“Unilever, Kellogg, Mars Drop Major Palm Oil Supplier After RSPO Revokes Its Certification” – Sustainable Brands – April 4, 2016
On April 4, 2016 Sustainable Brands reported that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has suspended the Indonesian company IOI Group’s certification, six years after NGOs published a critical report of the Malaysian palm oil producer. In response to the suspension, Kellogg, Mars and Unilever all announced that they would halt sourcing from IOI […]
“Why haven’t more Latin American countries joined EITI?” – Devex – April 4, 2016
An article published on Devex on April 4, 2016 ponders why more Latin American countries have not joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). According to the article, only four countries from Central and South America — Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru — and two countries from the Caribbean – the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are […]