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Hershey commits to zero deforestation for palm oil
2013-12-20 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In an effort to avoid palm oil linked to deforestation, candy giant Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) will source 100 percent of its palm oil from traceable sources by the end of 2014. The commitment, announced Tuesday, comes on the heels of a similar pledge from Unilever, the world's largest corporate consumer of palm oil, and a new forest conservation policy from Wilmar, a Singapore-based agribusiness giant that producers or trades 45 percent of global palm oil production. Hershey had earlier set...
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