Palm oil sustainability babel: Speaking different tongues

So the next time boots and suits share a room, remember: Decarbonisation means stop the smoke. Disclosures mean show your cards. Collaboration is walking together.

Put an old oil palm planter in muddy boots at the same table as other stakeholders in shiny shoes, and you’ve got more comedy than conversation.

The planter speaks in rainfall, yields and pests. The other side speaks in Scope 3, environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics, profit guidance, blended finance and dividend payouts. Both nod politely over kopi, quietly wondering: “What on earth did he just say?”