… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … is complex. In 2015, this is a dynamic landscape, with companiessigning on to palm oil sustainability and “deforestation-free” pledges at record rates, while on-the ground … literature, news articles, and reports, and to particularly relevant sections of the YaleSchool of Management’s (SOM) palm oil case. These materials can be read on their own, …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … entire palm oil value chain, from growing seedlings and managing over 450,000 hectares of plantation lands to running extraction and refining mills and marketing its own brand of … had not significantly altered the way the company did business, since the company "had sustainability in its blood." GAR also downplayed the importance of the differences among …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat … as would-be oil palm growersset fire to rainforests and peatlands to clear them for planting. The demand for palm oil had skyrocketed from 1990-2010 and crude palm oil (CPO) became the most highly traded edible oil. The palm oil boom had significant impact on economic development in rural Indonesia. Forty percent of Indonesia’s palm oil …
… In early 2014 Alcoa announced that Ford's F-150 pick-up trucks, the best-selling vehicles in the U.S., would use aluminum1 rather than sheet steel in the … body construction from aluminum. Alcoa spent $300 million expanding its Iowa factory and planned another $150 million on facilities in Tennessee to meet the demand generated by the …
… Throughout the world, Cummins Inc. meant diesels. The company designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel and natural gas … implementation of each new round of emissionsstandards made it difficult for Cummins to plan its manufacturing and meet its Mission Statement. Chapman wondered if the company …