… world, they face numerous obstacles when it comes to maintaining and creating strong environmental commitments. The circular economy represents one of the biggest environmental … model and promotes the elimination of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allows companies to evaluate the environmentalimpact of their products from natural resource extraction to end-of-life product disposal. …
… was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, ourshampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, … alternative to other vegetable oils, production pressures have led to undeniable environmental and socialimpacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impactsstem from …
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… 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) hasbeen in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 … the world’s leading exporter of crude palm oil. The palm oil boom, however, concerned environmentalists. Palm oil plantations had been carved out of precious rainforest and peat … targeted a GAR customer, Nestlé, with a report and a provocative video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly bowed to the demands of Greenpeace and dropped GAR as a …
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… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development … of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the agreement was named) represented … to mill, refine, and export the substance. However, oil palm cultivation had created social tensions as many rural inhabitants claimed that large plantation companies had …
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