Cargill Exposed: A Trail Of Human Rights Abuses

Posted August 31, 2011 in The Understory

Much like the story with palm oil suppliers IOI and KLK, Cargill is again implicated in serious human rights abuses through it’s palm oil supplier Wilmar. News of yet another…

Malaysia’s “Sustainable” Palm Oil Just Pure Greenwash

Posted August 12, 2011 in The Understory

Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil. Photo: astromediashop As I reported on Monday, the Malaysian government—hand in hand with the country’s largest palm oil companies—is attempting to undermine the RSPO’s “sustainable palm…

What is Sustainable Palm Oil? Part Three

Posted August 5, 2011 in The Understory

This is the third and final installment in a series of posts that endeavors to answer a simple question: What is sustainable palm oil? The answer, of course, is anything…

Cargill: Too Little Too Late

Posted July 12, 2011 in The Understory

Today, Cargill updated its palm oil commitments. While it’s significant that Cargill has committed to a global baseline of RSPO certification, the RSPO in its current form does not guarantee…

What is Sustainable Palm Oil? Part Two

Posted July 1, 2011 in The Understory

The first blog post in this series explored the environmental, social, transparency and enforcement weaknesses of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the dominant certification standard for palm oil…

What is Sustainable Palm Oil? Part One

Posted June 22, 2011 in The Understory

What is Sustainable Palm Oil? Part one of a three-part series. Palm oil has become an increasingly hot topic over the last year. This thick, long-lasting oil is found in…

Applauding Won’t Cut It, Girl Scouts USA

Posted April 4, 2011 in The Understory

It’s been two weeks since you joined us in supporting the work of two Girl Scouts, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, in asking Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) to get rainforest-destroying…