Conflict Palm Oil
Palm oil is a key ingredient that goes into the companys snack foods. In 2015 forced labor and human trafficking on the plantations of one of Malaysias biggest palm oil companies Felda Global Ventures made front page news in the Wall Street Journal showing that global brands are buying Conflict Palm Oil produced by forced labor. Pepsico S Pet Projects No Solution For Conflict Palm Oil Problem The Understory Rainforest Action Network Why conflict palm oil exists. Conflict palm oil . Concerns about the environmental and social impacts of the conversion of vast tracts of land to monocrop plantations led in 2004 to the establishment of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO which encourages oil palm expansion in ways that do not destroy high conservation values or cause social conflict. The demand for Conflict Palm Oil comes at a high price. Over the years the demand for palm oil had increased sharply as it was one of the cheapest vegetable oils. The effects of land grabb