# Can private standards restore credibility to the palm oil industry?

> The East Asia Forum article asks whether private certification standards can restore credibility to the palm oil industry. The page text is mostly site navigation, with little of the analysis visible.

- Date: 2017-12-29 · published 2017-12-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67489-can-private-standards-restore-credibility-to-the-palm-oil-industry
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Credibility of private palm oil standards affects buyer acceptance in Europe and elsewhere, a longer-term demand factor with little immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-24 | [Palm oil watchdog to create separate standards for smallholders - Indonesia director \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59195-palm-oil-watchdog-to-create-separate-standards-for-smallholders-indonesia.md) | +0.6% | -0.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-24 | [Palm oil industry seeks delay to deforestation law - Unearthed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41421-palm-oil-industry-seeks-delay-to-deforestation-law-unearthed.md) | +0.7% | -14.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-12-19 | [No change in sustainability requirements for palm oil \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21526-no-change-in-sustainability-requirements-for-palm-oil-the-star.md) | +0.8% | +1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-15 | [The Case for Global Sustainability Standards for Vegetable Oils \| Global Policy Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48157-the-case-for-global-sustainability-standards-for-vegetable-oils-global-policy.md) | -3.0% | -9.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-10-27 | [Malaysia will not remove windfall tax on palm industry: state media - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15697-malaysia-will-not-remove-windfall-tax-on-palm-industry-state-media-the-business.md) | +2.3% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- eastasiaforum.org: https://eastasiaforum.org/2017/12/29/can-private-standards-restore-credibility-to-the-palm-oil-industry/

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