My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper Today (Responsible Stewardship)
The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing of protected land. And another demanded the industry atone for its alleged sins by adopting a so-called “No Kill Policy” to protect wildlife.
Misquoted in The Star Newspaper
Ms Hillary Chew is a respected environmental campaigner for the Star and should not write words as though they were from my statements. I never said that oil palm plantations are good habitats for orang utans. Additionally, I have never seen statements by the oil palm industry insisting that the oil palm plantations...
Sustainability of Palm Oil Production Revisited
I constantly receive invitations to speak at various seminars to explain the sustainability of palm oil production from Malaysia. Maybe it is confusing for the layman and industry players who receive conflicting claims from agencies like the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), as opposed to...
