top of page


News
Latest updates, insights and developments across the palm oil industry.


About Sustainability, Regulation and Consumer Demand
Even as Malaysia and Indonesia work towards combating misperceptions behind anti-palm oil products from grocery store shelves, anti-palm...
Sep 15, 2020


Nepal's Palm Oil Exports Could Suffer As India Suspends Import Licences
Shipments in the first eight months of the current fiscal year were valued at Rs 15.35 billion. Nepal's lucrative palm oil exports to...
Sep 14, 2020


There's No Palm Oil Alternative
I read a few news reports in a couple of international media recently about a start-up based in New York that is ready to go big in...
Sep 14, 2020
Tax Exemption Augurs Well for Palm Oil Industry
COVID-19 hit oil palm smallholders and companies can heave a sigh of relief overt a tax exemption provided under the National Economic...
Sep 14, 2020


&Green Fund Makes Palm Oil Sector Investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk
PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a...
Sep 14, 2020


Oil Palm Smallholders Suffer from Falling Prices, Pandemic Restrictions
Oil palm smallholders have suffered losses during the ongoing health crisis from the falling price of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and...
Sep 1, 2020


Field Maintenance. Don’t Start Today by Doing Yesterdays Work
For decades, palm oil businesses have intended to stand on the strong grounds and methodologies to care and drive the utmost success of...
Sep 1, 2020


Affirming A Cause; Pandemic or Not
Multiple phases of the Movement Control Order (MCO) have passed and Malaysia is finally and slowly easing back into life. Many sectors...
Sep 1, 2020


Is This the Beginning, or the End For Palm Oil In China?
At the start of 2020, positive fundamentals shaped the palm oil market. Global demand for the oil was on the upswing, with consumption...
Sep 1, 2020


Guidelines on sustainable palm oil production
The Pongo Alliance, an alliance of oil palm growers, businesses and conservation practitioners, is developing guidelines for best...
Sep 1, 2020


Exclusive Interviews with the Palm Oil Industry's Major Players
Join us as we go on exclusive interviews with three major players in the palm oil industry from both Indonesia and Malaysia. They...
Aug 26, 2020


An Interview with Mr. Khoo Kiak Kern, Managing Director of Desmet Ballestra (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
K. K. Khoo graduated as a chemical engineer and has a Master in Management Science from the University of Manchester, U.K. He has worked...
Aug 24, 2020
bottom of page
.jpg)