PepsiCo adopts stricter, greener rules for palm oil in products
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation US food and drink giant PepsiCo Inc said on Tuesday it would introduce stricter rules for the palm oil used in its goods – including a retrospective ban on working with firms linked to deforestation – and enforce them for its business partners. In a first for the consumer goods […]
Indonesians hope “milestone” ruling will dampen haze-fire risks
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Green groups have urged the Indonesian government to step up help for hundreds of thousands of people made sick by forest fires and the haze they cause each year, after the nation’s top court ruled Jakarta must do more to stem the problem. The Supreme Court last week upheld rulings […]