Podcasts about golden agri resources

This week: The second in the state of sustainable business series, Brendan May, business expert and founder of Robertsbridge, talks with Ian Welsh about new emerging trends going into the new year. They highlight disclosure fatigue, and the importance of streamlining business efforts and focus on impactful environmental actions. Plus: quick-fire insights from palm oil business Golden Agri-Resources' Tony Kettinger at the scope 3 innovation forum in Washington DC. In conversation with Ian Welsh, they discuss how value chain actors can collaborate and engagement on decarbonisation. And, Coca-Cola is retreating on plastic sustainability goals, focusing instead on weaker recycling efforts; the European Union approves the new packaging and packaging waste directive; according to the World Economic Forum, climate change can threaten business on economic loss; the Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple for allegedly using conflict minerals in its supply chain; and, the European Union Deforestation Regulation is officially delayed by a year, in the news digest, by Ellen Atiyah. Host: Ian Welsh

This week: Innovation Forum's Emily Heslop and Ian Welsh share the latest updates on the upcoming sustainable commodities and land use forum in Amsterdam, 22nd-23rd October. They talk about agenda and speaker highlights coming up, specifically focusing on discussions around regenerating nature and biodiversity. Click here for information on how to get involved. And do listen out for a special podcast listeners discount.    Plus: insights from Golden Agri-Resources' chief sustainability and communications officer Anita Neville, speaking with Ian at last year's forum. She discusses what the implementation of EU deforestation regulation could look like at the end of 2024 and consequences business should be looking out and prepare for. 

This week: Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh talks with Emily Heslop about the latest updates for this year's sustainable commodities and land use forum, which will focus on how to transform agriculture for climate and nature resilient supply. Click here for information on how to get involved. Plus: a recap of last year's sustainable commodities and land use forum, when Ian Welsh spoke with some expert participants about the how businesses are reacting to the incoming EU deforestation regulation. Hear from Anita Neville from Golden Agri-Resources and Musim Mas' Olivier Tichit.

Singapore shares dipped this morning, dragged mainly by index counter declines after a global rally overnight. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) shed 0.4 per cent to 3,301.57 points after 68.2 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have Golden Agri-Resources, after the palm oil company reported today a 60 per cent year-on-year decline in Q1 net profit to US$37 million amid weaker crude palm oil prices.  Elsewhere, from how five index counters traded lower on news that they would be removed from the MSCI Singapore index, to more on expectations on US April consumer prices out tonight, more corporate and international headlines remain in focus. On Market View, The Evening Runway's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian dived into the details with David Poh, Head of Investment and ESG Strategies, South Asia, Amundi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 30th November at 2-3pm CET, Innovation Forum hosted a webinar on nature-positive business approaches in partnership with Golden Agri-Resources. This is an audio recording of the webinar.    Faced with what the United Nations calls an ‘unprecedented' decline in biodiversity, businesses are taking action to find solutions to reduce and ultimately reverse human impacts on our ecosystems. Recent initiatives such as the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, recommendations from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Nature Positive Initiative aim to offer a path forward with definitions to guide conservation organisations, businesses and financiers towards a net positive impact on nature. But how can businesses put guidance and solutions into practice, and what steps should be taken to set clear goals and find novel solutions for organisations to contribute to a better future for biodiversity and nature? In this webinar, our expert panel discussed: • How should businesses define terms like nature zero and nature positive to help them measure and manage progress? • What action brands are already taking to create and articulate their nature strategies, and what lessons can be learned for the future to drive measurable change. • Where and how should companies set targets to effectively address a nature-positive future? • The support needed from government, regulators, finance and other stakeholders to achieve change Our panel: • Götz Martin, Head of Sustainability and Strategic Projects, Golden Agri-Resources • John Buchanan, Vice President Sustainable Production, Conservation International • Conor McMahon, Global Net Zero and Nature Lead, Nestlé • Loraiza Davies, Global Sustainability Manager, Land and Biodiversity, GSK The webinar was moderated by Tanya Richard, COO and Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Innovation Forum

Singapore stocks were pulled into positive territory today after stock markets in the US and Europe ended mostly higher overnight. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per cent after 54.7 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch today, we have IHH Healthcare. The mainboard-listed company reported earnings of RM532.1 million (S$152.7 million) for its third fiscal quarter ended September. That's more than double the earnings in the corresponding year-ago period. Meanwhile from CapitaLand Ascott Trust, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Golden Agri-Resources, Keppel DC Reit and Suntec Reit added to the STI reserve list, to more on Sheng Siong and Cordlife Group, more local headlines remain in focus. On Market View, The Evening Runway's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Sunny Soh, Lead Technical Analyst (Capital Markets & Investor Education), SIAS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the key issues up for negotiation at COP28, which begins this week in Dubai. In particular, they discuss the different positions around clean energy agreements, and the need to establish a new loss and damage fund.   Bea Stevenson talks to Gotz Martin, director of sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resources, about the outcomes and impact that he hopes will come from this week's webinar, 'The pathway to nature-positive business: definitions, measurements and targets'. Register for the webinar here.   Bea also speaks with Veronique Schmitt, Bayer Crop Science's head of communications for EMEA, about why they have been working with Innovation Forum to put out the 'Focus on Farmers' series. Register for Tuesday's webinar, 'Regenerative food systems in Africa: scaling solutions to empower smallholder farmers', here.   Plus, Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari talks to Ian Welsh about what to expect from Innovation Forum's sustainable apparel and textiles conference in April.

Singapore stocks opened stronger today tracking overnight gains on global markets. In early trade, the Straits Times Index rose 1.3 per cent to 3,144.71 points after 85.2 million securities changed hands in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have palm oil company Golden Agri-Resources. The firm posted a 25 per cent decline in net profit  the third quarter ended Sep 30 to US$68 million, from US$90 million in the same period a year earlier.  Elsewhere from more on US inflation cooling less than expected to Japan's GDP contracting on the back of falling business spending and higher imports, more international headlines remain in focus. On Market View, The Evening Runway's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian dived into the details with Jeff Ng, Head of Asia Macro Strategy, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: At Innovation Forum's future of climate action conference in Washington DC, Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson discuss the key talking points from the opening day of the event. They highlight the impact of evolving legislation and the ongoing corporate struggle to turn climate commitments and targets into credible action plans to deliver real progress. Plus: During Innovation Forum's recent sustainable landscapes and commodities forum, Ian Welsh spoke with Anita Neville from Golden Agri-Resources, Catherine Barton from Chester Zoo and Innovation Forum's Peter Stanbury. These conversations focused on the challenges and potential impacts of the incoming EU deforestation regulation, in terms of business as well as conservation efforts. Host: Ian Welsh

Palm oil can be found in roughly 50% of products on supermarket shelves.  But, this extremely versatile product is also a highly contentious one.  That is because of the way sustainability and ethical concerns surrounding palm oil farming. Golden Agri Resources is a global leader in palm oil production, it says that sustainability is at the heart of its daily operations, and has been for more than two decades, since it became the first Indonesian palm oil company to adopt a Zero Burning Policy in 1997. To find out more about sustainable palm oil production - Rachel Kelly spoke with Anita Neville, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Sustainability Relations, Golden Agri-Resources.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: Janina Lukas, head of ethics and social impact at Bayer, talks about the impacts of ethics and social policy on business. Talking with Ian Welsh, she discusses the challenges of corporate due diligence and the importance of peer collaboration and putting people at the core of risk management. Plus: US measures to crack down on child labour; final talks for UN High Seas Treaty; Golden Agri-Resources and IOI Group part company with the High Carbon Stock Approach initiative; and, Lufthansa ad banned in UK for greenwashing, in the news digest from Bea Stevenson. And, Natasha Bodnar gives an update on the upcoming future of food conference in Amsterdam on 3rd-4th May. Host: Ian Welsh

Singapore stocks rose today following gains in US and Europe markets.   The Straits Times Index rose 0.2 per cent in early trade to 3,268.88 points after 34.1 million securities changed hands.  Investors continue to sift through a number of earnings reports out earlier in the week, including earnings from property and hospitality company UOL Group. But how does that performance compare with industry players such as Ho Bee Land and Sinarmas Land? Another company to watch would be Golden Agri-Resources, after the palm oil company reported today earnings of US$392.4 million for the half-year ended December 2022. But what does this say about the commodity sector right now? In other news, Elon Musk is yet again the richest man on Earth, but could his moment in the sun be short lived?   On Market View, the Drive Time team unpacked the key market developments of the day with Oriano Lizza, Sales Trader at CMC Markets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Overnight on Wall Street, stocks snapped its four-day losing streak, putting a little wind back into hopes for an end-of-year rally. What drove the positive market sentiments? Find out with Dan Koh, Zia-ul Raushan and Ryan Huang as they investigate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some on-the-spot reflections at the recent sustainable landscapes and commodities forum in Amsterdam from Tesco's Anna Turrell, Anita Neville from Golden Agri-Resources, Craig Tribolet from APRIL, Glenn Hurowitz from Mighty Earth, Josh Tosteson from Everland, Patrick Houdry from Airbus, Michiel Hendriksz from FarmStrong Foundation, Eloisa Menguzzo from PGGM and Innovation Forum senior associate Peter Stanbury, talking with Ian Welsh. They highlight the use of science-based targets and satellite monitoring, the need for transparency and sustainable sourcing, and opportunities for voluntary carbon markets and balancing between regulation and incentives to end commodity-driven deforestation.  

On Money in the Market, Geoff Howie, Market Strategist from SGX, joins us for another market wrap for the week, explaining the biggest movers on the STI, including Golden Agri-Resources; how the STI performed; and Singapore's NODX figures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palm oil and climate justice – what is the story? Social impact pioneer, Anita Neville, helps us unpack this complex topic. This podcast forms part of a series - examining how business addresses climate justice. Together, we hear how businesses are working to put people at the heart of their climate action. Listen to this conversation to find out how one major agricultural business is working to remove deforestation from its business; where green washing and green hushing collide; and why supporting workers and farming communities, both big and small, is essential in creating a just transition in a low carbon future. Palm oil is a contentious topic. On the one hand its high yields and efficient land use provides a highly sustainable product vital to the global food chain as well as much needed income for small farmers in rural Indonesia. On the other, vast areas of tropical forest have been cleared to make way for palm plantations and these plantations are often monocultural. Listen to this podcast to find out the goings on within of one of the world's biggest palm oil companies and how it is moving to address the urgent need for more sustainable practices. Anita Neville is the Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer for Golden Agri-Resources, the Singaporean palm oil company with over 170,000 employees, primarily working out of Indonesia. Anita's career journey includes ten years with the Rainforest Alliance working to conserve tropical forests, time spent with WWF, and several years with E3G, the environmental politics think tank specialising in climate diplomacy and energy policy. Anita talks from the fringes of the climate COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. She shares the impressions she has from her first climate conference and why bringing together organisations from across sectors can help drive deeper social and environmental impact. Links: Golden Agri Resources: https://www.goldenagri.com.sg LinkedIn, Anita Neville: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaneville/ If you liked this, try: Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit 2022: businessfightspoverty.org/climate-just…it-register/ Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Resource Library: businessfightspoverty.org/climatejustice/

How are markets reacting to news of Amazon laying off more than 10,000 employees as early as this week? And what were some key points coming out of the G20 summit meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping? Dan Koh, Zia-ul Raushan and Ryan Huang explore these latest headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: Alberto Acedo, co-founder and chief scientific officer at Biome Makers, talks about how the company's BeCrop technology can test soil health to drive improvements in agricultural sustainability. He discusses the benefits of identifying the soil metrics that help farmers identify and monitor biological and chemical properties of soil to provide effective solutions for sustainable agricultural management. Plus: quick fire insights from Golden Agri-Resources' Anita Neville, Mighty Earth's Glenn Hurowitz and Everland's Joshua Tosteson, speaking at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities conference in Amsterdam. And: funding for loss and damage due to climate change and a proposed two-year halt in debt payments from nations impacted by climate-related disasters, discussed at COP27; a more-rapid shift to regenerative agricultural practices needed according to Sustainable Markets Initiative taskforce's report; and, a growing row between Indonesia and the EU over legal timber and deforestation due diligence, in the news digest. Host: Ian Welsh Please complete Innovation Forum's five-minute survey and get exclusive first access to useful insights on sustainability supply chain trends. Survey available here.

Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resources, discusses with Ian Welsh why companies are now really taking emission reductions seriously. They talk about  the role of monitoring and carbon pricing in tackling deforestation, what good collaboration looks like, and why working with indigenous communities is essential for impact on tackling deforestation and emissions reduction at scale.

This week: Goetz Martin, director for sustainability and strategic projects at Golden Agri-Resources, talks about how ambitious brand targets are now driving emissions reductions in palm oil supply chains. Investors and palm oil customers are asking lots of questions about the GHG impact of the commodity, and expect data verification and transparency.   Plus: new Diageo scheme to incentivise regenerative agriculture from east African smallholder farmers; further Qatar migrant worker abuses alleged as World Cup looms; and, ESG screening banned by state governor for Florida $228bn state pension funds, in the news digest.    Host: Ian Welsh

Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships at Golden Agri-Resources, talks with Ian Welsh about how regulatory changes in the EU, US and elsewhere are impacting the palm oil sector. In particular, they discuss how well-meaning rule changes can in fact de-incentivise companies to encourage the changes they should at suppliers and, rather, encourages them to divest and source from markets with lower perceived social and environmental risks.

Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships at Golden Agri-Resources, speaks to Ian Welsh about going beyond compliance with new due diligence regulations, to transform entire supply chains for better worker safety and wellbeing. They discussed the role of government and the value-driven consumer, and reasonable expectations for consumer-facing brands in supply chain transformation. Plus: emissions from power generation to decline by 0.3%; Brazil's Supreme Court rules Paris Agreement a human rights treaty; IMF launches a new gender strategy; and Dow and Mura Technology partner to scale advanced plastics recycling in EU and US, in the newscast.

Ian Suwarganda, Golden Agri-Resources' head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and communications, and Róisín Mortimer, Tropical Forest Alliance lead private sector engagement and programming, talk with Ian Welsh about the impacts of the EU's importing regulations. While the establishment of a level playing is welcome, they argue that there should be greater awareness of the challenges for smallholders to demonstrate compliance. There is a risk of sourcing into the EU switching away from higher-risk regions, which could mean that the deforestation and other challenges in these areas will not be addressed.  

This week: Ian Suwarganda, head of policy and partnerships, sustainability and communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and Róisín Mortimer, lead private sector engagement and programming at the Tropical Forest Alliance, talk about changing regulatory landscapes in palm oil and other commodities, and unintended consequences of what's proposed. Plus, Innovation Forum's Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury discuss Nestlé's new plan to tackle child labour and other challenges in its cocoa supply chain. And, Emily Heslop talks about the future of food USA conference that's coming up in June. In the news digest: new USDA $1bn climate smart commodities project; Brazil's Amazon deforestation spike; research suggesting that big brands are going to miss emissions targets; WWF research that says ocean plastic on track to increase for decades; and, Italy enshrines environmental protection in its constitution. Host: Ian Welsh

Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources catches up with Ian Welsh about some of the big palm oil sector's challenges and reflects on the findings from the recent Innovation Forum led research into smallholder farmers. Martin argues that smallholder farming remains stuck in a poverty trap because demands for low costs at buyer companies are not sufficiently linked to sustainability targets, and they discuss some of the funding models and new market models that can help. For more like this sign up here for the Innovation Forum free weekly newsletter: https://www.innovationforum.co.uk/sign-up-to-our-newsletter  

Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food systems face a big problem if smallholder farming communities can’t become more resilient and escape endemic poverty traps. He outlines some of the factors necessary to achieve this. While strong palm oil prices can help in the short term, there are clear deforestation risks if the sector as a whole expands to meet demand. Plus: new Greenpeace report slams forest certification schemes; 8bn drinks containers thrown away in the UK says CPRE; Oxfam research says big food and beverage companies unable to translate effectively global commitments to local level; and, shipping sector aims for $5bn zero emissions research fund, in the news roundup. Host: Ian Welsh For more content like this subscribe to the Innovation Forum newsletter here.

Low famer incomes, human rights abuses and environmental degradation still plague smallholder-based supply chains of soft commodities and other agricultural products. For the past nine months, Innovation Forum’s Innovation Accelerator project has been running an action research project to understand why. This webinar was held to launch the initial findings of the research, which has explored a wide range of supply chains, including cotton, fruit and vegetables, dairy, coffee, soy, palm oil and maize. As well as bringing together cross-sector experience, the project sought insights from political science and development economics to explore the wider societal dynamics of communities and countries in which supply chains exist. Panel: Ariana Constant, director, Clinton Development Initiative Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect Anita Neville, senior vice-president, group corporate communications, Golden Agri-Resources Thilo Liedlbauer, advisor, sustainable agricultural supply chains and standards programme, GIZ Yann Wyss, senior manager, social impact, Nestlé Peter Stanbury, senior associate, Innovation Forum Introduced by Toby Webb Click here to download the new report. Innovation Accelerator is supported by the Clinton Foundation, COLEACP, CottonConnect, GIZ, Golden Agri-Resources and Nestlé.

A commodity associated with the destruction of tropical rainforest in South East Asia may soon have a synthetic replacement. But can it match palm oil's magic properties? Will consumers accept it in their food? And what will it mean for the farmers whose livelihoods depend on palm oil plantations? Manuela Saragosa speaks to Shara Ticku, co-founder of the biotech firm C16 Biosciences, which is pioneering the new plantation-free product, as well as Anita Neville of Indonesia's largest privately owned palm oil grower, Golden Agri-Resources. Plus Veronika Pountcheva of the international food wholesalers Metro Group explains why they are actively looking at the synthetic alternative. Producer: Laurence Knight (Picture: A tub of palm oil; Credit: Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images)

Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, and Ian Welsh summarise some of the discussion points from a recent Innovation Forum workshop. They talk about the incentives that can work to help empower smallholder farmers, enabling them to increase farm incomes without clearing new land. Martin outlines some of the challenges around payments for ecosystem services, and why just paying farmers to preserve forests isn’t the answer.   

This week: Some early pointers from Innovation Forum’s new smallholder farmer research group – involving Clinton Foundation, COLEACP, CottonConnect, GIZ, Golden Agri-Resources and Nestlé – from Dr Peter Stanbury. And, another chance to hear from Fairtrade America’s Stephanie Westhelle about working to ensure long-term sustainability in the west African cocoa sector. Plus: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Danone, Nestlé and others underline commitment to PET bottle deposit return schemes; new global rubber sector sustainability commitments; and, UK Modern Slavery Act tightens reporting requirements, with civil sanctions to come, in the news digest.   Host: Ian Welsh

This week: Golden Agri-Resources head of sustainability implementation Gotz Martin talks about finding solutions for viable smallholder farmer communities, and some of the obstacles that prevent participatory conservation planning, including land title questions, insufficient incentives, lack of government support and up-front costs. Plus: over 1,500 net zero commitments from big business since 2019; brands accused of hypocrisy on plastic pollution in new Changing Markets report; and, innovators develop tyre microplastics solution, in the news roundup. Host: Ian Welsh

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is a vertically-integrated palm oil plantation company with a commitment to harvest palm oil responsibly. In 2019, GAR reported a net profit triple that of 2018. Richard Fung, Director of Investor Relation, Golden Agri-Resources shares how the Covid-19 outbreak will affect the palm oil industry and its future outlook.

Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, discusses the potential of the new Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation initiative with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh. Developed by Satelligence and Wageningen University, and facilitated by the World Resources Institute, RADD is designed to allow palm oil companies accurate and up-to-date information on deforestation in their supply chains. With this near real time data, the industry can be more efficient in targeting on-the-ground remediation action. Also involved in the RADD partnership are Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources, Mondelēz International, Musim Mas, Nestlé, Pepsico, Sime Darby Plantation, Unilever and Wilmar Satelligence was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s sustainable landscapes and commodities conference.  

Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about why the palm oil still suffers from negative publicity, despite the progress the sector has made. She outlines how the industry can achieve real traceability, and develop a robust economic model for the future. She argues that this means ensuring that farmer incomes are improved and helped to ensure that they have options beyond simply extended farms by destroying forests. Neville also outlines how the palm oil sector can progress so that future discussion is not always centred on deforestation impacts. Golden Agri-Resources was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable landscapes conference.

Emily Kunen from Nestlé, Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources and Róisín Mortimer from Earthworm Foundation debate with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh how business and partner organisations can really help smallholder palm oil farmers grow incomes without clearing new land. They discuss the challenges around developing traceability all the way to the farm level, land use planning and ownership, and indigenous land rights in particular. Involving and engaging local communities is an essential part of this.

This week: Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, debates the state of play for the palm oil sector, why traceability in supply chains is vital and why the industry still attracts a bad press despite the best efforts of the most progressive companies. Plus: COP25 flops, Apple and Google threatened with court over cobalt child labour, meat alternative labelling, and four reasons to be upbeat about 2020, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh Golden Agri-Resources was a sponsor of Innovation Forum's recent sustainable landscapes and commodities conference.

This week: Emily Kunen from Nestlé, Gotz Martin from Golden Agri-Resources and Róisín Mortimer from Earthworm Foundation debate how business and partner organisations can really help smallholder farmers grow incomes without clearing new land. Plus: major international brands back extension of the Amazon soy moratorium, brands and climate progress, UN human rights action plans and H+M supports game-changing dyeing process, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh

This week: Nathan Shuler, sustainability solutions architect with Schneider Electric, debates the clear benefits that science-based targets can have for companies keen to really tackle their environmental impacts. And, Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, discusses how best to encourage and develop sustainable smallholder farmer communities. Plus: palm oil politics in Malaysia and India, Oxfam highlights stark labour risks for supermarket brands, and Thai Union’s insect based protein innovation, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh

Anita Neville, senior vice-president group corporate communications, Golden Agri-Resources, and Ian Welsh discuss the challenges for the palm oil sector in developing the crop as a biofuel feedstock. Neville argues that there is not a level playing field for potential inputs into biofuels, and a lack of life cycle analysis into relative impacts of different crops. They also discuss supply chain deforestation risks, and reasons why most companies are going to miss 2020 targets, despite significant innovation in use of technology to, for example, identify areas of tree loss and land use change.

Golden Agri Resources finally turned things around and recorded profits in the 4thquarter. Looking ahead—Golden Agri is hopeful that it can continue its recovery this year. JP Ong sat down with Golden Agri’s CFO Rafael Concepcion to ask him about Golden Agri’s recent quarter and the year ahead.

Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation, Golden Agri-Resources, talks with Ian Welsh about what future sustainable smallholder farmer communities will look like, and the challenges for business in helping create them. Martin argues that a critical step is greater investment in education to increase capacity and create a local economic platform that is attractive and self-sustaining. And only through making existing farms viable, through better planting and techniques, and through more crop diversity, will the temptation to encroach into currently forested lands subside. They also debate the pros and cons of the landscape approach.

Anita Neville, Golden Agri-Resources' vice-president of corporate communications and sustainability relations, talks with Ian Welsh about GAR's new ‘Extraordinary Everyday' series. This aims, through story-telling, to highlight aspects of the palm oil sector beyond the bad news around deforestation and ecosystem destruction that dominates the news agenda. Neville outlines why GAR wants to talk about some more positive aspects of the industry, and how compelling narratives can help palm oil companies both engage consumers but also provide reassurance and confidence for other stakeholders including the financial community.

Palm oil is blamed for many environmental and social ills, from deforestation to child labour. How true are these assertions? Eco-Business speaks to Anita Neville, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Sustainability Relations at Golden Agri-Resources, and Cynthia Morel, Senior Sustainability Strategist for Forum for the Future Asia Pacific to address 5 myths about palm oil.

In this webinar, the findings from two new reports from Forest Trends' Supply Change initiative and the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 are discussed and debated. While there is growing evidence that companies are setting goals to manage deforestation within their commodity supply chains, analysis shows that much remains to be done to increase the momentum toward the necessary transformational action. These two new reports show how leading companies are working towards deforestation-free commodity supply chains. Hear from expert speakers from Forest Trends' Supply Change initiative, TFA 2020, Unilever, Golden Agri-Resources and CDP.

Ian Welsh talks to Anita Neville, vice president, corporate communications and external affairs at Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) about the challenges of achieving traceability, corporate responsibility and sustainability targets

Ian Welsh and Tom Idle discuss what's coming up in the April issue of Supply Chain Risk & Innovation.  Insight on brands including AkzoNobel, Golden Agri-Resources, Kellogg's, Dell, Novo Nordisk and more. We'll be discussing supplier mapping, big data and ethical sourcing. Our new tech feature rounds up the technologies making supply chain sustainability easy, the sector profile is on the timber industry, and our long read is on modern slavery.