Invest Sabah chairman Datuk Roger Chin (left) during the signing of SEASAF 2026 Declaration on the Establishment of the Southeast Asia Sustainable Avialtion Fuels Council here. - Pic courtesy of Invest Sabah Petra Seaga, a renewable energy and bioeconomy company, is evaluating a RM1.4 billion biorefinery project in Sabah, a senior official said. "Today, I wish to acknowledge the commitment expressed by Petra Seaga to establish a presence in Sabah and make a significant invest

About 90 per cent of estates in the palm oil sector have obtained the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification, while independent smallholders have reached 85 per cent, said Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad. She said the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has provided full grant assistance to smallholders to enable them to obtain the certification. "The government is fully committed to meeting the requirements of the European Union De

Johor may be drawing billions in data centre investments, but its real high-income opportunity lies in palm oil waste estimated to be worth RM3.5 billion annually, said the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) Monitor founder. The JS-SEZ Monitor is an independent platform that tracks and provides analysis on developments related to the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone. Its founder Nasser Ismail was formerly Iskandar Regional Development Authority strategic comm

Smallholders sharing a light moment at the diffusion programme. FOR over three decades, Siti Nor Hayati Ahmad Sekak worked on her 12-hectare oil palm farm in Kampung Tengah, Renggam, Kluang, using methods passed down from her parents — simple, time-tested and heavily dependent on instinct. "I used to focus only on harvesting. I never knew how to assess seed quality or manage fertiliser properly. Now, I understand how to get better yields and manage my workers more efficiently

Willie Walsh (left) and Marie Owens Thomson (right). Pix by Bilqis Bahari Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, has the opportunity to become a key player in the global shift towards sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. This is by leveraging the region's vast feedstock potential, said International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Willie Walsh. Walsh said countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are well-positioned to develop fe

Chief Executive Officer of RSPO, Joseph D'Cruz. -NSTP/EIZAIRI SHAMSUDIN The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is working with Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) to align both certification schemes in an effort to ease the burden on smallholders. RSPO chief executive officer Joseph D'Cruz said the move aims to avoid overlapping audit processes and streamline sustainability requirements for the industry. "The main objective is to reduce compliance cost and lessen adm

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Phoong delivering the Chief Minister’s speech when officiating EMPOF2025. Around 97 per cent of oil palm plantation smallholders in Sabah...