Palm oil players: Participants at the second annual The Star Roundtable on Palm Oil, (from left) Bas Melssen, Abdul Halim Ahmad, Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, Errol Oh, Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian and Tan Sri Dr Mohd Noor Ismail.
At The Star Roundtable on Palm Oil held at Menara Star in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, recently, The Star’s executive editor Errol Oh led the discussion joined by Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd
CEO Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian, Tradewinds Plantation Bhd group corporate adviser Tan Sri Dr Mohd Noor Ismail, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd executive vice-president (downstream) Abdul Halim Ahmad, and Agensi Inovasi Malaysia executive vice-president and head of strategic innovation projects Bas Melssen.
The topics: Sustainability and the soon-to-be-launched Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO); the National Biomass Strategy 2020; the anti-palm oil lobby; and, Budget 2014.
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is expected to launch the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) standards next year. Is it a good idea for Malaysia to have its own sustainability framework when there is already the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
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