29.03.2018
- Environmental group Greenpeace has called out major manufacturers of household products for refusing to disclose where they source their palm oil, despite vows to stop buying from...
03.08.2017
- US biotechnology company Verdezyne, which counts BP and DSM among its investors, has broken ground on its first commercial-scale biochemicals plant. The facility, known as...
11.04.2017
- In a resolution adopted by 640 votes to 18 with 28 abstentions, the European Parliament (EP) has called for the EU to tighten up on imports of palm oil due to its unstainable...
29.06.2016
- Singapore palm oil company Musim Mas has agreed to buy Dutch Glycerin Refinery (DGR) for an undisclosed sum. Wholly owned subsidiary Musim Mas Europe will acquire the company that...
12.04.2016
- The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has suspended the certification of IOI, a Malaysian palm oil company that supplies palm oil to more than 300 companies worldwide. The...
06.05.2015
- In the last several years, we have witnessed global trends that are changing the way global chemical companies operate. These trends include a consolidation of suppliers...
23.04.2015
- Chemicals are vital to our well-being. They help us grow more abundant crops and preserve our food. In the form of plastics, rubber and foam, they help make our homes, factories...
17.12.2014
- Eight Greenpeace activists who in March of this year staged a protest at the Cincinnati, Ohio, headquarters of US consumer products giant Procter & Gamble over the deforestation of...
