The source of Palm Oil in the products that we stock is of a concern to us. Demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil present in 1 in 10 supermarket products, is the most significant cause of rainforest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Palm oil plantations destroy biodiversity and are associated with human rights violations and worker exploitation. In Indonesia, the area of land occupied by palm oil plantations has doubled in the last 10 years. This threatens species with extinction, including the Orang-utan & the Sumatran tiger.
To ensure that we are not exacerbating this situation we have contact the manufacturers of the products that we stock to ask them what their policy is.
Simply Soaps, Faith In Nature & Lavera all use a supplier that is a member of the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, www.rspo.org), which certifies that the Palm Oil supplied is from a Sustainable source.
Weleda source their Palm Oil from farms in Guyana & Columbia, which are certified as organic & sustainable by the EU.
Green People state “The palm oil used in Green People products is from certified organic sources. This means that it comes from trees that are grown on long-established plantations, which are managed in a sustainable way to ensure that native fauna and flora are preserved."