The last holdout among big palm oil producers joins no-deforestation pledge

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By Nathanael JohnsonDec 5, 2014, 6:09 am60 pts
The Singapore-based palm-oil business Musim Mas announced Thursday that it will make sure that the oil it purchases hasn’t been harvested in ways that cause deforestation. Musim Mas handles about 18 percent of the world’s palm oil. It was the last of the big palm oil companies that hadn’t agreed to…

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