palm oil
a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
oil obtained from various species of palm.
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The commodities that go into candy and gum—cocoa, mint and palm oil—are produced by some of the most impoverished people in the world, living in some of the world’s most environmentally vulnerable areas.
Mars CEO Grant Reid Wants Candy to Lift One Million People Out of Poverty. Here’s His Plan to Make It Happen | Eben Shapiro | October 18, 2020 | TimeA lot of palm oil comes from areas that have been taking down tropical rain forests.
Mars CEO Grant Reid Wants Candy to Lift One Million People Out of Poverty. Here’s His Plan to Make It Happen | Eben Shapiro | October 18, 2020 | TimeIt’s become increasingly clear that in order to effectively tackle societal and environmental issues—such as deforestation associated with palm oil—we need to entirely redesign and transform global business supply chains.
How we’re ending deforestation in Mars’ palm oil supply chain | jakemeth | October 7, 2020 | FortuneLike many global businesses, we at Mars have been working tirelessly to try to solve the complex issues of deforestation and human rights challenges in the palm oil supply chain over the past decade.
How we’re ending deforestation in Mars’ palm oil supply chain | jakemeth | October 7, 2020 | FortuneWhile there’s been some progress by global businesses to stop deforestation in their palm oil supply chains, forest area has continued to decline globally in the last several years.
How we’re ending deforestation in Mars’ palm oil supply chain | jakemeth | October 7, 2020 | Fortune
These villages used to harvest rubber, cacao, palm oil, and coffee beans.
Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTpalm oil is so cheap because the trees are extremely productive.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe advent of large-scale palm oil production made it more and more attractive to manufacturers.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Girl Scouts uses palm oil to make its cookies, as do manufacturers of ice cream, crackers, packaged breads, and margarine.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe finances of the country are being taxed to the utmost to find the extra "palm-oil" which these mercenaries demand.
There was one sort of beads used for the purchase of palm oil, a second for ivory, a third for gold, and a fourth for slaves.
Before they had been in the country another week they were vociferously demanding palm-oil chop from John every day.
The Blind Lion of the Congo | Elliott WhitneyTo one side was a little dish full o' palm oil, with a lighted wick floatin' in it.
The Blind Lion of the Congo | Elliott WhitneyA little o' the palm oil helped, but wi' them things around me I thought sure I was crazy.
The Blind Lion of the Congo | Elliott Whitney
British Dictionary definitions for palm oil
a yellow butter-like oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm, used as an edible fat and in soap
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