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Olam’s Makouke palm plantation in Gabon achieves RSPO certification

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019 Editor

GABON – Makouke Plantation, managed by Olam International’s subsidiary Olam Palm Gabon, has become certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), making the multinational food and agribusiness company be on track to achieve RSPO certification for all of its palm plantations in Gabon by 2021. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. The Makouke plantation a joint venture of the Republic of…

Olam achieves sustainability certification for oil palm plantation in Gabon

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Editor

GABON – Olam International, a multinational food and agri-business company, has achieved Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification for its Mouila Lot 3 palm plantation in Gabon. RSPO, an organisation consisting of players in the palm oil industry, developed a set of environmental and social criteria which companies must comply with in order to produce Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSO). Mouila Lot 3 becomes Olam’s third RSPO certified plantation and the first oil palm plantation in Africa to be developed on 100% grassland area and includes renewed RSPO certification for…