary/colgate-palmolive-deforestation-free-palm-oil-0405.html; BERKELEY, Calif. (March 24, 2014) - Just days after General Mills committed to sourcing deforestation-free palm oil, Colgate-Palmolive today released its palm oil sourcing policy. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), major companies ...
Procter & Gamble think they can ignore deforestation - here's how we turn up the pressure; Greenpeace UK (blog); The companies you buy palm oil from are cutting down huge areas of rainforest - Greenpeace has photographic evidence from palm oil companies; http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/procter-gamble-think-they-can-ignore-deforestation-heres-how-we-turn-pressure-20140318
Procter & Gamble bows to pressure on palm oil deforestation; The Guardian, 9 April 2014; http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/09/procter-gamble-bows-to-pressure-on-palm-oil-deforestation; Procter & Gamble has bowed to pressure from environmentalists and revealed a new, extensive no-deforestation policy in the production of its products, including demanding fully traceable palm oil from suppliers. In the wake of severe criticism by a ...
and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/palm-oil-procter-gamble_n_5112715.html?utm_hp_ref=green
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