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... the australian food and grocery council (afgc) has applauded the decision by the federal government to oppose the food standards amendment (truth in labelling palm oil) bill 2011 ... yesterday, afgc chief executive kate carnell said the palm oil labelling bill would cost the australian food manufacturing industry a$150 million and “would not save any orang-utans” ... 3 per cent of the world’s palm oil and the majority of australian manufacturers have already committed to using palm oil certified by the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo)

... cargill has pledged that the palm oil products it supplies in markets including europe and the us will be certified by the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) or originate from smallholder growers by 2015 ... it added that the pledge would be extended across all of cargill’s oil and trading businesses to cover 100% of its palm oil products and all customers worldwide, including china and india, by 2020 ... “cargill is an active supporter of sustainable palm and has been a member of the rspo since it was founded ... we hope this commitment will encourage more participation across the supply chain and help rspo palm oil become the mainstream”, said cargill vice chairman paul conway ... “this goal will help us meet the rising demand for sustainable palm oil products amongst manufacturers and retailers, while continuing to encourage palm oil producers to adopt more sustainable practices ... ” cargill said that it already offers rspo certified palm oil products to its customers and its refineries in europe, malaysia, the us and australia have received rspo certification ... its oil palm plantation at pt hindoli in sumatra, indonesia has also been certified and smallholder farmers at this location became the first to be certified under the rspo’s smallholder principles & criteria in 2010 ... it said it also has policies in place for responsible palm production in its own plantations, including not planting on high conservation value forests, not developing new plantations on deep peat land or land that would threaten biodiversity and a strict no-burn policy for land preparation

... the senate has passed an amendment to the food act requiring that products containing palm oil be explicitly labelled, rather than described as ‘vegetable oil’ ... the bill was passed by coalition votes, and driven by greens senator rachael siewert and independent senator nick xenophon, both of whom have been vocal in their campaigns on the subject of palm oil ... most of the world’s supply of palm oil, an extremely common ingredient in foods and food additives, is produced in malaysia and indonesia, where it is common practice to clearfell forest for plantations ... senator xenophon also emphasised the consumer health aspect of the labelling, saying that australians consume 10kg of palm oil a year without knowing it, and that while other products labelled as ‘vegetable oil’ contain as little as 2% saturated fat, palm oil is 50% saturated fat ... dompok said the bill seeks to encourage “the use of certified sustainable palm oil in order to promote the protection of wildlife habitat” ... “in this context, malaysia is of the view that labeling palm oil purely from the perspective of sustainable production is discriminatory,” he told bernama, the malaysian national news agency ... “it is with great regret and disappointment that the australian senate has not accorded the due attention contributed by the oil palm industry in malaysia and the sustainable practices adopted

... malaysia, which accounts for over 50 per cent of the world’s total certified sustainable palm oil, should serve as a model for other markets, according to the rspo ... the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) said that the achieving such high levels of production is a reflection of malaysia’s representation and contribution to sustainable palm oil, adding that the country’s success should be used as a ‘solid and encouraging’ model for other countries ... “malaysia is growing from success to success, and is undoubtedly on the crest of a wave right now in the production of sustainable palm oil ... achieving the status as the world’s largest cspo producer in less than three years since certification commenced, while being the world’s second largest producer of crude palm oil (cpo), is no small feat,” said darrel webber, secretary general of rspo ... he added that the expertise gained from such success in the production of sustainable palm oil “will be applied to markets such as thailand; central and west africa, latin and central america

... a new logo allows confectionery, biscuit and other food producers show their commitment to sustainable palm oil, which in turn will boost global demand, says the rspo ... rspo logo aims to leverage consumer consciousness the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) said its new logo is a'milestone' in its bid to encourage production and use of certified sustainable palm oil (cspo) as it will "serve as an impetus for all members in the cspo supply chain to step up their efforts ... " rspo said its brand owner and retailer membership can use the new trademark on packaging as well as in communication about products that contain rspo backed palm oil-derived ingredients ... currently, around nine per cent of all palm oil produced in the world is rspo certified ... use of the rspo trademark is allowed only if at least 95 per cent of a product's palm oil derived components are rspo certified ... products containing palm oil ingredients sourced under the mass balance rspo option must carry the logo as well as the wording 'mixed' on all consumer orientated product communication ... india and china the spokesperson said one of the biggest challenges currently facing the rspo is helping ensure that the conditions are put in place in india and china - two of the biggest consumer markets for palm oil - for greater take-up of cspo ... when asked whether the premium pricing structure around cspo is not a barrier to its wider use in emerging economies, massar argues that: "sustainable will not always equal premium, and cspo will eventually become the norm globally

... a new logo allows confectionery, biscuit and other food producers show their commitment to sustainable palm oil, which in turn will boost global demand, says the rspo ... rspo logo aims to leverage consumer consciousness the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) said its new logo is a'milestone' in its bid to encourage production and use of certified sustainable palm oil (cspo) as it will "serve as an impetus for all members in the cspo supply chain to step up their efforts ... " rspo said its brand owner and retailer membership can use the new trademark on packaging as well as in communication about products that contain rspo backed palm oil-derived ingredients ... currently, around nine per cent of all palm oil produced in the world is rspo certified

... certificates, mass balance and fully segregated palm oil options are not mutually exclusive, but all serve to ensure flexibility in an extremely complex supply chain, claims greenpalm ... palm oil - a complex supply chain the organisation behind the rspo backed palm oil certificate scheme has restated the benefits of the programme in bringing sustainable palm oil to the market, in light of what it calls \"misleading\" claims about it from leading palm oil producer ... earlier this month, the supplier of the food, cosmetics and homecare product ingredient, new britain palm oil limited (nbpol), said a deal to increase the supply of sustainably certified segregated palm oil (cspo) into europe could herald the demise of the greenpalm certification system ... alan chaytor, executive director of nbpol, told this publication that many industry players “view green certificates with a great deal of suspicion as to what effect, if any, purchasing them has on making the palm oil industry sustainable ... ” but bob norman, general manger of greenpalm has retaliated, saying: “the nbpol comments were not in the spirit of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) ... ” wide net and new britain, continued the greenpalm boss, only referred to the european market in its comments and did not take into account the fact that very little of global palm oil production is actually destined for european manufacturers’ use ... 8 million tonnes of certified sustainable material ... he told this publication that for users of palm or palm kernel derivatives, which are “not yet available from certified sustainable sources in sufficient quantities,” the greenpalm programme makes sense as it allows them to “contribute to sustainable production and make supporting claims

... a new deal is set to result in a huge injection of palm oil from certified sustainable sources into europe and could spell the death knell for green certificates, said new britain palm oil limited ... new britain palm oil limited (nbpol) said that it has agreed with palm oil company, wilmar international, to process and jointly market its palm oil in continental europe ... the deal is said to involve the refinement of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum of fully traceable certified segregated palm oil (cspo) palm oil from nbpol’s estates at wilmar’s brake refinery in germany ... palm oil is used in 1 in 10 products in the supermarket including bread, crackers, chips, confectionery, margarine and cereals, as well as personal care and beauty products such as soap and lipstick ... meeting demand for cspo when asked what the impact of this deal would be in terms of european food and cosmetics manufacturers\' palm oil usage being more sustainable, alan chaytor, executive director of nbpol said: “from the brake refinery, nbpol & wilmar have committed to supply 300,000mt pa of segregated cspo ... \" alessandro cagli, corporate social responsibility director, the ferrero group, said the chocolate maker welcomed the move, adding that the two palm oil players were \"serious\'\' about increasing cspo supply in europe ... palm oil variants nbpol said that the palm oil will be available from wilmar’s refinery in brake, germany in a whole range of products in 100 per cent segregated sustainable format from mid-2012 ... chaytor commented that this facility “already has refining capacity for refined palm oil and palm kernel oil, [as well as] fractionation capacity for stearin, olein and interestification ... ” and nbpol added that its refinery in liverpool and wilmar’s plant in brake will assist the other in the specific palm oil product formats that they individually do not have ... according to chaytor, the bulk of food producers\' palm oil needs are from the three or four basic refined grades “as clearly evidenced by the actual refining capacity installed in europe

... new britain palm oil ltd (nbpol) and singapore-based agribusiness wilmar international, owner of sucrogen, have established a supply and marketing deal to provide continental europe with traceable, segregated sustainable palm oil ... the venture will supply uk-listed nbpol with palm oil from plantations in papua new guinea and the solomon islands certified by the roundtable on sustainable palm oil ... the palm oil will be available from wilmar’s refinery in brake, germany ... the refinery in brake has a full capacity of approximately 700,000 tonnes per year, of which 300,000 will be dedicated to palm oil supplied from nbpol’s estates ... alan chaytor, nbpol’s executive director, said: “this is a fantastic opportunity for nbpol and wilmar international to make the supply of segregated traceable certified sustainable palm oil a reality in europe

... new britain palm oil (nbpol) says uk food firms now recognise that tropical oils are the only viable alternative to less healthy fats, as it announces plans to build a new £9m processing plant dedicated to bakery and foodservice products ... due to open in spring 2012, the new facility (due to be built on the site of nbpol's existing liverpool refinery) will produce sustainable palm oil (spo) and its fractions for margarines and bakery fats – for use in pastries and cakes – puff and shortcrust pastry, shortening and bread fats ... uk that the success of the firm’s liverpool £18m refinery since it first came online in may 2010 meant nbpol were able to build the new facility sooner than expected: “we often read that palm oil is only used as a cheap alternative, and in the mid-late 1980s there was perhaps an affordability issue [partly validating this claim] here in the uk and europe,” he said ... ” nbpol has struck an agreement to supply bakery products to supplier bako, and palm oil will also be boxed for the food service sector (restaurants and fish and chip shops) as well as for smaller food manufacturers who do not buy in bulk ... asked if the liverpool refinery – which can process up to 150,000 tonnes of palm a year – had been built to enable nbpol to work more closely with customers to develop bespoke products, worrall said: