Unilever: Follow up on sustainable palm oil policy
Unilever announced their sustainable palm oil policy, launched 12 months ago, comprising of three main components: halt deforestation, protect peat land and drive positive economic and social impact. 2014-11-27 17:10:50
At the same time, Unilever announced a commitment to trace the palm oil the company is directly buying to the mills where it was processed. By the end of 2014, all of the palm oil directly sourced for our food business in Europe will be traceable to certified plantations. "We can now demonstrate traceability to a consumer product and this is no small feat as we were told this was impossible five years ago. Our decision to source the palm oil used in our foods business in Europe from segregated sources was the result of an extensive tender to consolidate our sourcing to a few selected long-term palm oil suppliers for the European region," the company reports reads.
Overall, the company reports that 58 per cent of the palm oil in their supply chain is traceable to known mills. They have visibility of over 1,800 crude palm oil mills, "which we estimate to represent more than two-thirds of the total number of crude palm oil mills that exist in the sector. While this is good progress, we recognise that we need to do more to reach 100 per cent traceability, and go further in working with our suppliers to identify how we source palm oil that is traceable back to the plantation on which it was grown," Uniliver reports states.
Europe and Australia/ New Zealand are leading the way with consumers demanding more sustainable palm oil. Back in 2010, all the palm oil requirements of our European business, as well as the Australian and New Zealand businesses, were covered by GreenPalm certificates. By the same year, all of their direct crude palm oil use in Europe was both traceable and certified.
By the end of 2014: All palm oil bought for Unilever's food business in Europe will be traceable certified (RSPO segregated sources). This commitment expands beyond crude palm oil, to include all palm kernel oil, palm oil fractions and blends and represents 9 per cent of Unilever's annual global volumes;
Also, the company announced that two of their global personal care factories will start using RSPO mass balance certified palm oil and remaining volumes of Unilever's palm oil use will be covered with GreenPalm certificates.
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