Written by Monique van Wijnbergen, Natural Habitat’s Sustainability & Corporate Communications Director and spokesperson for Palm Done Right. For centuries, cutting and burning down forests was the way to prepare forested land for agricultural activity. This practice is still applied by many farmers around the world. When I visited Ucayali region in Peru…
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Written by Monique van Wijnbergen, Natural Habitat’s Sustainability & Corporate Communications Director and spokesperson for Palm Done Right. As palm oil supply chains are complex with many actors involved, traceability is important to assess risks. It becomes even more important with the European Council’s agreed mandatory due diligence rules to tackle deforestation “for all operators…
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Written by Monique van Wijnbergen, Natural Habitat’s Sustainability & Corporate Communications Director and spokesperson for Palm Done Right. In my previous blog post I positioned sustainably produced palm oil as a ‘next gen palm oil’, compared to the conflict palm oil that makes up the bulk volume globally. And we can innovate further…
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This summer Unilever announced the launch of a $120 million venture to scale and commercialize plant-based alternatives to palm oil and fossil-derived cleansing ingredients. Partner in this venture is US-based biotech company Genomatica. “While palm oil will remain an important feedstock to Unilever, these alternative ingredients can play a growing role in diversifying…
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Written by Monique van Wijnbergen, Natural Habitat’s Sustainability & Corporate Communications Director and spokesperson for Palm Done Right. During the past months I devoted a chunk of my time to write the first Natural Habitats Impact Report. Narrating the story of how our organic palm oil journey began, and how it has been our…
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Think palm oil, think deforestation. Think palm oil, think health implications. The media has disseminated such simplified messaging around palm oil for years. There have been numerous calls to action to boycott palm oil, and “no palm” labeled products are finding their way onto grocery store shelves. We need to…
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We all know that palm oil and red palm oil are extremely versatile ingredients used in a variety of products, from cleaning supplies, to cooking and food products, to cosmetics. But while we’re well aware of the incredible health benefits palm oil brings to the table thanks to it’s Vitamin…
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Red palm oil, the substance used in cooking supplies, cosmetics, cleaning products, and more, is extracted from the fruit of an oil palm, just as regular palm oil is. Both sorts of palm oil have been used in cooking and meals for thousands of years, and holds a huge amount…
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The San Francisco Bay area is home to a variety of restaurants that are on a mission to provide delicious, healthy, and clean food. A number of these restaurants are very particular about the vegetable oil they use for cooking and frying. Earlier this month I had the opportunity to…
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