6 December 202130 November 2021 Breaking News: BASF Honored with Two Chemical Week 2021 Sustainability Awards Chemical Week has named BASF winner of the Best Sustainable Feedstock Initiative award and the Best Sustainable Product award
7 April 20202 April 2020 Synthetic palm oil being brewed like beer gets Bill Gates’ investment C16 Biosciences has just received a 20 million dollar 'series A' investment round from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund
19 December 201916 December 2019 5 Minutes With…Monique van Wijnbergen from Natural Habitats “We really want to change the conversation in the market that palm can be grown for good.”
3 September 201929 August 2019 Applying sustainability to save the Amazon Rainforest Large-scale agriculture has experienced sizeable expansion and becomes the newest driver of deforestation in the Amazon region
7 June 20194 June 2019 Giving credit where credit is due…Certifications and the bioeconomy Certifications are one way to help gauge transparency, honesty, verification. And there’s been some big news in certifications over the last week
5 June 201931 May 2019 BASF, The Estée Lauder Companies, RSPO and Solidaridad partner for Sustainable Palm Project The project partners are collaborating with the Indonesian government to foster a sustainable palm oil production supply chain in Lampung
BASF, die Estee Lauder Companies und der Roundtable on Sustainable Oil sowie Solidaridad: Partnerschaft für nachhaltige Palmölproduktion Die Projektpartner arbeiten mit der indonesischen Regierung zusammen, um eine nachhaltige Lieferkette für die Palmölproduktion in Lampung zu fördern
13 February 20189 February 2018 Bio-based cleaning products: What can I expect from them? AllThings.Bio answers the most frequently asked questions about bio-based cleaning products
14 November 201710 November 2017 Biomasse produzieren, Recht auf Nahrung wahren: Projekt „Food Security Standard“ Im seit Mai 2017 laufenden Vorhaben geht es nun darum, diese Kriterien in regulär laufende Zertifizierungsprozesse zu integrieren und zu erproben
10 July 20176 July 2017 BASF: Sustainable manufacture of palm oil is possible Factories at Gebze (Turkey) and Dahej (India) received Supply Chain Certificate of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
17 February 201715 February 2017 Evonik expands its range of RSPO-certified ingredients for the cosmetics industry Customers in the cosmetics industry now have available more than 50 certified palm-oil based raw materials
5 October 20161 October 2016 Greenpeace blockades IOI palm oil refinery in Rotterdam port Protest follows report linking company’s suppliers in Indonesia to deforestation, forest fires and human rights abuses
27 April 201621 April 2016 What do we do about palm oil? Alternatives have been slow in coming, but alternatives there are of great promise
10 June 20158 June 2015 PepsiCo, Walmart, investors call for stronger palm oil standard Standards ultimately need to be incorporated into the core P&C applicable to all member companies
20 March 201519 March 2015 Europe explores creation of Bio-based products standards Green Chemicals Blog on the current work on certifications and standards inside and outside of Europe
12 March 201512 March 2015 Indonesien: Zertifizierte Zerstörung Palmöl steckt in jedem zweiten Supermarktprodukt. Das müssen Hersteller nun kennzeichnen. Ein kritischer Blick aufs Etikett lohnt: Denn für das billige Pflanzenfett werden in Indonesien Wälder gerodet und Menschen vertrieben
16 December 201415 December 2014 European Commission Publishes EU Ecolabel Criteria for Rinse-off Cosmetics Sustainable palm oil for soaps and shampoos
26 November 201425 November 2014 Palm oil sustainability body to expel non-compliant companies RSPO finally lost its patience with members who have been bringing the organization into disrepute by failing to make commitments
17 November 201414 November 2014 Emery Oleochemicals commercialises production of RSPO segregated derivatives, setting the sustainability tone in the home and personal care industry Expanded product portfolio in the EMERCOL™ series focuses on fatty alcohol and glycerine-based solutions
28 August 201427 August 2014 Clariant to offer certified palm-based materials Gendorf first plant of BU Industrial & Consumer Specialties to be RSPO certified
16 July 201415 July 2014 Palmölanbau: Plantagen bedrohen Afrikas Menschenaffen Die Palmölindustrie in Afrika wächst - ihre Anbauflächen verdrängen Bonobos, Schimpansen und Gorillas. Verbraucher sollten beim Lebensmittelkauf bestimmte Produkte meiden, fordern Tierschützer
21 February 201420 February 2014 BASF launches diverse range of ingredients based on certified sustainable palm oil Most diverse portfolio of ingredients from certified sustainable palm (kernel) oil for the European home and personal care industry
28 November 201327 November 2013 Financiers of palm oil must stop deforestation and illegal activity Friends of the Earth: RSPO is not improving palm oil situation in Indonesia
1 August 2011 Dissatisfied With RSPO, Malaysia Begins Planning Its Own Palm Oil Certification Scheme Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities to certifie over 300,000 smallholders by national certification scheme - as the RSPO is too expensive
10 May 201024 December 2013 Biodiesel aus Palmöl fast ausschließlich aus dem Ausland importiert Auch für Biodiesel aus Palmöl gilt neues Gesetz zur Nachhaltigkeit
5 March 2010 Umweltverbände schießen sich auf Nachhaltigkeitssiegel ein WWF: EEG weise im Gegensatz zum ISCC Defizite auf
9 December 2009 Deutschland: Kaum Interesse an nachhaltigem Palmöl WWF und OVID mahnen mehr Verantwortung beim Klimaschutz an
29 October 2009 WWF: Ladenhüter nachhaltiges Palmöl RSPO-zertifiziertes Palmöl nur bei wenigen Unternehmen im Angebot
25 June 2009 Palm oil: Waiting for certified products Neste Oil to use only certified palm oil as soon as available
12 May 2009 Erste Palmöl-Auditierungen abgeschlossen Bundesregierung will ISCC als Nachhaltigkeits-Standard
22 October 2008 RSPO zertifiziert erstmals Plantage für nachhaltige Palmölproduktion Malaysische Plantage erhielt das "Internationale Zertifikat für verantwortungsbewusste Praktiken"
28 August 2008 Cremer Care erhält die europäischen Vertriebsrechte für Kosmetikrohstoffe aus Südamerika Bio-Glyzerin und Soap-Noodles aus nachhaltigem Anbau
