RSPO: Transparency Helps Fight Haze but More Needs To be Done

Datuk Darrel Webber, Chief Executive Officer, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

08-Jan-20 08:05

RSPO: Transparency Helps Fight Haze but More Needs To be Done

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RSPO's outgoing CEO Datuk Darrel Webber says that most of its members are compliant in sustainable planting practices but the government needs to look into factors beyond control of plantation companies to fight the haze problem. This also dovetails into the imminent dangers of climate change which need inter-governmental action.

Presented by: Julian Ng

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Tags: RSPO, palm oil, Malaysia, transparency, haze, sustainability, plantation,

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