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  • Robeco steps up palm oil engagement with exclusions

    11 March 2019

    NN Investment Partners (NN IP) and Actiam have joined Robeco in urging palm oil producers to improve the sustainability of their operations, as the latter steps up plans to exclude investments in the worst-performing companies.

  • Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil

    16 August 2018

    Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt a more robust and effective standard for production of the widely-used vegetable oil.

  • Companies must improve reporting of material environmental risks, says KPMG

    12 June 2014

    Auditing firm KPMG has called for increased disclosure from companies about the material risks posed by their reliance on natural capital.

  • Investors warn palm oil companies and financiers on climate change risks

    05 December 2013

    A $270 billion investor coalition has called for palm oil producers and their financiers to adopt policies to ensure they do not contribute to climate change.