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FoodIngredientsFirst spoke to Darrel Webber, CEO of the RSPO about the sourcing of sustainable palm oil, the targets that have been set and the big data innovations that are being adopted in order to guarantee traceability.

More messages are coming out from academia and civil society saying that the ban on palm oil could lead to worse impacts than what we have now, says Webber

RSPO's outgoing CEO Datuk Darrel Webber says that most of its members are compliant in sustainable planting practices but the government needs to look into factors beyond control of plantation companies to fight the haze problem. This also dovetails into the imminent dangers of climate change which need inter-governmental action.