Unilever buys GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil

Unilever said it has secured enough GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil to cover the requirements of its businesses in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

It says this is part of its commitment to buy all its palm oil from certified sustainable sources by 2015.

GreenPalm is a certificate trading programme, endorsed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which is designed to tackle the environmental and social problems created by the production of palm oil.

By selling certificates through the GreenPalm program, palm oil producers can earn more for their crop through sustainable farming.