Is Palm Oil RobertApproved?
As concerns about environmental sustainability and climate change continue to grow, palm oil has become a controversial ingredient in the market. Is palm oil safe? Are there alternatives available? We’ll explore these questions and provide an overview of palm oil’s certification schemes and ratings.
First, the Basics
What is Palm Oil?
Palm oil, a reddish-brown paste extracted from the fruits of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis), is one of the most widely consumed and widely available cooking oils worldwide. Palm oil is often labeled as RSPO-certified or ORGANIC in consumer products, which indicates its processing and sustainability compliance with relevant standards.
How Is Palm Oil Impacting the Environment?
Unfortunately, the expansion of palm oil plantations for biodiesel and edible use has led to severe deforestation, loss of critical habitats for species (biodiversity hotspot in South East Asia, West and Central Africa and Indian Subcontinent), increased carbon emissions, and freshwater degradation [1].
- Deforestation: Wiping out vast areas of old-growth forests and causing species extinctions [1].
- Biodiversity Hotspot: Many palms’ distribution overlaps with ecosystems’ richness, like primates’ habitats, jeopardizing extinction [1].
Enter Certification Schemes: Sustainability and Certification Initiatives
To address palm oil’s environmental impact and maintain global demand, companies developed and implemented self-regulating certification schemes [1, 2]:
RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)
Created in 2004 by international businesses, conservationists, and social organizations. Aim: to ensure more than 20 million tones of sustainable palm oil, as of 2016.
- Certification based on audits, including forest restoration and social commitments for the highest level [Cert. C].
- Label on palm oil products signifying certification compliance.
< TABLE borders="1">Certification Levels and Stance Against Deforestation RSPO 2018|Number|Description
RSPO Mass Balance |~11 M t/year, Not linked to sustainable origin (offsetting unsustainable output| Unspecified, up to the producer to indicate usage for certified, identity preservation)
RSPO Book& Claim|~7M t/year, Certification tracking only up to production or sales | Unspecified for supply-chain compliance
RSPO Physical and Identity Preserved | 2.8 M t/year, certification throughout entire supply chain|| Up-to-date record
TABLE caption: "Differentiation levels within the certification of sustainability for palm oil as established by RSPO: A) mass-balanced vs. certified &amp; preserve"> [RSPO Annual Compilation Report, 2018]
More to it: Label Warnings
Consumer’s Warning Sign: EU: In October 2022, an EU dequate environmental impact labeling obligation will enter into force. Label Warning: This could mark "significant degradation or non-compliance**".
For the US consumer:
A sneak peak: Palm Oil Awareness Organization (POCO, www.palm.oil.warnings) released information and a table concerning product contamination and contamination probability among American food chains!
Consumer warning: Paying closer attention to palm oil as we continue with other natural essential oils’ demand: more transparency.
A step beyond: As producers have agreed to this pact between buyers and farmers!
• Transparency to sustainability – (CRR, Climate Rainforest Alliance) Certification Schemes (Pulps), 4 stages 9.99 billion
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Consumer Report: www.Consumerreports.org.
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Reference:
[1]. ScienceDirect (Online, October 2011), Forest Loss in Carbon, Oil Palm.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780080458235010…