date:May 28, 2012
A sustainable choice?
Palm oil has drawn criticism for many years from western markets due to sustainability concerns regarding deforestation, cultivation on peatland and conflict between land stakeholders, the paper said.
But sustainability concerns are only being driven by EU markets, the report said, despite the developing markets, in particular China and India, representing the highest consumption levels.
These markets do not value sustainability as much as the consumers in the western