Mondelez pressures palm oil supply chain to go 100% sustainable

Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ, -1.15% said Monday that it has “amplified its calls” for palm oil suppliers, and the industry as a whole, to go 100% sustainable and act with 100% transparency. The company says “there is more the industry needs to do in the palm oil supply chain to prevent deforestation.” Ahead of the 16th Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil,…

Why boycotting palm oil achieves nothing

In a bid to promote its palm oil-free products for the looming Christmas consumption frenzy, British supermarket chain Iceland recently sought to repurpose a moving Greenpeace campaign ad. The Disney-like cartoon shows a baby orangutan in a British child’s bedroom, disturbed by chocolate and shampoo containing palm oil, the crop which has destroyed its home. Clearcast, the body that assesses advertising in accordance…