On behalf of the UK Roundtable on Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil, Efeca has written the 2021 Annual Progress Report (published in November 2022). Since the inception of the UK Roundtable on Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil in 2012, a decade of reporting has shown that the proportion of UK imports of palm and palm kernel oil […]
Climate change is an issue of ever-increasing prominence and urgency, and sustainable land use and production of agricultural commodities like palm oil will play a key role in our efforts to limit its impacts. According to the IPCC, greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation account for around 10% of global emissions, but if […]
Throughout 2021, Efeca worked in collaboration with IDH and the European Palm Oil Alliance to produce the 2020 Palm Oil Monitoring Report for Europe, presenting the latest data on Europe’s progress in sourcing sustainable palm oil. The report, titled ‘State of Play: Role of Europe in Driving Sustainable Palm Oil’, shows that 90% of the […]
Efeca’s Sustainable Commodities Resource Hub is a central hub of information, tools and resources to help businesses source commodities sustainably. It currently focuses on resources linked to palm oil and soya. Regardless of who you are, your level of existing knowledge or position in the supply chain, this Resource Hub will signpost you to resources […]
Please join us and help Dorset become the world’s first sustainable palm oil county. Climate change and environmental issues are regularly in the news. One of the big issues is around palm oil and deforestation. Unsustainable production of palm oil is wiping out huge areas of rainforest in order to provide the ingredients for food […]
In June 2020, Efeca hosted a webinar on No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Implementation Reporting Framework (NDPE IRF). With representatives from Proforest and AAK, the webinar looks at the role of the IRF and explores how it can benefit palm oil supply chains. What gap is it filling and why is it needed? We […]
Efeca facilitates the UK Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative (SPOI), including the industry-led UK Roundtable on Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil, under the Partnerships for Forests programme. The Roundtable brings together diverse representation from UK industry in a pre-competitive space to work collectively towards a goal of sustainable, resilient supplies of palm oil to the UK market. […]
Efeca is seeking a Researcher Are you enthusiastic, willing to work independently as well as in a team, to get stuck in? Do you want to work at an environmental consultancy in Dorset, supporting palm oil, soya and agri-commodities projects, researching timber and illegal logging, or perhaps investigating national and international anti-deforestation initiatives? Send us […]
Efeca has recently been commissioned by The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) to create a short report detailing the credentials of TUCO’s palm oil suppliers, with the aim of supporting TUCO in developing RSPO group accreditation. The report highlights that during the initial assessment of 120 suppliers, few had a publicly available statement and/or policy on […]
Chester Zoo, MPs, leaders from the UK food industry, NGOs and key players in the sustainable palm oil industry will gather in Westminster on June 13th to launch a campaign to inspire wider use of sustainable palm oil and tackle the deforestation from unsustainable palm oil production. As event partner, Efeca is supporting Chester Zoo […]