Unilever, as a founding member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), responded by publicising its plan to obtain all of its palm oil from sources that are certified as sustainable by 2015. It claims to have met this goal in 2012 and is encouraging the rest of the industry to become 100% sustainable by 2020.
Can palm oil be 100% sustainable by 2020?
It claims to have met this goal in 2012 and is encouraging the rest of the industry to become 100% sustainable by 2020. In Côte d’Ivoire, one of Unilever’s palm oil suppliers was accused of clearing forest for plantations, an activity that threatened a primate species, Miss Waldron’s red colobus.
Are palm oil plantations causing deforestation in Indonesia?
The United Nations Environmental Programme stated that palm oil plantations are the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.