Waitrose is to switch its own-brand foods to Certified Sustainable Palm Oil in a move intended to help prevent deforestation, climate change and other problems caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil.
In a recent league table published by WWF, Waitrose scored very poorly on palm oil and this seems to have prompted its action.
Setting out a radical new timetable on the controversy, the retailer said it would ensure supplies for 1,000 products were certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by 2012. In the meantime, it will buy GreenPalm certificates for production, equivalent to its annual usage.
You can read an article in the Independent here.
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