Is the Roundtable on sustainable palm oil greenwashing?
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was formed in 2004 to promote the more sustainable and ethical production of palm oil. However, very little palm oil is certified through the organization, and some groups have criticized it as greenwashing.
How much oil does a palm oil farm produce per hectare?
In 2016, it was found that palm oil farms produce around 4.17 metric tons of oil per hectare. By contrast other oils, such as sunflower, soybean, or peanut only produce 0.56, 0.39, and 0.16 metric tons respectively per hectare.
Does palm oil fuel Indigenous land fight?
"Guatemala’s growing palm oil industry fuels Indigenous land fight". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 December 2021.