Indonesia Doubles Down on Palm Oil

Today, demand is dropping partly due to global campaigns to highlight the destructive impacts of palm oil on forests, orangutans, and biodiversity, forcing more and more companies to implement deforestation pledges. “There is increasing pressure from environmental groups in sensitive markets, which is pressuring companies,” said Krystof Obidzinski, a palm oil expert with the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research. “Some of these markers are becoming uncertain for CPO.”