The Globe and Mail Julie Van Rosendaal Published April 18, 2021
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In February, Canadians learned something new about our food system: that palm-derived fats are not only common ingredients in the food we eat – everything from margarine to ice cream – but also in the feed many of this country’s one million dairy cows eat. And their diet might actually be changing the composition and nutritional profile of our butter supply.
The controversy – dubbed “Buttergate” on social media – started when an increasing number of home bakers (myself included) began to notice that butter didn’t seem to beat or spread as easily as it once did. The theory was that its increased firmness signalled a change in the fatty acid profile of butter’s key ingredient, milk fat.
Is your portfolio fighting or fueling deforestation?
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One of the most pressing environmental calamities is deforestation.
In 2020, the World Wildlife Fund reported that the world lost 53% of forest wildlife between 1970 and 2018. Last year, while attention was focused on the coronavirus pandemic, the world lost 12% more primary forest than it had the year before, according to the World Resources Institute. And the IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on Climate Change and Land points out that agriculture, forestry, and other types of land use account for 23% of human greenhouse gas emissions a primary catalyst for climate change.
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The primary focus of the consultant group/firm is to develop MPOI Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability policies and commitments. This includes working with MPOI leadership and staff to understand what “sustainability” means for the palm oil industry and for MPOI- Also, it includes understanding what MPOI’s the business value of sustainability performance is and how that can help MPOI to achieve operational improvements and reduce volatility, improve community relations, access to market, access to finance, resilience to shocks- COVID-19.
The firm will be responsible to support MPOI in reaching sustainability commitments and policies that reflect the Liberian context and MPOI’s vision for their company and its desired legacy for people, nature, and production in the landscape.
While intentions are good, the consequences of boycotting palm oil could be very damaging
Palm oil production has been a major contributor to deforestation in tropical regions, including Indonesia, driven by global demand for this cheap and versatile vegetable oil. Over the past 13 years, forests covering an area nearly twice the size of the UK were destroyed to make way for plantations. The effects are devastating – especially for orangutans and their rainforest home.
Up to 85% of species are lost when rainforest is converted into oil palm plantations. So should consumers boycott palm oil? The answer, which may surprise you, is no.