SUSTAIN

SINGAPORE, 16 January 2020 – SUSTAIN (Sustainability Assurance & Innovation Alliance), the palm oil alliance blockchain solution formed to improve traceability to palm oil production areas and accelerate the implementation of No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) policies across complex supply chains, welcomed two new associate members – Germany-based global sustainability certification system, […]

Initiatives trace product origins in bid to tackle deforestation and corruption MASANORI TOBITA and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers April 13, 2019 13:29 JST LAUSANNE, Switzerland/TOKYO — Moves to improve transparency in commodities trading are spreading in Asia as resource-exporting countries make efforts to tackle deforestation and corruption. Japanese trading house Itochu has acquired a […]

Blog by: Vikalp Sabhlok – GGGI Senior Officer – Investment, Forest & land Use Asia One of the biggest challenges for palm oil as a commodity is that of establishing traceability and sustainability. Indonesia supplies close to 45% of the world demand for palm oil. Over the last two decades, in Indonesia, the palm oil […]

The Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Conference 2018 (JaSPOC2018) took place at the IINO Hall & Conference Center in Tokyo, Japan on 22 October. The annual event was attended by organisations such as WWF, Kao Corporation, Ajinomoto, Nissin Foods Holding, AEON Co and Lion Corporations to name a few. Apical is proud to have been an […]

Director of Sustainability for Apical Group, Bremen Yong represented the palm oil trader and exporter at Enterprise Singapore’s Sustainability Forum which took place on 18th September 2018 at the agency’s headquarters in Victoria Street, Singapore. Enterprise Singapore is the Singapore government agency that champions enterprise development and supports the growth of the country as a […]