![]() ![]() It has four key principles that we require all our palm oil suppliers to adhere to throughout their operations and supply chains: Our interaction is underpinned by our cross-commodity People and Nature Policy, which we launched in 2020, replacing our Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing Policy. We engage with them proactively to clearly communicate our expectations. Our suppliers play a crucial role in helping us meet our goals. Working with independent mills and smallholders means we can help the industry achieve higher levels of sustainability and traceability and transparency – and in doing so we gain granular levels of visibility when it comes to our supply chain. No credible plan for transformation of the palm oil industry can afford to ignore the pivotal role of this group. Our strategy in particular focuses on these independent smallholders – helping to equip them with resources and knowhow to achieve levels of positive impact beyond what may be delivered by conventional sustainability certification schemes. We’re focused on engaging this section of the industry that has been mostly left out of the sustainable supply chain – independent mills and their smallholder supply base. ![]() To drive real change in the industry, we decided to go beyond relying on the existing limited certified supply base (where in some cases, we aren’t always able to gain full traceability), moving to purchase volumes where we can assure volumes are deforestation-free. ![]() Our sustainable sourcing figures for palm oil reflect the challenges we face particularly when it comes to sourcing certified sustainable palm kernel oil – as well as the progress we’ve made advancing our strategy to engage independent mills. We buy the remainder from RSPO independent smallholder credits, in which we continue to be one of the largest buyers of these credits. Through the Unilever Compass, we’ve committed to achieving a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023 – this includes palm oil and four other commodities associated with deforestation.īy the end of 2021, we sustainably sourced 90% of our core palm oil volumes, with 86% coming from physically certified sources: RSPO Mass Balance, RSPO Segregated or an equivalent standard that is independently verified by a third party. We have a plan to go farther and faster when it comes to transforming the industry – to ensure that the palm oil we buy is not only sustainably sourced but deforestation-free. Our approach to sustainable palm oilįor more than a decade, Unilever has been at the forefront of driving industry-wide change to ensure a sustainable future for palm oil. We are committed to helping to build a sustainable supply of palm oil that benefits both people and nature. ![]() To get the same amount of oil from other sources like soybean or coconut, you would need anything between four and 10 times more land.īy staying connected with the palm oil industry, we can help address its problems. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, palm oil supplies 40% of the world’s vegetable oil on just 6% of the land used to produce vegetable oils. Stopping the use of palm oil simply shifts the problems elsewhere. As a major palm oil buyer, we have an important leadership role to play in transforming the industry for the better. To be truly sustainable, the industry needs to change. These are all major challenges that must be urgently addressed – by us and by everyone involved. And the expansion of palm oil plantations can lead to a range of human rights issues including land conflicts between plantation companies and local and indigenous communities. But the rapid expansion of the industry has meant that, in some areas, rainforests are being cut down to make way for new planting – driving climate change and biodiversity loss. In Indonesia and Malaysia, 4.5 million people rely on the palm oil industry for their livelihood.įarmers today produce over 70 million tonnes of palm oil each year – that’s more than double what they were producing just 20 years ago. The palm oil industry brings money, trade and jobs to producing economies and employs millions of smallholder farmers. For these reasons, palm oil is now the most commonly produced vegetable oil in the world. It’s the most land-efficient oil crop, with a much greater yield per hectare than other oils like sunflower, rapeseed or soy. It has many uses – like foaming, binding and stabilising – which is why it’s a key ingredient in so many products from food and beauty to household cleaning. ![]()
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