THE world is concerned about the negative consequences of climate change. Now, businesses have to answer to the demands of sustainability, a key measure in climate mitigating actions.
Sustainability groups are watching and reporting on the wrongdoings by businesses on this matter. Some of their actions, which can take the form of consumer boycott or even punitive trade legislative instruments, are damaging. The oil palm industry has been singled out for such punitive measures despite the many sustainability certification schemes that it subscribes to.