Global Supply Chain
This is the first stage of the palm oil supply chain, where oil palm trees are grown and harvested.
What is the plantation?
This part of the oil palm tree is used to produce palm oil.
What is the fruit?
Palm oil production creates these for millions of people in producing countries.
What are jobs?
The clearing of forests for another land use is known as this.
What is deforestation?
People who buy products containing palm oil are known as these.
What are consumers?
This stage extracts crude palm oil from freshly harvested fruit.
What is processing?
These two Southeast Asian countries produce most of the world's palm oil.
What are Indonesia and Malaysia?
This illegal practice involves children working when they should be protected and attending school.
What is child labour?
This critically endangered great ape is often used as a symbol of palm oil's environmental impact.
What is an orangutan?
Being able to follow palm oil from the plantation all the way to the finished product is called this.
What is traceability?
This stage includes factories that turn palm oil into products like soap, cookies and shampoo.
What is manufacturing?
Companies prefer palm oil because it produces more oil per hectare than many other vegetable oil crops.
What is its high yield?
These communities may lose access to their traditional lands when plantations expand.
Who are Indigenous communities?
This word describes the variety of living organisms in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
A company that chooses suppliers who protect forests is practicing this.
What is responsible sourcing?
This stage brings finished products from factories to stores around the world.
What is transportation?
Palm oil is commonly found in products like chocolate, soap and this breakfast spread made from roasted peanuts.
What is peanut butter?
This term describes workers receiving unfair pay or being forced to work in unsafe conditions.
What is labour exploitation?
These carbon-rich wetlands release large amounts of greenhouse gases when drained or burned.
What are peatlands?
This organization certifies palm oil that meets certain sustainability standards.
What is the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
The journey of palm oil from plantation to consumer through many countries is an example of this.
What is a global supply chain?
Although many people think they're the same, this oil comes from the seed inside the fruit rather than the fleshy fruit itself.
What is palm kernel oil?
A company discovers one of its suppliers uses child labour. The best response is to investigate the supplier and improve or change this.
What is its sourcing or supply chain?
Producing palm oil without destroying forests, protecting workers and respecting communities is described by this word.
What is sustainability?
This is the best approach to balancing environmental protection with economic development in the palm oil industry.
What is sustainable palm oil production?