• Is oil palm production sustainable?
  • Oil palm is an important commodity contributing to livelihoods of many communities and governments around the world. However, its cultivation and continuous expansion due to high and increasing demand has led to many negative effects leading to a call to make production sustainable.
  • What is sustainability in palm oil trade?
  • Sustainability in palm oil trade entails having a global supply chain based on environmentally friendly and socially acceptable production and sourcing. Much has been done in understanding and responding to impacts on the environment but not so much on social impacts partly due to a lack of information.
  • What is a sustainable palm oil Integrated Biorefinery network?
  • Anaerobic treatment of POME produces biogas that is currently used for electricity production. The case study for developing a sustainable palm oil integrated biorefinery network is aimed at achieving improvements in economic indicators and environmental impacts beyond a base case without any integration. 4.2. Generation of alternatives
  • Where is oil palm management research based?
  • While oil palm management research continues to be centered in Southeast Asia, different regions exhibit different environmental and socio-economic conditions that might influence the effectiveness of a given intervention .
  • Where is palm oil sourced?
  • rnel crushing plants and refineries. As a trader of major commodities around the world, our key activities in the palm supply chain include sourcing, trading and refining il from third-party mill suppliers1. We buy some of the oil directly from mills; the majority of the oil is sourced indirectly via tra
  • Should sustainability research be integrated into the palm oil sector?
  • Despite a growing call for the integration of a broad range of disciplines and stakeholder perspectives into sustainability research (Hirsch Hadorn et al., 2008; Hospes et al., 2017), to date such approaches remain largely absent in the palm oil sector.