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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 (Reuters) Commodity giant Wilmar International is using its buying clout to Canada Goose Coats On Sale push suppliers to be greener, or else, setting up a battle with growers and governments that have profited from their environmentally Canada Goose sale damaging practices.

cheap Canada Goose Given Singapore listed Wilmar muscle its refineries process nearly half buy canada goose jacket the world palm oil it could also drive up prices of canada goose uk outlet the oil, canadian goose jacket used in cooking oil to cosmetics and biofuels, especially in price sensitive India and Canada Goose online China.

Canada Goose online the unfortunate consequence of any steps taken to make agriculture more sustainable. It a cost we must learn to bear, said Dorab Mistry, head of edible oil trading at Indian conglomerate Godrej Industries, a big Wilmar customer.

Wilmar, valued at $16.5 billion, has given its growers across Southeast Asia two years to comply with canada goose store its new environmental policy, which it says is right thing to do for the continual viability of the industry, for canada goose coats our canada goose coats on sale children and future generations.

canadian goose jacket need your support and urgent action to de link your operations from deforestation, it wrote to suppliers in a Jan. 7 letter obtained by Reuters, referring to the practice of clearing rainforests to expand oil plantations, potentially speeding up climate change.

Producers who fail to comply with Wilmar Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation rules risk being cut off from more than 140 refineries that Wilmar and its associates operate globally.

CHANGING MINDSET Wilmar follows criticism by environmentalists, particularly in Europe, who say its estates in Indonesia have grown at the expense of cutting down the forest habitat canadagooseoutletcoats.com of Sumatran tigers and draining peat swamps, emitting climate warming carbon dioxide.

Greenpeace has welcomed the moves to clean up the canada goose palm oil processing chain. ambitious and we support it. It about uk canada goose time the big guns in the industry do something to eliminate the bad image palm oil has in the global marketplace, said Bustar Maitar, head of Greenpeace Indonesian forest campaign. oil suppliers canada goose black friday sale who are making a noise about Wilmar really need to change their mindset. It not business as usual.

Wilmar, which buys around 30,000 tonnes of palm oil every day equivalent to a day demand across the whole of India faces opposition from within its own industry.

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Malaysia commodities minister Douglas Uggah Embas did not respond to requests for comment. He has previously said Wilmar policy showed no respect for Malaysian laws promoting good agriculture practice, workers rights and farmers returns.

In Malaysia Sarawak state on Borneo, where oil palms cover close to three quarters of 1.6 million hectares of peat swamps, planters say there no suitable land for any expansion. Government officials there have urged growers to shun Wilmar refinery, Sarawak biggest, and build their own processors and ship more crude palm oil directly to India, local canada goose clearance industry sources said.

Sarawak officials could not be reached for comment.

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canada goose store regrettable that, as yet, not more plantations and refineries have come forward to support these policies, Wilmar said in a statement to Canada Goose Outlet Reuters. spite of the objections. we are heartened that there are suppliers, especially the younger generation of planters, who are keenly aware of the need for environmental protection and are supportive of our move.

buy canada goose jacket The company declined to say how many suppliers had signed up to its deforestation policy.

buy canada goose jacket cheap wouldn sign yet. It a unilateral move by a big Canada Goose Parka buyer. They just quietly put it out there without consulting the industry, said the chief executive of a listed plantation firm that supplies Wilmar, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.

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Canada Goose Jackets Wilmar is expected on Thursday to report a 36 percent drop in October December net income to $305 million from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine estimates. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Indonesians that man made climate change was the world most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.

Canada Goose Outlet A smoky haze from Indonesia timber and palm estates blanketed neighbouring countries for weeks last June, prompting Singapore government to buy canada goose jacket cheap warn planters listed on its stock exchange they could face consequences if found responsible.

canada goose deals Planters dissatisfaction at Wilmar stems partly from the firm dominance of markets in India and China, which soaked up demand for palm oil when its use canada goose uk black friday declined in Europe. The company has 82 refineries in those two markets, and extensive distribution networks, leaving little wiggle room for suppliers.

canada goose black friday sale can create positive incentives to change by rewarding compliant producers with long term contracts on Canada Goose Online favourable terms, said cheap canada goose uk Gary Paoli, an analyst who tracks Wilmar with Indonesian environmental consultancy Daemeter Consulting.

canada goose coats Traders predict that slower land expansion and supply growth, as planters in Indonesia and Malaysia are more careful in choosing where to plant, will push up palm oil prices.

canada goose coats on sale feeling is that it will lead to more investment in research to increase productivity. So in the long run, if you take a 20 year view, sustainability should come at very little extra uk canada goose outlet cost, said Mistry at Godrej Industries. (Editing by Ian Geoghegan).