# Human rights abuses in your shopping basket

> Amnesty International says palm oil in many consumer products may be linked to child labour and poor working conditions, including on plantations certified as sustainable. The piece cites major brands and EU palm oil import values.

- Date: 2016-11-30 · published 2016-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73864-human-rights-abuses-in-your-shopping-basket
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Reputational pressure on palm oil supply chains could tighten buyer demand for certified supply over time, but it does not change current palm oil volumes or prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2016-11-30 | [Palm Oil and human rights: What you need to know](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73866-palm-oil-and-human-rights-what-you-need-to-know.md) | +6.9% | +4.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-10 | [Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48154-certification-schemes-let-forest-destruction-into-eu-market-business-and-human.md) | +2.5% | -1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-05-17 | [Letter to European Commission on Land Rights in FERCs Regulation Proposal \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47103-letter-to-european-commission-on-land-rights-in-fercs-regulation-proposal-human.md) | -2.5% | -15.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-12-08 | [The European Commission’s new proposed deforestation regulation - what does it mean for indigenous peoples and forest communities? - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43614-the-european-commission-s-new-proposed-deforestation-regulation-what-does-it.md) | -3.7% | +3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-01 | [Indonesia’s biofuel bet risks backfiring \| East Asia Forum](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15539-indonesia-s-biofuel-bet-risks-backfiring-east-asia-forum.md) | +1.5% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- amnesty.org: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/11/sustainable-palm-oil-abuse-exposed/

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