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How Palm Oil Poses Material Risks to Investors
Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree and used in thousands of consumer products, from cookies to cosmetics to biofuels.
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The Importance of Land Rights for Investors in Agribusiness
Within the field of sustainable development, there is no concern more fundamental than the governance and management of land and natural re- sources. Yet institutional investors with significant holdi…
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Environmental Social and Governance Policies of the Top U.S. Financiers of Palm Oil
Current ranking among US equity investors with stocks in palm oil production, by dollar amount invested.
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Press Advisory: Senate Briefing on Private Investment as Driver of Deforestation and Climate Change
With growing concern over the impacts of climate change and related financial risks to U.S. investors, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Friends of the Earth and Amazon Watch will host a briefing on priva…
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Three Years Since the Ecocide in the Río Pasión, Guatemala, Communities Still Struggle for Justice
The danger facing critics of the palm oil industry is particularly high, as the industry appears to have deep ties to narco-trafficking and money-laundering — and even international conservati…
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Palm Oil Company Golden Veroleum Liberia’s Departs from RSPO, Raising Red Flags for Investors
Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), a palm oil company operating in Liberia since 2012, last week voluntarily suspended its membership in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) — the sustainabilit…
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CalPERS’s New Policy Is a Good Step Forward for Forests and Human Rights
CalPERS’s new policy gives extraordinary attention to some crucial climate issues: deforestation, land use and the related human and labor rights issues.
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CalPERS Investment Policy a Victory for People and the Planet
Under the new policy, CalPERS will become the first large asset manager in the U.S., public or private, to formally recognize that deforestation and ecosystem degradation pose material investment risk…
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High Risk in the Rainforest
New findings indicate that GVL has failed to reform its operations, despite numerous complaints led with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2012, including a comprehensive set of com…
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Report: Liberian Palm Oil Company GVL Destroyed Dense Rainforests, Violated Land Rights, Endangered Chimpanzee Habitat
A new report revealed today that since 2015, palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia has destroyed at least several hundred hectares of forests that are vital habitat for chimpanzees and other endemi…