While investors recognise the risks in the palm oil sector, there are some key things they can do to engage with the industry more effectively.
Toby Webb meets with Abigail Herron, global head of responsible investment at Aviva Investors, and Clara Melot, SPOTT engagement and impacts manager at ZSL, to discuss how palm oil is rising up the investor agenda in 2018, and how a new guide for investors can be used to engage palm oil companies. Here’s the link to the discussion.
The new report from SPOTT and Aviva Investors – Sustainable palm oil and responsible investment – is available here.
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I'm Tobias Webb, founder of Innovation Forum and Sustainable Wine. I write on this blog, with others, about areas of interest to me in supply chains, circular economy and sustainability in general. I hope you find it useful. I've worked in sustainability for about 20 years, and work with large companies, NGOs and governments all over the world. I often act as facilitator, at our conferences, and other meetings, either private or multi-stakeholder. I also work as a 'critical friend' advisor to companies on strategy and stakeholder engagement. I have a separate wine website on sustainability in wine at 
Alex Nichols
Always good to hear an IF podcast, thank you