Dive Brief:
- Mondelez International says it hit its goal of sourcing 100% RSPO-certified palm oil for all purchases two years ahead of a 2015 deadline.
- The palm oil is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and GreenPalm certificates, according to the snack giant.
- In the second quarter of 2014, Mondelez will release an action plan for ridding its supply chain of non-sustainably sourced palm oil by 2020.
Dive Insight:
Hearing that a company is taking responsibility for the ethics of its supply chain is always music to our ears — especially when it takes such commitments so seriously, it reaches them years ahead of schedule. The Oreo cookie maker's action plan reportedly includes respect for human rights, as well as not sourcing palm oil from plantations on illegally held land or that destroys peat land.
