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Palmöl steckt in etwa der Hälfte aller Produkte, die wir in deutschen Supermärkten finden. Ein Großteil dieses Palmöls stammt aus Guatemala - 2023 importierten deutsche Unternehmen von dort mehr Palmöl als aus jedem anderen Land. Die Produkte tragen häufig ein Siegel, das die nachhaltige Produktion des Palmöls kennzeichnet. Doch wie nachhaltig ist das Palmöl aus Guatemala wirklich? Wir folgen der Spur des bekanntesten Nachhaltigkeitssiegels des Runden Tisch für Nachhaltiges Palmöl (RSPO). Dafür sprechen wir mit Lourdes Gomez, Aktivistin des Volkes Maya Kekchí aus Guatemala und mit Dominik Groß, Referent bei der Menschenrechtsorganisation Romero Initiative aus Münster. Romero Initiative: https://www.ci-romero.de/produkt/report-im-schatten-der-oelpalme/Foodwatch: https://www.foodwatch.org/de/irrefuehrung-mit-palmoel-siegel-foodwatch-verklagt-edekaECCHR: https://www.ecchr.eu/fall/edeka-taeuscht-verbraucherinnen-mit-nachhaltigkeits-siegel/RSPO: https://rspo.org/de/rspo-response-to-member-allegations-in-guatemala-and-honduras/

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to discuss the implications of RSPO's draft revised standard is the organisation's director of standards and sustainability, Yen Hun Seng. Tune in as we discuss: What's changed about RSPO in the last five years How has RSPO managed lobbying from various interest groups? How has the new standard changed on deforestation? How does the standard align with EUDR? What about smallholders? What to expect from RSPO's annual conference this month?

#climatechange  #netzero  #coolerearth Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber - We're Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event Datuk Darrel Webber is a former CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) who talks about how human behaviour is warming the earth at 17x the natural rate, which If left unchecked, will accelerate human extinction sooner than we think.    (Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia). CONTENTS  00:01:55 - Datuk Webber Shares His Origin Story  00:10:53 - Discovering What The Common Person REALLY Cares About  00:15:21 - Universal Basic Income Is One Way Forward  00:20:23 - Sabah, One Of The Poorest If Not The Poorest States in Malaysia  00:23:16 - Where Malaysia Ranks on the Global Climate Ladder 00:26:51 - How Climate Responsibility Coincides With The Economy  00:30:16 - Malaysia Needs to Develop Its Own Climate Plan, Not Ape The Western Model   00:34:02 - Reflecting On The Haze And How Palm Oil Disassociated Itself  00:42:05 - Climate Change Is Unstoppable  00:45:06 - Earth Has Already Experienced FIVE Extinction Ages  00:50:39 - How Financial Markets Harm Net Zero Ambitions  00:57:20 - Since Climate Change Can't Be Stopped, It's All About Adaptation Now  01:03:24 - Will Seafront Properties Make Sense In The Future?  01:05:52 - Government Needs to Protect Everyone, Not Just The Ones Who Vote For Them  01:08:52 - Nuclear Power Is A Real Option ..  And So Is Solar  01:14:00 - How Will AI Solve The Climate?  01:15:09 - Fewer Humans, A Cooler Planet  01:16:54 - Personal Adaptation: How Datuk Webber Is Driving Change Personally  01:22:02 - The EV Industry – A Big Lie?  FOLLOW DATUK WEBBER HERE  X: https://x.com/darrelwebb  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrel-webber/  Forever Sabah: https://www.foreversabah.org/team-info/datuk-darrel-webber  Follow Chuang here:  URL: http://www.domore.my/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/  Follow DoMore here:  WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife  ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS  GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO  SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp  PODBEAN: https://domoreasia.podbean.com/  INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/domore.asia/ 

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization that unites members from across the palm oil value chain to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil. CEO, Joseph D'Cruz shares with us the latest development in its certification scheme, their efforts to engage with smaller players, and why it deserves the premium.

On this episode of Beyond The Lens, I'm sharing my recent experience in Borneo, Indonesia: the rainforest, the photographic challenges the rainforest creates, and the "persons of the forest," the orangutans. I talk about the existential threats that orangutans face caused by deforestation and loss of habitat due to development and palm oil plantations.You can help keep orangutans from extinction by buying products using environmentally sustainable palm oil with the RSPO label or donating to organizations like Save The Orangutan, whose mission is to save and protect the critically endangered orangutan and its last remaining habitats in Borneo and to raise national and international awareness of the severe deforestation threatening the orangutan's future existence.I also answer a few of your questions submitted via social media, including how to sleep on a plane, the best settings for wildlife on my Canon R5, my most embarrassing moment as a photographer, and more.Other Notable links:Beyond The Lens: Episode 5 (Ask Me Anything V1)Beyond The Lens: Episode 19 (Photography From the Bottom of the World)Beyond The Lens: Episode 34 (Ian Plant and Rick Sammon - Thinking vs. Feeling Compositions)WOAOW Sleep MaskTherm-a-Rest Compressible PillowThis episode was brought to you by Luminar Neo. Luminar Neo helps photographers with everything needed to edit and process photos that look amazing on the screen and in print. Luminar Neo was designed for hobbyists and pros alike and includes the most effective AI-powered editing tools and extensions all in one intuitive and easy-to-use app.You can use Luminar Neo as a standalone app on Windows and Mac computers or as a plugin for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop so you can keep your existing workflow while having access to powerful editing tools you just can't find anywhere else.Learn more about Luminar Neo and how it can help you improve your creativity in photo editing by visiting the SKYLUM WEBSITE.

Little do most people know that they are directly contributing to the destruction of the “lungs of the earth” (the most sensitive ecosystems in the world, the Rainforest) by using products that contain non-RSPO palm oil. That is non-sustainably harvested palm oil. Listen to this interview with the U.S. Outreach Representative for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.This is perhaps the most important interview I've done because it will directly inform you about how your specific product purchases are contributing to Rainforest destruction globally and contributing to the demand for Non-RSPO certified palm oil products.Long ago we decided to commit to having our C8 Keto MCT Oil product RSPO Certified . Now you'll know why this is so incredibly important. Our hope is that we begin to ‘set the bar higher' in terms of encouraging other companies to convert their products, or the ingredients in their product to RSPO-certified palm oil ingredients…and consequently halt the massive destruction of a remarkable ecosystem: The Rainforest of South East Asia, and around the world. —————————COME SAY HI!!!  ——————————Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHING KETO                        Labs, Research and cooking, Implementationwww.ketonaturopathmembers.comWeekly Live Zoom Q&A Sessions and private FB groupBLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopathYouTube channelwww.youtube.com/ketonaturopathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/482971/episodesOur Youtube Podcastshttps://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC6LBX8_RDaXtzF_Z02jvl0QJudi's NEW cooking channelKeto Naturopath Kitchenhttps://www.youtube.com/c/KetoNaturopathKitchen                      ———————————  OUR COURSE ——————————PSMF 30 day course:                 https://www.thebiointegrationcode.com/courses/PSMFChallenge————————  WHERE WE GET OUR WINE (an affiliate link) ——————————Dry farm wines        www.dryfarmwines.com/ketonaturopath—————WHERE WE GET OUR Uric ACID FORA 6 METER ————————https://www.fora-shop.com/              (that measures  Glucose, Ketones, and Cholesterol together with Uric Acid)                      Get a 10% discount with this Discount Code: Ketonaturopath10                                           How we use the Fora 6 Meter                                         https://youtu.be/0V5B_SXR6qM       ——WHERE WE GET OUR GENOME SNP ANALYSIS  DONE———————————                                                              Strategene                                                                                                     &nbs

Today, the Safari heads to Denver, Colorado, to sit down with Chelsea Wellmer of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. We talk about what palm oil is, what it means for it to be sustainable, and what that means for you and how you shop! Along the way we talk about Chelsea's work at the Cincinnati Zoo and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The RSPO is a really unique organization, inviting stakeholders from all sides to participate, with incredible results. Patrons, this episode includes bonus audio for you!EPISODE LINKS: www.rspo.org @supportsustainablepalmoilROSSIFARI LINKS: rossifari.com patreon.com/rossifari @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok 

How much incentive does a smallholder need in order NOT to knock down a  tree? And, what will be the role of businesses and governments to make sustainable palm oil the norm? Listen to Darrel Webber, a native from Malaysian Borneo, and ex-RSPO Secretary General. But also a smallholder himself.  In this podcast, he shines his precision light from all these perspectives on the sustainability challenges around one of the world's most (im)popular crops.

Everybody talks about the benefits of having a sustainable lifestyle. But when you finally decide to give it a try, you find yourself reading lots of different terms related to sustainability. So, it's not surprising that many people get confused by all those green terms. And let's be honest, researching and keeping track of each one of these sustainability terms can be an overwhelming task. That's why we've decided to put all these sustainable words in one place and clear up the confusion. In this article, you will find the definition of popular sustainability terms like “zero waste” and even some confusing ones like “RSPO”. So, let's get started! What Does “Eco-friendly” Mean? Even if you haven't started a green lifestyle yet, you've probably heard the words “eco-friendly”, “environmentally-friendly”, or “earth-friendly” before. These terms are the most popular ones and they describe an action or item that isn't harmful to the environment. If something is eco-friendly, then it should be kind to the Earth. That said, some companies use words related to “eco-friendly” to make misleading claims about their practices, this is known as greenwashing. Beware of unethical companies! What Does “Sustainability” Mean? While eco-friendly is an ambiguous term, sustainability has a more comprehensive definition. Sustainability is the ability to maintain an activity at a certain rate for a long time without affecting the environment, economy, or society. Take solar power, for example. Solar power takes energy from a renewable resource, not a limited and harmful energy source like fossil fuels. Besides, it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. What's the Definition of Zero Waste? To understand this term it's important to know how the economy works first. As you might know, most products are designed to be tossed within minutes, days, or weeks after purchase. This generates lots of waste that will end up sitting in landfills or polluting the environment for years. What's worse, companies will use more natural resources to create more disposable products. That's the opposite of sustainability! Zero waste is a popular term that describes the principles of eco-conscious consumers. They focus on taking actions to reduce waste as much as possible. The goal of these actions is that no waste ends up in landfills, incinerators, or the natural environment. Popular Sustainability Terms You Need to Know “Zero waste”, “sustainability”, and “eco-friendly” are the most common green terms. But wait, that's just the beginning! There are many other popular terms you need to know to choose the right eco-friendly products. So, check this green lifestyle vocabulary: Biodegradable Something is biodegradable if living organisms like bacteria can decompose it within a short period of time. For example, your veggie scraps are biodegradable, but synthetic materials like plastics aren't. BPA-free Many plastic products (especially food containers) contain a chemical called BPA (bisphenol A). This chemical is linked to several health problems and unfortunately, it has the potential to leach into your food and beverages! If a product includes the term “BPA-free” in its description, it doesn't contain this toxic chemical. Compostable A compostable material requires human intervention so that it can biodegrade under specific conditions. This human-driven process can transform some biodegradable materials into nutrient-rich compost. Keep in mind that some materials use the term compostable although they're only suitable for industrial composting. Cruelty-free When a product is described as “cruelty-free” it means that neither the final product nor the ingredients have been tested on animals. Some cruelty-free products may contain animal-derived ingredients like beeswax though. Ethically-made As mentioned before, sustainability goes beyond protecting the environment. And that's where the term “ethic...

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Blaue Engel, grüne Frosche, stilisierte Bäume, Blumen oder Fische: Zumindest auf den Ökosiegeln nimmt die Artenvielfalt noch immer zu. 455 verschiedene Umweltzeichen aus 199 Ländern listet der so genannte ECO Label Index auf. In diesem Dschungel der grünen Zertifikate ist es nicht so leicht den Überblick zu behalten und so mancher sieht den Sinn vor lauter Siegeln nicht mehr. Entlasten solche Gütesiegel wie FSC, Grüner Knopf oder Fair trade tatsächlich die Umwelt oder ist das Ganze doch oft ein Etikettenschwindel? Die Antwort ist wie immer kompliziert. Wir versuchen es in dieser Episode von ÜberLeben trotzdem und sprechen mit Alfred Schumm, der lange im Aufsichtsrat des Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), dem wohl bekanntesten Umweltlabel für Fisch, gesessen hat. Er berichtet über die Möglichkeiten solcher Standards und zeigt zugleich ihre Grenzen auf. Redaktion und Moderation: Jörn Ehlers

Melanjuti diskusi seputar krisis iklim, kemarin di episode 1 podcast kolaborasi cleanomic dan yayasan madani ini, kita udah bahas mengenai Biodiesel dan sempet disinggung kan mengenai pentingnya tata kelola perkebunan kelapa sawit yang keberlanjutan. Hal ini penting karena mayoritas bahan baku biodiesel di Indonesia masih berbasis kelapa sawit. Tapi yang jadi pertanyaan besar, sebenernya bisa ga sih Indonesia punya praktek perkebunan sawit berkelanjutan? Dan kelapa sawit yang sustainable tuh seperti apa sih? Di podcast episode 2 ini kita bahas tuntas mengenai apa sih yang dimaksud dengan praktik kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan bareng Ibu Rukaiyah Rafik atau biasa dipanggil Ibu Uki, Kepala Sekolah Tani dari Yayasan Fortasbi. FORTASBI adalah sebuah organisasi yang berdiri di tahun 2014 sebagai wadah bagi petani sawit yang berkomitmen untuk melaksanakan prinsip-prinsip sustainability di perkebunannya. Beliau tugasnya mendampingi para petani kelapa sawit swadaya agar mereka dapat memperoleh sertifikasi sawit seperti ISPO, RSPO dan ICC. Kalau dari diskusinya, proses memperoleh sertifikasi ini ga mudah, karena banyak banget nih standard yang harus dipelajari dan diimplementasikan sehingga memang petani swadaya kita butuh dukungan banyak pihak nih. Dengerin terus lanjutan obrolan kami di minggu depan seputar biodiesel, kelapa sawit, skema transisi energi serta komitmen iklim Indonesia, jangan lupa subscribe #CleanomicRadio ini, follow akun instagram kami supaya ga ketinggalan info lanjutannya! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cleanomicradio/message

Les industries du chocolat et des cosmétiques peuvent mieux faire: c'est la conclusion du nouveau classement sur lʹhuile de palme du WWF, qui a sondé 227 entreprises dans le monde. Leur chaîne de production permet-elle dʹéviter la déforestation et lʹexpulsion des populations indigènes? Décrié, le label RSPO est-il vraiment fiable? Isabelle Fiaux reçoit Romain Deveze, expert en matières premières au WWF Suisse.

This week: Alan Kroeger, head of supply chains and natural climate solutions at Satelligence, talks about eliminating emissions from forest commodity supply chains, the role of nature-based solutions in achieving this, and how companies can navigate their way through the challenges using the right data. And, RSPO's Victor Tamanjong discusses the state of play for sustainable palm oil in Africa. Plus: European Union pledges another €8bn for developing world climate action; new air carbon capture and storage plant opens in Iceland; and, the rapid growth of the voluntary carbon markets in new report from Ecosystem Marketplace, in the news digest. Host: Ian Welsh  

Pour s'inscrire à la newsletter, et notamment recevoir les épisodes lors de leur sortie tout comme poser vos questions aux invités, inscrivez vous ici : https://demainetdurable.substack.com/welcome Pour aider Demain & Durable à être visible de tous, vous pouvez laisser un commentaire ou une note sur Apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/demain-durable/id1520001240?l=en ______ Pour le premier épisode de la saison 2, je vous propose d'aborder un sujet qui a souvent fait polémique et sur lequel je souhaitais revenir : l'huile de palme.  J'ai le plaisir de recevoir Loïc Guichaoua, co-fondateur de Papa Outang, une pâte à tartiner à faire soi-même avec seulement 3 ingrédients : de la noisette, du sucre complet et du cacao pur.  Plus globalement, Loïc a fondé avec Thibaut Manent, leur start-up studio “Sensei Family” qui a pour ambition de lancer plusieurs startup à impact avec un business model particulier : redonner 10% de ses bénéfices à une association partenaire. Au menu de l'épisode de cette semaine :  L'impact de l'huile de palme : Pourquoi cette huile est-elle autant utilisée ? Faut-il continué à l'utiliser ? Faut-il faire confiance au label “responsable” RSPO ?  Le rôle de la collaboration entreprise / association Les étapes pour lancer une entreprise à impact, et dans la “FOOD” ___________ Notes : Les contenus partagés par Loïc lors de l'épisode :  - La newsletter vert : https://vert.eco/ - Le livre de Dale Carnegie "How to make friends and influence people" Pour retrouver l'épisode de Noël Bauzat, direction l'épisode 12 ou : https://smartlink.ausha.co/demain-et-durable/ep12-partie-1-accelerer-l-impact-environnemental-des-entreprises-grace-a-une-plateforme-inedite

Toby Webb speaks with Grant Rosoman, senior forests campaigner at Greenpeace, about the organisation’s new report – Destruction: Certified. The discussion includes reference to Ikea, FSC, RSPO, soy certification, Rainforest Alliance and other schemes. For more content like this subscribe to the Innovation Forum newsletter here.

No episódio de hoje vamos falar de certificações voluntárias relacionadas com sustentabilidade. Falaremos de práticas que dão sinal do compromisso das marcas no que diz respeito ao impacto ambiental e responsabilidade social. Afinal, de onde “nascem” as certificações? Para que servem? Será que funcionam mesmo? Que exemplos de certificação existem? Quais as mais usadas. Recordo que existe um episódio dedicado em exclusivo à certificação RSPO do óleo de palma, por ser um assunto altamente complexo. Referências: • Standards Promovidos pela FAO: http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/list-standards/en/ • As certificações têm impacto realmente positivo? o Armstrong & Green (2013) doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.014 o UNFSS (https://unfss.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fao-publication-on-impact-of-international-vss-on-market-participation.pdf) o Gráficos sobre a participação de smallholders: https://unfss.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fao-publication-on-impact-of-vs-on-smallholders.pdf • Link para todas as certificações voluntárias que existem: http://www.ecolabelindex.com/ecolabels/#B • Site de pesquisa da EU Ecolabel: http://ec.europa.eu/ecat/ • Site de pesquisa da UTZ Verified (válido para produtos IKEA. Foram os que tinha em casa e experimentei com esses, só percebi depois que o tracer não dava para o consumidor navegar todas as marcas. As marcas têm acesso, mas para o utilizador só a IKEA parece permitir essa função. https://www.utzcertified.org/ikea/index.php/en

Hoje falamos de óleo de palma, uma cultura muito atacada em termos de sustentabilidade, nada consensual, mesmo entre ambientalistas. Em resumo: a maioria do óleo de palma usado no mundo é altamente danosa para o ambiente, por ser produzida de um modo intensivista que destrói ecossistemas. Mas... o óleo de palma é o óleo mais eficiente de produzir. Representa 35% da procura mundial por óleo vegetal e ocupa apenas 10% de terra. Este episódio é patrocinado por FloraPlant. E o que tem Flora Plant a ver com óleo de palma certificado? Cada grama de óleo de palma de Flora Plant é certificado RSPO e a Upfield (empresa que detém a marca) faz garantir que toda a cadeia de fábricas e procedimentos é transparente, não gera desflorestação, respeita os direitos humanos e trabalha com ONGs, comunidades e governos para melhorar as políticas de extração de óleo de palma. Referências mencionadas: · Science | AAAS. 2020. Courting Controversy, Scientists Team With Industry To Tackle One Of The World’S Most Destructive Crops. [online] Available at: [Accessed 23 December 2020]. · Rochmyaningsih, D., 2020. Making Peace With Oil Palm. [online] Science. Available at: [Accessed 23 December 2020]. · BEFTA http://oilpalmbiodiversity.com/a-break-from-oil-palm/ · Nurfatriani, F., Ramawati, Sari, G. and Komarudin, H., 2019. Optimization of Crude Palm Oil Fund to Support Smallholder Oil Palm Replanting in Reducing Deforestation in Indonesia. Sustainability, 11(18), p.4914. · Sugden, A., 2018. Certification of oil palm production. Science, 359(6374), pp.408.1-409. · Stone, R., 2007. Can Palm Oil Plantations Come Clean?. Science, 317(5844), pp.1491-1491.

This week: Tato Bigio, CEO of UBQ Materials Israel, explains how waste destined for landfill can be converted into new thermoplastic material that can take the place of traditional plastics in potentially thousands of products. He says that the thermoplastic is competitive on price, significantly cuts emissions and outperforms traditional plastic on a full lifecycle analysis basis. Plus, in the news digest: Unilever pledges to halve food waste and boost non-meat products; UK’s ten-point green recovery plan; slow corporate progress according to new human rights benchmark; and, how RSPO certification can help farmer community incomes – but additional resources often required.   Host: Ian Welsh

Molly and Christine discuss all the benefits of this detoxifying black lava sea salt and fresh sugar granule scalp scrub for soothing skin, nourishing roots and promoting healthy hair growth. Molly explains why she utilizes dry ingredients, the importance of Colonial Monolaurin MB in the formulation, and options formulators have for using RSPO-approved materials. Christine gives some application tips.

In Episode 19, we explore one of the most controversial materials in consumer packaged goods and first mile sustainability - palm oil. Palm oil is in over 50% of products on retail supermarket shelves (WWF). From Unilever, Kelloggs, PepsiCo, to other members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sustainability and traceability are hot topics and front of mind in many CPG Supply Chains. Cameron Plese joins us from RSPO in one of our best discussions yet, to explore why palm oil is such an important topic. Provocative PoV on the impact of palm oil on the environment and economies, industry collaboration with CPG leaders like Proctor & Gamble (and their Smallholder Academy), Walmart (and Project Gigaton), Kelloggs advances in human rights, and Unilever's ongoing commitment to sustainability. Topics we cover include strategy in sourcing, policy and how to get started, technology in first mile sustainability including traceability, drones, and blockchain. If you ever wanted to learn about sustainability in sourcing, including smallholder farmer collaboration, this is a great episode. To learn more about RSPO and their North America Sustainable Palm Oil Virtual Conference on June 16-18, 2020, visit https://www.rspo.org/ Find the Supply Chain Queen and Circular Nomad at https://www.supplychainrevolution.com/

RSPO's outgoing CEO Datuk Darrel Webber says that most of its members are compliant in sustainable planting practices but the government needs to look into factors beyond control of plantation companies to fight the haze problem. This also dovetails into the imminent dangers of climate change which need inter-governmental action.

Presently, certified sustainable palm oil remains in oversupply. Less than half of RSPO certified palm oils produced in 2018 were sold as certified palm oil, while remaining volumes were sold as conventional palm oil. Oscar Tjakra joins Lief Chiang to chat about potential markets for increasing certified sustainable palm oil demand.

Australian listener Lizzy is trying to reduce her footprint on this planet and is particularly interested in palm oil. It is everywhere - in shampoo, lipstick and face cream and even food stuffs like biscuits and spreads. In fact, WWF say it is used in 50% of all supermarket products so it's something most of us will come into contact with every day. Lizzy wants to know whether she should stop eating it. Because on the one hand, she sees emotive adverts depicting dying orangutans, deforestation and burning peatlands, releasing vast amounts of climate changing gases like carbon dioxide. On the other, she has read that palm oil is the most productive of the vegetable oils, using far less land than others. So would boycotting palm oil displace the problem elsewhere, she wonders? Would buying sustainable palm oil be best? Partnering up with with another BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain, presenter Graihagh Jackson heads to one of the biggest producers of palm oil: Malaysia. She visits small holder plantations, who collectively provide 40% of the world’s palm oil, to find out how palm oil is grown and to ask them about their perspective on a product that provides them with their livelihood. What would incentivise them to engage in greener practices? And what would that look like? For the latter question, Graihagh speaks to the largest sustainable certifier of palm oil, the RSPO and looks to science to see how we can continue to grow palm oil without having any more adverse effects on wildlife. This episode is part of the Crossing Divides season which runs from 18 - 24 November. You can find a link to the Food Chain episode below. Produced and presented by Graihagh Jackson with help from Marijke Peters and editor Rami Tzabar for the BBC World Service. (Photo: Woman shopping in supermarket Credit: Getty Images)

The orangutan is an iconic primate which inhabits the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Over the past several decades however, its habitat has been cleared and encroached upon, with one of the most serious threats being the clearing of their forest homes for palm oil plantations. We discuss the threats and challenges facing orangutans today, and whether certified sustainable palm oil is the way to ensure their survival in the wild, with Michelle Desilets, the Founder and Executive Director of the Orangutan Land Trust, who has been working in orangutan conservation for over 25 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this podcast, Eco-Business talks to experts on how more smallholders can adopt sustainable practices. Tune in as we talk about: Smallholders—are they really responsible for the haze? What is the biggest challenge of moving smallholders towards sustainable practices? Is certification out of reach for smallholders? How has RSPO’s new standard for smallholders affected the market? What a sustainable future look like for smallholders, and how can we get there?

Did you know palm oil is in around 50% of all products found on supermarket shelves? In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Inke Van Der Sluijs, head of European operations at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (aka the RSPO) and #Champion of Sustainable Palm Oil. Established in 2004, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is the leading certifying body that demonstrates palm oil is produced with the environment and society in mind. The RSPO has more than 4,000 members worldwide who represent all links along the palm oil supply chain. They have committed to produce, source and/or use sustainable palm oil certified by the RSPO. Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Inke. I hope you enjoy this episode! Resources: Assurance Services International (ASI): www.asi-assurance.org/s Jurisdiction approach to certification: rspo.org/news-and-events/announcements/public-consultation-jurisdictional-approach-for-rspo-certification Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization Peatland and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/peatlands-and-climate-change RSPO website: rspo.org Sustainable Palm Oil: eco-business.com/news/what-is-sustainable-palm-oil You can read the transcript of the episode here: http://bit.ly/Inke-Van-Der-Sluijs-SMT Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Van-Der-Sluijs

This week: a panel of millenial consumers from the University of Michigan and Columbia University join Meghann Jones, senior vice-president, Ipsos, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh to discuss where they find information about brands, and how company policies and engagement on sustainability issues affect their buying choices. Making up the panel: Anya Shapiro, Mayur Bandekar, Connor Larkin and Caitlin Brooke Harris. And another chance to hear from David Cleary, director for agriculture at the Nature Conservancy debating deforestation and farming with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb. Plus: Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé and PepsiCo cutting virgin plastic use, Carlsberg’s paper bottle, and RSPO’s new plan to insist brands buy sustainable palm oil. Hosted by Ian Welsh

Palm oil has weaseled its way into almost every product in our kitchens and bathrooms, but is it as bad as everyone thinks? Jess and Livvy take a closer look this complex and slippery topic - and make some surprising discoveries. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The banned Greenpeace/Iceland advert - Rang Tan Iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil (BBC) Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil website Friends of the Earth article: RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector (Link) Ethical Consumer Guide to Palm Oil: (Ethical Consumer) Palm Oil Innovation Group (Link) RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards (Mongabay) Leashed monkeys forced to pick coconuts in Thailand (Independent) Millions of songbirds vacuumed to death every year during Mediterranean olive harvest (Independent) If you do one thing, sign this petition! Greenpeace petition - Save Rang-Tan. End dirty palm oil: Sign here And remember... We are offering Woke &Confused Workplace sessions - Contact us! http://www.wokeandconfused.com/index.html#live Send us your dilemmas, stories and episode requests :) https://www.wokeandconfused.com/contact.html Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! If you like what you hear, please give us a rating and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wokeandconfused/message

Épisode 220 : La 66ème édition des Cannes Lions vient de s'achever. C’est le plus grand festival mondial de la créativité. En gros, ce sont les oscars de la publicité. Et bien sût on a décidé de vous décrypter les plus belles campagnes de la catégorie social média. Ça se passe donc à Cannes et cela réunit chaque année la crème de la crème des marques et agences créatives. Et comme les stars de cinéma, on monte les marches du tapis rouge, on boit du champagne et surtout on se tirer la bourre pour repartir avec un prix. On ne va pas vous parler de la campagne gagnante car i s’agit de celle de Nike et Colin Kapernick et nous avons déjà fait un épisode de podcast là dessus, l’épisode 29 - https://lesuperdaily.com/episode/colin-kaepernick-et-les-30-ans-de-just-do-it-chez-nike/ **Quelques chiffres pour l’édition 2019 : ** 30.953 inscriptions de campagnes 89 pays en compétition 100 marque internationales représentées A noter aussi qu’il y avait 27 catégories différentes, dont une catégorie social media et influence. Et c’est évidemment celle-ci qui a attiré notre attention. Nous avons épluché le palmarès des Cannes Lions 2019 pour décrypter avec vous ce matin 5 campagnes social media primées. La campagne Sleeping Giants SOCIETE : SLEEPING GIANTS AWARD : LION d’OR CREATEUR : SLEEPING GIANTS CAMPAGNE : SLEEPING GIANTS La marque et l’agence : et bien c’est un peu spécial puisqu’il s’agit d’un collectif qui s’appelle donc « Sleeping Giants ». Un campagne pour rendre la haine moins profitable. Ce n’est pas une idée de pub. C'était une idée pour changer la pub. Bougez pas on vous pitche le truc. Le contexte : Dans la foulée de l'élection présidentielle de 2016, le racisme a été ouvertement exposé en Amérique. Suprémacistes blancs, néo-nazis et racistes de tous bords reprennent des couleurs sur le web et s’offrent une visibilité sans précédent. La culture des trolls racistes a envahi Twitter, Facebook et YouTube avec peu d’action d cela marque des plateformes. On a vu de nombreux sites médias se créer autour des thématiques sulfureuse de Trump et de l’extreme droit américaine. Sleeping Giants est une campagne de responsabilité de l'annonceur. La naissance de l’idée : Lancé anonymement par Matt Rivitz, un rédacteur pigiste, après la découverte choquante que les plus grands annonceurs au monde finançaient Breitbart, la "plateforme de la droite droite" de Steve Bannon. Et oui le fameux problème des achats d’espaces publicitaires en programmatique. Je paie des pubs mais je ne sais pas où elles sont diffusées. Sleeping Giants n'était au départ qu'un compte Twitter destiné à informer les annonceurs non avertis que leurs annonces servaient à financer des discours de haine. Comment ? Et bien en postant Twitter des captures d’écran de publicités de grande marque affiché à côté d’un article haineux. Avec un message pointant la marque et l’informant de la situation : « Etes vous vraiment ok pour financer des mouvements Neo nazi ? » **Les résultats : ** La mayonnaise a pris et d’autre s’y sont mis en train aguant les marques concernées. Sleeping Giants est devenu un mouvement international. Avec aujourd’hui 355.000 membres dans le monde. Plus de 4 250 annonceurs ont quitté Breitbart. Et surtout a responsabilisé les annonceurs sur leurs placements publicitaires. —— La Campagne Greenpeace Ran-Tang SOCIETE : GREENPEACE AWARD : LION d’ARGENT CREATEUR : MOTHER - Londres CAMPAGNE : GREENPEACE RAN TANG Dans nos supermarchés, 50% des produits contribuent à la déforestations qui elle même tue chaque jour 25 orang outangs. Face à ce combat, c’est le plus grand défenseur de la planète qui s’est interposé : Greenpeace. Vous n’aurez pas pu manquer cette campagne qui a énormément fait parler d’elle. C’est une vidéo animée avec comme personnages principaux un bébé orang autan et une petite fille. Le petit orang autan se réfugie dans la chambre de la petite car son habitat est détruit par les produits de consommation. Sortie en Août dernier sur les réseaux de Greenpeace la vidéo a beaucoup fait parler d’elle autour des fêtes de fin d’année. En effet la chaîne de supermarchés britannique Iceland a voulu prendre le petit orang autan comme égérie de leur campagne de fin d’année mais la publicité à été censurée sur les chaines britanniques. Réponse sociale 10.000% d’augmentation pour les recherches « huile de palme » sur google 61.900% d’augmentation pour les recherches « huile de palme » sur Twitter 267 millions d personnes touchées sur les réseaux sociaux 600.000 vues sur la page de Greenpeace Réponse du public La communication s’est étendue jusque dans les écoles, plus de 1000 écoles ont contacté Greenpeace pour donner du matériel pédagogique Peu de temps après, une pétition réunissant plus d’1 millions de signatures faisait quand même parler du problème et a remis le sujet de l’huile de palme au goût du jour 84 000 personnes sont devenus des donateurs récurrents Sue le site des Lions on peut retrouver la vidéo initiale de Greenpeace mais également un récapitulatif très fourni de l’action de communication. Réponses de marques Ocado a introduit un rayon sans huile de palme, la demande de “sans huile de palme” a augmenté jusqu'à 28% Une ONG basée en Malaisie, la RSPO, a voté l'inclusion du principe de «non déforestation» dans ses principes Le plus grand négociant en huile de palme au monde, Wilmar International, représentant 40% de l'approvisionnement mondial, a promis d'éliminer la déforestation de sa chaîne d'approvisionnement dans un plan d'action détaillé, citant la campagne de Greenpeace comme facteur de cette décision. —— La campagne Keep Fortnite Fresh SOCIETE : Wendy’s AWARD : Grand Prix CREATEUR : VMLY & R une agence de Kansas City CAMPAGNE : Keep Fortnite Fresh **Le contexte : ** Grâce à la plate-forme de streaming en ligne Twitch, Fortnite est passé du jeu vidéo pour 12-24 ans à une nouvelle forme de divertissement. Ce public est un public compliqué à saisir puisqu’il sait éviter les publicités traditionnelles et est très sceptique quant aux marques qui entrent dans son espace culturel. Pour toucher cette audience avec la marque Wendy’s, l’agence s’est creusé les méninges et a pris des risques. D'autres marques ont déjà tenté d'atteindre ce public en plaçant des logos ou des panneaux d'affichage dans le jeu, mais Wendy’s est allé au-delà de la publicité traditionnelle. Plutôt que de payer pour jouer, elle a décidé de jouer. L’idée : Ils ont créé un personnage dans Fortnite qui s’appelle Wendy’s avec des cheveux roux, des tresses comme le logo de la marque. Et après ? Et bien ils ont joué, joué, joué. Ils ont aussi stream, streamé, et streamé. Bref ils se sont rendus légitimes. Lorsque Fortnite a introduit un nouveau mode de jeu appelé Food Fight, ils ont trouvé une manière organique d’intégrer la marque Wendy's dans l’histoire du jeu et de rencontrer son public dans son propre monde. Je vous fais pas le détail du truc mais dans le jeu il y’a deux restaurants Durr Burger et Pizza Pit. Durr Burger stocke son bœuf virtuel dans des congélateurs, ce qui est directement opposé au bœuf frais et jamais congelé pour lequel Wendy's est célèbre. Donc au lieu de se battre avec d’autres joueurs, pendant neuf heures d’affilés, ils ont destruit tous les congélateurs virtuels chargés de bœuf. Créant un moment vraiment unique et surprenant sur la plateforme Twitch. Les résultats : Le flux Twitch a été visionné en direct plus de 250 000 fois Les spectateurs ont partagé le flux et les mentions de Wendy's ont augmenté de 119% sur l'ensemble des plateformes sociales. —— La campagne LE TEMPS QU’IL NOUS RESTE SOCIETE : PERNOD RICARD - Ruavieja AWARD : LION d’ARGENT CREATEUR : LEO BURNET - Madrid CAMPAGNE : LE TEMPS QU’IL NOUS RESTE Nous vivons en mode pilote automatique, consacrés au travail et distillant inconsciemment notre temps libre. La technologie a envahi nos vies et occupe la majeure partie du peu de temps qui nous reste. Les relations se produisent même plus sur les réseaux sociaux que dans le monde réel. En Espagne, il est de tradition de prendre une liqueur digestive comme Ruavieja après le déjeuner ou le dîner pour prolonger le moment. Cette tradition et de nombreuses autres disparaissent car, de nos jours, personne n’a le temps de rien et tout le monde est toujours pressé. Pour sa campagne de Noël, Ruavieja avait une grande ambition: faire en sorte que les gens changent de comportement et se voient vraiment plus souvent. La campagne est appuyée par un site web qui calcule le temps qu'il nous reste. On perd du temps à faire des choses qui ne nous rendent pas forcément heureux Dans les 40 prochaines années, nous passerons 520 jours à regarder des séries 6 ans à regarder la TV 8 ans sur internet -10 ans sur des écrans Mais combien de temps avec les gens qui comptent vraiment ? Et à la fin biim un joli slogan pour une pub de digestif espagnol type Bailey « crama ruavieja » « IL FAUT QUE L’ON SE VOIT PLUS » RESULTATS -La campagne a été la plus regardée et la plus partagée en espagnol dans l’histoire (Google). -17,5 millions de vues au total (13,5 millions sur Youtube, dont 5,3 millions provenant de WhatsApp) -Plus de 300K actions. -1 million de personnes ont visité le Web et plus de 700 000 personnes ont calculé combien de temps il leur restait avec leurs êtres chers. Temps moyen passé sur le Web: 4´30 ”. -Les visites sur le Web provenaient de 194 pays différents. -Ventes en hausse de + 52% -Carrefour a dû créer un bouton direct sur sa page d'accueil de commerce électronique en raison de la demande soudaine. -Une émission télévisée chilienne a consacré un documentaire d'une heure à cette idée -Des milliers de personnes ont partagé leurs rencontres sur les réseaux sociaux, remerciant Ruavieja de les avoir rendues possibles. —— La campagne Dragibus Black Fortune SOCIETE : Dragibus AWARD : Pas de prix mais parmi les shortlistés CREATEUR : Agence Marcel CAMPAGNE : Dragibus Black Fortune Plus qu’une campagne, c’est une performance : un live sur Twitter de plus de 35 jours ! Contexte : L’agence Marcel a effectué un social listening complet des conversation autour de la marque Dragibus sur les réseaux sociaux et ont constaté que 80% des discussions autour de Dragibus tournaient autour des couleurs. Quelle couleur préférée pour les dragibus ? Leur écoute de bruit a révélé que la couleur de Dragibus la plus aimée en France est le noir. **L’idée : ** Un challenge Twitter pour élire le plus grand fan de Dragibus Noir. Le tout avec un challenge intégrant un live Periscope. Il suffisait de tweeter avec le hashtag #DragibusBlackFortune pour participer, ce qui plaçait automatiquement le nom du participant en une du live. Si personne ne tweete dans les 15min, tu pouvais remporter la carte #DragibusBlackFortune et gagner un an de Dragibus noir gratuit. Résultats, un live Presicope de 35 jours avant que un certain Imane Benhassine en plein milieu de la nuit ne gagne enfin ! Les résultats : 65.822 Tweets générés 26k interactions générées et 3,37 millions d’impressions. . . . Le Super Daily est le podcast quotidien sur les réseaux sociaux. Il est fabriqué avec une pluie d'amour par les équipes de Supernatifs. Nous sommes une agence social media basée à Lyon. Nous aidons les entreprises à créer des relations durables et rentables avec leurs audiences. Nous inventons, produisons et diffusons des contenus qui engagent vos collaborateurs, vos prospects et vos consommateurs.

Inke van der Sluijs, head of European operations at the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (the RSPO) discusses supermarket palm oil boycotts. Episode Four - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg. For the accompanying text article visit Food Navigator. Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

New rules from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) ban deforestation and growing on peat. But what are the challenges of putting the new rules into practice, and how will they be effectively enforced to protect forests and the people who depend on them? Tune in as we discuss: The impact of the new standards The challenges of making them work How can the rules be effectively enforced? What next for RSPO’s standards? Brand palm oil and fighting fake news

Confused about palm oil? We’re heading deep into the former rainforests of South East Asia to explore the huge palm oil plantations that fuel far more of the food industry in the west than we realise (and also chop down quite a lot of the lush forest greenery).   Things we chatted about: WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard: http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/ Buycott app to scan your produce and find out whether it contains palm oil or ties to any other unsustainable practices: https://www.buycott.com/ RSPO certification to identify sustainable sources of palm oil: https://rspo.org/certification   Theme music and sound mixed by Mark Skinner. Instagram @forwhatitsearthpodcast Facebook /ForWhatItsEarth Twitter @WhatEarthPod

Confused about palm oil? We’re heading deep into the former rainforests of South East Asia to explore the huge palm oil plantations that fuel far more of the food industry in the west than we realise (and also chop down quite a lot of the lush forest greenery).   Things we chatted about: WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard: http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/ Buycott app to scan your produce and find out whether it contains palm oil or ties to any other unsustainable practices: https://www.buycott.com/ RSPO certification to identify sustainable sources of palm oil: https://rspo.org/certification   Theme music and sound mixed by Mark Skinner. Instagram @forwhatitsearthpodcast Facebook /ForWhatItsEarth Twitter @WhatEarthPod

In this episode, I spoke with Inke van der Sluijs, Head of European Operations for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. In light of the huge movement against palm oil, I wanted to take the time to connect with the RSPO to go through this challenging topic. Can palm oil be sustainable? If you’re someone who thinks that it can’t be, and that we should just switch to another oil, I would just urge you to listen to our conversation. We spoke about what the RSPO is and what they do, insights regarding trends for palm free, resource requirements, recent data looking at impacts from switching to another fatty crop, steps moving forward, and lots more.

This is a podcast devoted entirely to going deep into what exactly C8 triglyceride is, why you would, and how you should use it. From how it affects your metabolism by creating ketones within 15 minutes of consuming it, why it can help one loose weight, make you feel more energetic, to helping with epilepsy. This is a much overlooked fat to add to your ketogenic diet. Whether it’s for weight loss, energy, or athletic performance C8 is very helpful. Buy C8Keto MCT Oil on AmazonOur Facebook Group Keto NaturopathUntil next time, Dr. Karl

Michael Guindon, palm oil technical adviser with ZSL, talks with Ian Welsh about how the most recent SPOTT tool analysis, assessing palm oil, has provided evidence of positive progress in the sector on the one hand, while also highlighting that many companies still have a lot to do. For example: only half of companies that have no deforestation commitments are transparent on how they are monitoring their progress against them. Guindon also argues that while many palm oil companies have been focused on producing solid policies on deforestation, there are significant implementation gaps in the way of achieving 2020 commitments, but that the revised RSPO principles and criteria will help. And while it is tempting for retailers to ban palm oil, Guindon puts the case for why this is counterproductive.

Dr. Sudeep Mohandas Co-Founder/Managing Director of I First International speaks to Datuk Darrel Weber from RSPO about the mindset within the organisation in order to manage the constant battles they face on the ground.

This week: Michael Guindon, palm oil specialist from the Zoological Society of London, gives his impressions from the recent RSPO general assembly in Malaysia and details ZSL's latest analysis of the palm oil sector's progress against its commitments. And Ramon Arratia from Ball Beverage Packaging Europe puts the case for non-plastic packaging for drinks. Plus: insight from the UN's 2018 Emissions Gap Report, a potential Cerrado agreement, viscose supply risks and new responsible banking principles, in the news digest. Hosted by Ian Welsh

Eric Wakker has 26 years of experience in tropical forestry and agricultural plantations in relation to governance, trade, investment and sustainability certification in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He stood at the basis of the international discourse about sustainable tropical timber and palm oil, and worked on a range of policy initiatives and certification schemes such as FSC and RSPO. Eric has executed assignments for a range of local and global non-governmental organizations, investors and traders and donor organizations. Over the past two years, his work has been focused on assisting Asia-based palm oil planters and traders, as well as NGOs, to enable the transition towards sustainability in the palm oil sector. Check out Eric Wakker: www.aidenviornment.org wakker@aidenvironment.org https://twitter.com/EricWakker Support the TVTV Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thevoyagesoftimvetter

Speaking at the recent RSPO meeting in Paris, Mickael Blais from the French Alliance for Forest Preservation and Toby Webb, Innovation Forum, discuss how different commodity supply chains – including palm oil, rubber and soy – can work together to impact deforestation. They debate the challenges around separating the crops-for-food and crops-for-fuel debates given the different pressures on each.

Palm oil is a complicated issue. The supply chain itself is very complicated and crosses several borders. The products made from palm oil are touched by many hands before they reach the shelves. And it will reach the shelves, in the US palm oil is in about 50% of packaged goods. That's why the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) is so damn impressive. They are tackling the certification process with board members from every step of the supply chain and beyond. And they are doing it with urgency because it is urgent.

This week: Valentina Gurney from the Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility talks to Ian Welsh on trends in disclosure and behaviour change that investors expect from companies on modern slavery. And Erik Meijaard from Borneo Futures and Toby Webb talk about palm oil's impact on biodiversity. Plus why regulation on plastic bags is having a big impact, investor pressure on the RSPO and some potential impacts of the recent Monsanto court verdict, in the news roundup. Hosted by Ian Welsh

Little do most people know that they are directly contributing to the destruction of the “lungs of the earth” (the most sensitive ecosystems in the world, the Rainforest) by using products that contain non-RSPO palm oil. That is non-sustainably harvested palm oil. Listen to this interview with the U.S. Outreach Representative for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.This is perhaps the most important interview I’ve done because it will directly inform you about how your specific product purchases are contributing to Rainforest destruction globally and contributing to the demand for Non-RSPO certified palm oil products.Long ago we decided to commit to having our C8 Keto MCT Oil product RSPO Certified . Now you'll know why this is so incredibly important. Our hope is that we begin to ‘set the bar higher’ in terms of encouraging other companies to convert their products, or the ingredients in their product to RSPO-certified palm oil ingredients…and consequently halt the massive destruction of a remarkable ecosystem: The Rainforest of South East Asia, and around the world.Show Links: https://rspo.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Keto-Extreme-Booster-Sustainably-Harvested/dp/B01MR2CYRS/ref=sr_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1532979887&sr=8-4&keywords=c8+keto+mct+oilBuy C8Keto MCT Oil on AmazonOur Facebook Group Keto NaturopathUntil next time, Dr. Karl

This week: Mark Gough from the Natural Capital Coalition explains to Ian Welsh the real benefits for companies to include natural capital calculations in their business planning. At the recent RSPO meeting in Paris Toby Webb met with Elisabeth Hipeau from BNP Paribas, who described how the finance sector can help support sustainable palm oil and combat deforestation. And in New York at Innovation Forum's conference on business and modern slavery recently Ulula founder Antoine Heuty spoke to Ian Welsh about how companies can identify vulnerable people in their supply chains and engage with them. Plus: new Adidas pledges, California and the UK emissions success, and why respecting indigenous rights will help preserve essential landscapes. Hosted by Ian Welsh.

This week Aid Environment's Tim Steinweg talks with Toby Webb about the work of Chain Reaction Research and its new report into shadow companies in palm oil supply chains to allegedly conceal deforestation. Should brands be concerned about fresh deforestation risks in their supply chains? And Erb Institute managing director Terry Nelidov and Ian Welsh discuss trends in how companies approach their social licence to operate, and why it is increasingly regarded as essential. Plus depressing deforestation data, new allegations about palm oil giant Wilmar from Greenpeace, Nestlé's row with the RSPO and Australia's modern slavery bill revealed, in the news roundup. Hosted by Ian Welsh.

This week, Nusa Urbancic, campaigns director, Changing Markets Foundation, debates with Toby Webb the NGO's new report investigating certification schemes in fisheries, palm oil and textiles – including RSPO and Better Cotton Initiaitve – and what they could do to achieve their aims via greater transparency and ambition. Plus new Nasa research on global water depletion, National Geographic's campaigning on plastics, Greenpeace cutting ties with Asia Pulp & Paper over deforestation, and modern slavery in construction in the weekly news roundup

Regnskog skövlas och orangutanger dör. Forskare säger att mer måste göras om vi ska lyckas rädda regnskogen. Mitt i smeten finns den mest konsumerade oljan i världen - palmolja. En av anledningarna till att man avverkar är att göra plats åt oljepalmer. Och ju mer regnskog som skövlas, desto mer koldioxid frigörs som bidrar till växthuseffekten. Under FN:s klimatmöte 2014 sattes det upp ett mål om att halvera avskogningen fram till 2020 - men forskare menar att det finns lite som pekar på att det målet kommer att nås. Reporter Sofia Sidén Research David Lindahl Producent Ida Lundqvist En ny version av podden ligger nu uppe då den gamla innehöll en felformulering kring RSPO:s certifieringssystem.

In the latest episode of the Poynton, Webb dialogue on all things sustainable the pair discuss: the decision to disband the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge, IPOP; IOI's decision to abandon their lawsuit against the RSPO, Resolute's decision to keep suing Green

Teaser NARRATOR Donuts, deodorant, buns and burgers. They're killing us -- and not just because of what they do to our bodies. No, it's because of what the soy, beef, and palm-oil that they're made of -- and they paper they're packaged in -- do to the environment. More specifically, it's because of the way way we get these commodities -- by chopping or degrading forests -- which is one reason that tropical forests now emit more greenhouse gasses than they absorb, according to a study published last month in the journal Science. But what if I told you we could end this by 2020 -- just two years from now? I'm not saying we can end all deforestation by 2020, but what if I told you we can purge deforestation from these four commodities -- the ones that drive most of the world's deforestation -- by ramping up ten activities that we're already engaged in -- and have been for decades: that these activities are time-tested, and they're lined up like dominoes, ready to be activated? It's like a giant, simmering pot ready to boil. Would you believe me? I hope so, because that's exactly what I'm saying, and it's not just me saying this. It's more than 250 economists, ecologists, and agronomists from around the world, and they're drawing on the experience of environmental NGOand small farming communities from Africa to Asia to Latin America -- as well as the big agribusinesses -- who are, quite frankly, the critical actors in all of this. Today we're looking at these ten activities, how they fit into 100 more that are getting a lot of attention these days -- as well as where they came from, why they work, and how you can learn more about them.   NARRATOR Earth. We broke it. We own it -- and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas - not the forests, farms, or fields -- and not the global economy that depends on all of these. But we can restore it. Make it better: greener, more resilient, more sustainable. But how? Technology? Geoengineering? Are we doomed to live on a... Bionic Planet? Or is Nature itself the answer? That's the question we address in every episode of Bionic Planet, a podcast of the Anthropocene -- the new epoch defined by man's impact on earth -- and nowhere is that impact more deeply felt than in the forests, farms, and fields that recycle our air and provide our food. Today we're looking at lists: two of them, to be specific. One involves 100 solutions that can not only slow climate change, but end it and even reverse it. The other involves ten activities that can accelerate a cluster of the big 100. In between our examination of these two lists, you're going to have to sit through a little history class -- because you won't understand where we're at or where we're going if you don't understand where we came from and how we got here. Act I NARRATOR I'm opening today's show with a book review of sorts -- a very short one like the ones that Sister Mary Ann used to ask us to deliver in her English class at Christ the King school in Chicago. It compares and contrasts two best-sellers related to Climate Change. One is called "Drawdown", and it's a recipe book of sorts... for saving the planet. I love this book. The other is called "This Changes Everything", and it's a mess. I hate it -- even though it's more entertaining than the first. What I love about Drawdown, which is edited by environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken, is that it focuses on concrete, doable ways of fixing the mess. Specifically, it summarizes 100 solutions that can not only slow climate change, but -- cumulatively -- end it and even reverse it. Of these 100, 80 already exist and are even being implemented, while 20 are listed as "coming attractions". He categorizes about a quarter of the solutions under either "food" or "land use", and they include things like green agriculture, forest protection, and indigenous peoples' land management -- all of which I cover in this podcast What I hate about "This Changes Everything" is that it's shrill, sloppy, and dismissive of workable solutions. Its basic story arc is this: "Gee, I just realized this climate stuff is serious, and so I spent a year or so investigating it, and I found that all of the so-called solutions out there only fix part of the problem... none of the fix the whole thing. We need something radical! A total reset of human nature! And I'm just the person to tell you how to do it, and it involves the post office." On the one hand, in writing the book, Naomi Klein sounded the alarm, which is great, and she even pointed out that we need to radically alter the way we run our economy... which is true... but then she dismisses anything that isn't a magic bullet like the ones that kills vampires... or is it warewolves? Anyway... and either way, she ends up floating a solution that's just as imaginary as those two creatures, while not just ignoring but actively dissing and dismissing solutions like the ones that Hawken highlights in his book  Now, I get the Daniel Burnham aspect of this -- he's the Chicago architect who said, and I quote, "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized." So, I can see why Klein -- and, in fact, most mainstream writers -- steer clear of wonky, tedious solutions. They're boring. But our job as reporters isn't just to entertain. It's to act as a kind of scout... going out into the wilderness, seeing what's happening there -- what the threats are, how to avoid them... and then reporting back in a way that clear and concise. I'm excited about Drawdown for two reasons: first, because it achieves this, and second, because it's become a best-seller -- and it should, because these wonky, tedious solutions aren't little. Each is massive in its own right, and Drawdown looks at 100 of them. What's more, the book's goal isn't just to slow climate change, but to actually end it and reverse it. If that doesn't stir your heart, I don't know what will -- and on that note, I'd to share with you the second half of that quote, which we almost never hear. "Make big plans," he says. "Aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty." Nothing there about being simple and pithy, and the emerging solutions to the climate challenge are not always simple, but they are noble, logical, orderly, and beautiful. The Paris Agreement, for example, is a masterwork of diplomacy -- a massive mosaic of thousands of smaller agreements that respect every country and culture on the planet. Likewise, the solutions I'll be examining today emerge from diverse sectors and societies, yet they all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, and they're also integral to the success of the Paris Agreement. I'm focusing mostly on the corporate sector, because that's where we need to focus our attention if we're going to fix this mess. The ten solutions we'll be examining in the final segment come from Tropical Forest Alliance 2020. But what is Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, and how does it influence corporate activities?  Act 2 Marco Albani We're basically a platform for private-public collaboration NARRATOR That's Marco Albani who runs Tropical Forest Alliance 2020.  MARCO ALBANI Created by US government and CGF MUSIC: Zydeco NARRATOR We're going to be focusing on two organizations today, and the Consumer Goods Forum is one of them. It's a coalition of CEOs and top managers from more than 400 retailers, manufacturers, and service providers in 70 countries. It coalesced in 2009, but traces its origin to the aftermath of World War I, when French food merchants were beginning to engage in international commerce again, and needed to know that they were getting good stuff. But they soon learned that the "war to end all wars" achieved nothing of the kind, and it wasn't until 1953 that the International Committee of Food Chains was born. This was a commercial enterprise focused on making sure farmers in far-away places were delivering good food to merchants and shopkeepers closer to home, but the parameters of quality control gradually expanded to include labor conditions and environmental impact. By the 1990s, environmental pressure groups had forced the creation of certification standards for the sustainable production of palm oil and timber & pulp, while other industry groups emerged to promote general food safety. Then, in 2009, just as climate negotiators were gathering for year-end talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, three of these industry groups -- the Global Commerce Initiative, the Global CEO Forum, and the International Committee of Food Chains -- merged into the Consumer Goods Forum, which is dedicated to promoting fair labor and environmental practices among companies whose sales add up to $3.5 trillion per year. Now, I'm not so naive as to believe that these companies are all selfless and beneficent. In fact, I even think many of them are selfish and sociopathic, as legal scholar Joel Bakan maintains. But there are ways of changing that, and these multilateral organizations are one. In fact, research from the Forest Trends Supply Change initiative shows companies that belong to organizations like the Consumer Goods Forum not only make more environmental commitments than companies that don't, but they're also much better at reporting progress towards delivering on those commitments, which is why this matters: MARCO ALBANI 2010 GCF Resolution NARRATOR Beef, soy, palm oil, and pulp & paper. There they are again -- the big four commodities responsible for most of the world's deforestation, because farmers around the world are chopping forests to grow them. So it's a pretty big deal when 400 companies line up behind a specific pledge to end that.  But, of course, it doesn't end there. Just as the Kyoto Protocol showed us that government can't do this on its own, common sense tells us that the global, profit-driven corporate sector isn't going to fix our problems on its own, either, despite what free-market fundamentalists like to believe. We need government, we need NGOs, we need indigenous groups... we need them all working together. So, in 2012, the Consumer Goods Forum and the US government launched the group we're primarily focusing on today: Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 -- or TFA 2020 -- to get all these sectors working towards the goal of changing the way we produce the big four deforestation commodities, so that by the year 2020 we no longer chop forests to do so. MARCO ALBANI And since then grown... more than 400 partners... business, producers to consumers. MUSIC: zydeco? NARRATOR So, you've got the Consumer Goods Forum representing business, and you've got Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 -- or TFA 2020 -- representing all of these diverse interests. Then, in 2014, as climate negotiators were gearing up for the Lima talks, things get serious. UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon holds a massive rally in New York designed to turbocharge TFA 2020's mission. The result is the New York Declaration on Forests, which is a pledge to cut the global rate of deforestation in half by 2020, and to end deforestation by 2030 while restoring hundreds of millions of acres of degraded land. The pledge is endorsed by 36 national governments,  20 sub-national governments -- meaning states and cities -- 15 indigenous organizations, 53 environmental NGOs, and 52 multinational corporations. The list of companies is interesting: it includes traditional good actors like Danone, Unilever, and Kellogg's -- but also companies with a reputation for doing the wrong thing, like Asia Pulp and Paper -- a longtime environmental pariah once known for grinding pristine forest into pulp. Dewi Bramono turn story around NARRATOR That's Dewi Bramono, Asia Pulp and Paper's Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, who we'll hear from later in the show. Most of the audio in today's show comes from an event that Forest Trends hosted in September during New York Climate Week, and Dewi Bramono's presence in that room is proof that companies can change. The New York Declaration on Forests is a big deal, because you got all of these companies publicly committing to tackle deforestation, and the declaration isn't just a simple statement, but is actually 10 specific goals that -- like all of those 100 solutions in Drawdown -- feed on and reinforce each other. The challenge is holding these companies to their word. MUSIC: ends Now we come to 2015: you've got these two global networks and this very public commitment -- how do you turn this into action? In part by getting everyone on the same page, so the governments of the UK and Norway ramped up funding for TFA 2020, and the World Economic Forum essentially adopted it -- giving it a place to live in Switzerland. That same year, the organization I work for -- Forest Trends -- launched the Supply Change initiative -- that's Supply-Change.org -- to track not just corporate commitments, but the progress that companies report, and you may have noticed I use them as a resource quite a lot. Now we come to last year -- 2016. You've got all of these commitments and all of this transparency, and TFA 2020 needed to pull it all together so we could see how far we were from the goal. They asked a dozen leading NGOs to help out, and they put a research-oriented group called Climate Focus in charge. Then, at last year's climate talks in Marrakesh, they published two reports: one focused on progress towards all ten of the goals outlined in the New York Declaration on Forests, and one focused exclusively on Goal Number Two, which says that, by 2020, we will no longer be chopping forests to produce the big four deforestation commodities. MUSIC: End zydeco MARCO ALBANI Goal Two Assessment - 1 NARRATOR Specifically, it's a mixed bag. Using Supply Change data on almost 700 companies, they found less than half of the companies that had made commitments were actually disclosing progress -- although those that did report progress were usually on track to meet their goals. They also found huge variance from company to company -- meaning some great success stories, some shining examples, and a lot of lessons-learned.  MARCO ALBANI Goal Two Assessment - 2 NARRATOR It's crunch-time, and we need to very quickly harvest the lessons of the last eight years to see what works and what doesn't. Then we need to scale up what works, and do it fast. So Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 called in "Climate Focus". They're the research-oriented NGO that led the creation of the two earlier assessments. CHARLOTTE STRECK We started with the New York Declaration NARRATOR That's Charlotte Streck, who runs Climate Focus. CHARLOTTE STRECK Then we had a series of workshops... FADE OUT NARRATOR You get the picture. They didn't just pull this out of thin air, but instead they talked to more than 250 organizations, put their findings out for review, adjusted them, and finally presented them in New York. SOUND: fade charlotte back in MUSIC: pensive NARRATOR So, let's pause again to get our bearings. We started with 100 activities that can reverse climate change, and we dove into one of them: ending deforestation, which we realized is part of a cluster of activities related to land-use and agriculture. We in turn found that this cluster was broken into ten specific goals of its own, enshrined in the New York Declaration on Forests. Then we dove into one of those ten goals -- Goal Number Two, the most immediate one: purging deforestation from the big four commodities by the year 2020 -- and we found it's doable. And now, after diving down to this one goal... we're going to open things up again... to look at the ten priority areas that can help us achieve the goal of purging deforestation from these four key commodities in just two years, which will in turn help us achieve the other 9 goals in the New York Declaration on Forests, which will in turn help us achieve a few dozen of the 100 activities that will help us reverse climate change. MUSIC: END NARRATOR Before we move on, some key points. First: Charlotte Streck This is not a step-wise approach NARRATOR And also, if we do achieve the 2020 goal, the game isn't over.  , MARCO ALBANI Need to keep long-term MUSIC: ?? NARRATOR I'm about to unveil the ten priority areas, but first I have a question for you: do you like this show? If so, would you like more episodes -- maybe better produced to boot? With a second set of ears and more time for editing? You can make that possible by giving me a good rating on iTunes or wherever you access the show; you can tell friends about me. Or, best of all, you can become a patron at bionic-planet.com I've set the patronage page up so you can support me per episode, but with a monthly cap. So, if you think $5 per month is good for a five-episode month, you can pledge $1 per episode, but with a $5 monthly cap. That way, if I don't manage to generate five episodes in a month, you're not paying for something you didn't get, and if I go nuts and deliver 20 episodes one month, you won't get whacked, either. By the same token, you can offer $5 per episode... or 10 or 50 or whatever.  I'm sitting on a ton of material -- Interviews and audio I gathered as far back as June -- and I'm itching to share it with you in ways that make sense. But I've got a day job, and I've got to pay the bills, too, and I'm not even close to breaking even on the podcast. I like the idea of being listener supported, but am also open to big sponsors, advertisers, or investors to cover my costs, hire some help, and scale this up. The web site, again, is bionic-planet.com, or you can e-mail me at steve@bionic-planet.com MUSIC: end music Act 3 SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. The ten priority areas for purging deforestation from the supply chains of the big four deforestation commodities by the year 2020. Beginning with  SOUND: gong CHARLOTTE STRECK point 1 NARRATOR So, what does this mean? I'll let Michael Jenkins explain it. He runs Forest Trends, which means he signs my checks... but I think the group does good work, too, which is why I work for them. Michael Jenkins Forest Trends Illegality Report 1 NARRATOR He means illegal conversion of forests to farms or fields. MICHAEL JENKINS Forest Trends Illegality Report 2 NARRATOR Let that sink in for a moment. In fact, let's hear it again. MICHAEL JENKINS Forest Trends Illegality Report echo NARRATOR So, while we do need better legal frameworks, we also need to enforce the laws already on the books -- as Brazil showed when it slashed deforestation 70 percent between 2004 and 2014. If you listened to Episode 20, you heard how good-acting companies can also support enforcement -- something Charlotte also alluded to. CHARLOTTE STRECK companies can help NARRATOR Companies that are good with the law can also boost their bottom line by building up trust with importers abroad -- as Asia Pulp and Paper is doing in Indonesia. DEWI BRAMONO legality NARRATOR It's the right thing to do -- and it certainly can't hurt their status with global buyers. SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR And that brings us to... SOUND: Gong CHARLOTTE STRECK 2- palm certificatin NARRATOR Palm oil is in everything from donuts to soap to after-shave. You probably use it but don't even know it. CHARLOTTE STRECK Palm Oil is one of the main drivers NARRATOR Remember we talked about certification on the start? Supply Change data shows that of the big four commodities, companies are making the most progress in reducing deforestation around two of them: palm oil and timber and pulp -- mostly because we started seeing certification of these back in the 1980s. Today, about 21 percent of palm oil is certified by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, or RSPO. The challenge is twofold: getting consumers to pay a premium for this, and extending certification to more forests. CHARLOTTE STRECK We don't have sufficient demand SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR Then comes the next priority SOUND: gong CHARLOTTE STRECK 3 beef intensification NARRATOR "Sustainable intensification of cattle grazing"... that basically means raising more cows on the same piece of land, so that you don't have to keep chopping forests to graze them.  CHARLOTTE STRECK Beef is responsible for more... NARRATOR In episode 7 of Bionic Planet, we saw how Kenyan farmers are using agroforestry to increase milk production -- they plant trees in among their crops to pull nitrogen from the air and infuse it into the soil, and they turn the leaves into silage for their cows. That's just one solution, and there are dozens of them. Ideally, we should all eat less beef, but for now we can reduce the amount of land used to raise the ones we do have. CHARLOTTE STRECK we know that we can SOUND: drumroll SOUND: gong NARRATOR Which brings us to... CHARLOTTE STRECK 4 palm and cocoa intensification NARRATOR Cocoa is not one of the big four, but it's a huge contributor -- and it's mostly produced by small farmers working in cooperatives. CHARLOTTE STRECK More than 30 percent of palm oil and 90 percent of cocoa NARRATOR The report shows that small palm-oil producers can increase their productivity 85 percent without chopping more trees. CHARLOTTE STRECK  These smallholders NARRATOR So, that gets us through three of the big four, plus cocoa -- or cacao, as the threes themselves are called. Ignacio Gavilan what about soy - 1 NARRATOR Yes -- what about soy? That, by the way, is Ignacio Gavilan, Director of Sustainability, for the Consumer Goods Forum. IGNACIO GAVILAN what about soy - 2 SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR And that brings us to... SOUND: gong   CHARLOTTE STRECK 5 sustainable soy NARRATOR Up until 2006, farmers across the Brazilian Amazon were chopping forest like mad to grow soy, but then something changed: Companies like McDonalds -- responding to pressure from groups like Greenpeace -- voluntarily stopped buying soy from Amazon farmers who chop trees to grow the stuff. The soy moratorium is just one example of a successful multilateral effort to fix the climate mess.  CHARLOTTE STRECK it is important NARRATOR Certification programs are ridiculously expensive and notoriously difficult to manage -- I mean, this is really complex stuff. A company like McDonalds buys beef from slaughterhouses like Marfrig or JBM, and those slaughterhouses buy from thousands of small farmers. To really do this right, we have to scale up  SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR And that's where the next priority area comes in SOUND: gong CHARLOTTE STRECK 6 - accelerating implementation of jurisdictional NARRATOR "jurisdictional" means governmental -- it can be federal, it can be state, it can be county, or even city. If you get an entire state like Sabah in Malaysia or California in the United States to make sure it's farmers are producing fruits and veggies in a sustainable way, companies can buy there without spending a fortune to certify each producer individually. CHARLOTTE STRECK we have screened 34 NARRATOR The state of Sabah, in Malaysia, for example, is working with several NGOs that have coalesced into an alliance called "Forever Sabah" Cynthia Ong jurisdictional 1 NARRATOR That's Cynthia Ong, who runs a group called "Land, Empowerment Animals, People" or LEAP. She's also one of Forever Sabah's co-executive directors. CYNTHIA ONG jurisdictional 2 NARRATOR Even big companies like Asia Pulp and Paper have realized they can't access certified material on a large scale one plantation at a time. DEWI BRAMONO landscape jurisdiction NARRATOR There are scores of efforts underway -- the Rainforest Alliance is also doing great work, which you can learn about if you listen to episode 23 -- that episode will have the raw audio from this event without me interjecting every few minutes. It's kind of long, but if this episode sparked your interest, I think you'll find the full event worth listen to. SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR But for now, we move on to... SOUND: Gong CHARLOTTE STRECK 7 - land security and land rights NARRATOR This is another one we've addressed here before: indigenous and traditional communities tend to have a strong connection to their land. Studies have shown they usually -- not always, of course, but usually -- maintain their forest and want to keep it, but their legal rights to the forests are often in limbo. That leaves them vulnerable to speculators, and also less willing to invest too much in the forest CHARLOTTE STRECK Uncertainty of land. NARRATOR Another thing to remember: people in developing countries buy stuff, too SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR Which brings us to: SOUND: gong CHARLOTTE STRECK Goal: Mobilizing demand in emerging markets NARRATOR Remember earlier, when we talked about certification? We learned that 21 percent of all palm oil is certified by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, or the RSPO. One reason it's not higher is that people still, for the most part, buy whatever is cheapest, so it's not worthwhile for producers to spend all that money getting certified -- and that's even more so in developing countries. Kavita Prakash-Mani of WWF is working to change that. Kavita Prakash-Mani 21 percent CHARLOTTE STRECK In addition to this: domestic demand NARRATOR We're getting near the end here, folks -- so far, we've talked a lot about producers and consumers, but what about investors? SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR That brings up our next priority area: SOUND: Gong CHARLOTTE STRECK Redirecting Finance NARRATOR This is something we cover a lot on bionic planet, and it's the core of what we cover at Ecosystem Marketplace. Investors are still backing the bad actors, and they'll continue to do so until they realize that environmental bad actors are also financial bad risks -- but they'll only realize that if we all hold the bad actors accountable and support the good ones. We've seen some progress on this front over the past year, with HSBC manning up to some investments that led to deforestation and pulling the plug. You can learn more about that in an article I wrote for Ecosystem Marketplace called "Why HSBC's Recent Response To Greenpeace Really Is A Very Big Deal", and I link to that in show notes for this episode, which is episode 22 at bionic-planet.com. We're also seeing governments like Norway's stepping up with finance for sustainable forest management. Stina Reksten private-sector-capital 1 NARRATOR That's Stina Reksten of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative. She's helping to launch a new fund, together with the Global Environment Facility, Unilever, and IDH -- which is a Dutch sustainable trade initiative. STINA REKSTEN private-sector-capital 2 NARRATOR But that's just a sneeze in a hurricane compared to the $55 trillion global economy CHARLOTTE STRECK we have the finance NARRATOR But finance doesn't flow with guidance SOUND: drumroll NARRATOR And that brings us to... SOUND: gong CHARLOTTE STRECK data NARRATOR This is where we come in. I already mentioned Supply Change -- that's supply-change.org -- and we did another episode -- episode 11 -- focused on a platform called TRASE, which lets you trace soybeans from specific municipalities in Brazil to ports around the world. There are plenty of other efforts, and Nicole Pasricha of Rainforest Alliance outlined one that they're participating in. Nicole Pasricha point 10 NARRATOR That might sound boring and wonky, but the whole issue of comparability is critical -- because if you can't compare what different countries, companies, and counties are doing, you can't reject -- or reform -- the bad guys and reward the good Remember Ignacio Gavilan of the Consumer Goods Forum? He pointed out that member firms didn't know how much soy they used. So his group created a solution IGNACIO GAVILAN soy ladder NARRATOR Ignacio Gavilan wrapping up this edition of Bionic Planet -- which is a bit different than most episodes. I usually like to dive deep into an issue, but this time, we kept it pretty high-level. I hope to revisit all of these activities in more detail, and if you think that would be of value, be sure to help me out by sharing Bionic Planet with friends and giving me a good rating on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you access podcasts. You can also help by becoming a patron at bionic-planet.com -- where you can show your appreciation for as little as $1 per month. If today's show sparked your curiosity, be sure to download episode 23 as well. That one will contain the full audio from the Climate Week session that I harvested for this. If you're a paid patron, I will not be charging for episode 23, but rather just uploading that as a public service. Until next time, I'm Steve Zwick in Rotterdam. Thanks for listening!

On this episode we welcome Gemma Tillack, agribusiness campaign director of the Rainforest Action Network, which has been very active in the global campaign to protect Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the richest, most biodiverse tropical forests on the planet that is at risk of being turned into oil palm plantations. Tillack explains just what makes Leuser so unique and valuable and how consumers can help decide the fate of the region. And in the latest Field Notes segment, research ecologist Marconi Campos Cerqueira discusses a recently completed a study that used bioacoustic monitoring to examine bird ranges in the mountains of Puerto Rico, which appear to be shifting related to climate change, and he’ll share some of his recordings with us. Please help us improve the Mongabay Newscast by leaving a review on its page at Android, Google Play, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, or wherever you subscribe to it.

Ian Welsh and Tom Idle discuss what's coming up in the May issue of Supply Chain Risk & Innovation. We delve into the RSPO fall out with IOI, our long-read explores the pros and cons of certification, standards and labeling and we have a Q&A with Dupont.  Apple feature as our corporate case study and our targets vs achievements piece is with Heineken. Our sector profile is all about sugar and we take a quick look at our June/July issue.

Ahead of our next forum on how business can tackle deforestation, we held a webinar addressing audit integrity in the palm oil industry.In their recent report “Who watches the watchmen”, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and its research partner Grassroots, highlight third party auditors that are carrying out methodologically flawed fieldwork and producing substandard, biased reports that fail to identify and mitigate unsustainable practices by oil palm companies. The report argues that a lack of clear, mandatory, and enforceable guidelines has allowed auditors to omit or disguise serious flaws in the operations of plantation companies and in some cases even to collude with plantation companies to disguise violations of the RSPO standard. In response to the report, the RSPO has established a task force to ensure full implementation of “quality, oversight and credibility of RSPO assessments”. Our webinar will debate the need for reform of the RSPO system, to provide palm oil growers and auditors with clear, mandatory, and enforceable guidelines that will help auditors to do a better job.  Speaking are: Jago Wadley, senior forest campaigner, Environmental Investigation Agency Scott Poynton, founder, TFT Paul Wolvekamp, deputy director, Both ENDS, board member of RSPO Andrew Ng, founder, Grassroots Moderator: Ian Welsh, publishing director, Innovation Forum 

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a non-profit association which aims to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm. The Secretary General of the RSPO, points to challenges, efforts and achievements faced by the association since its inception.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palm oil is everywhere - from cooking oil to soap to vegan margarine. Equatorial rainforest and peatland are cleared and replaced with serried ranks of oil palm trees (Elaeis guineensis). The whole biodiversity of Borneo and Sumatra is threatened by habitat loss, particularly the iconic Orang Utans. Some vegan activists say no product that kills this many animals can be considered vegan. But is palm oil really worse than anything else? Can poor countries like Malaysia and Indonesia develop without it? Is there a sustainable solution? Environmentalist Catherine Laurence helps disentangle the thicket of issues. Hear academic experts Eric Lambin and Robert Greenland; vegan baker Ms Cupcake; primatologist Georgina Ash; vegan MP Kerry McCarthy; the boss of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and vegan Indonesian palm oil activist and Miskin Porno lead singer Daniek Hendarto. The post Palm Oil: with Catherine Laurence, Eric Lambin, Orangutan rescuer Daniek Hendarto, RSPO SG Darrel Webber first appeared on THE VEGAN OPTION radio show and blog.

Palm oil producers and traders have been looking for new production areas as expansion in environmentally sensitive regions in Southeast Asia has become increasingly difficult - but Latin American and African production must embrace sustainable standards from the beginning, says RSPO secretary general Darrel Webber.

Palm oil producers and traders have been looking for new production areas as expansion in environmentally sensitive regions in Southeast Asia has become increasingly difficult - but Latin American and African production must embrace sustainable standards from the beginning, says RSPO secretary general Darrel Webber.