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This segment provides the latest updates, information, resources, and stories from Musim Mas Group and its subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
- Blogs 5 Insights for Navigating the World of Regulatory Changes
- News Release Musim Mas Responds to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Water Security 2022
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Forests 2022
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Climate Change 2022
- Blogs The People Studying Our Interaction with the Environment: Perspectives from the Ecologists We Worked With
- Blogs Palm-based Power: A DATEM Substitute for Affordable, Quality Bread
- Blogs Behind the Scenes: Workplace Safety in Our India Refineries
- Blogs Oil Palm Anatomy: 5 Ways an Oil Palm Differs From a Typical Tree
- Blogs From Plantation to Specialty Fats: The Journey of Chocolate Coatings and More
- Blogs 3 Things We Have Learnt To Trust In Our Sustainability Journey
- Blogs How Musim Mas Improves Yields Without the use of GMOs
- Blogs How Do We Train Independent Smallholder Farmers and Enable Them to Produce Sustainably?
- Blogs How Safe Are SLS and SLES in Soaps for You and the Environment
- Blogs 3 myths and misconceptions about palm oil
- Blogs Flower Power: Using Beneficial Plants to Combat Pests
- Blogs Verified Deforestation-Free: Better safe, than deforested?
- Blogs Is landscape approach the way forward for sustainable agriculture?
- Blogs The many applications of emulsifiers and stabilizers: how they work in the products around us
- Blogs Bird Sightings in Musim Mas’ Concession Areas
- Blogs Natural Pest Control: Barn Owls to Combat Rats in Plantations
- News Release Musim Mas Pledges S$5 million to Charitable Causes
- Resources & Publications Corporate Presentation (About Us)
- Blogs 12 Years of Biodiversity Data in Musim Mas’ Plantations: An Analysis by SEARRP
- News Release Musim Mas Group wins the RSPO Excellence Award for Smallholder Impact
- Blogs Musim Mas’ Efforts at Improving Biodiversity Conservation: A Workshop with SEARRP
- News Release World’s Leading Agri-Commodity Companies Deliver Roadmap to Reduce Emissions from Land Use Change
- News Release Stakeholders Collaborate on HCV/HCS Assessment in Aceh Timur and Aceh Tamiang
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Sustainability Report 2021
- Blogs How Do Riparian Buffers Protect the Environment?
- News Release Musim Mas’ program helps Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Receive USD 767K
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Biodiversity and Climate Resiliency Action Plan 2022
- Blogs The Right Fats for Healthy and Productive Livestock
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Water Security 2021
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Forests 2021
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Climate Change 2021
- Blogs Vitamin E from Palm Oil: For Healthy Bodies & Skin
- Blogs How Can Palm Oil Be Grown Sustainably?
- Blogs Addressing Malnutrition in and Around Indonesia’s Vast Plantations
- Blogs Providing Education for Disadvantaged Rural Communities
- Blogs Zero-Waste Mills: Overcoming Sustainability Challenges
- Resources & Publications Verité Musim Mas Social Compliance Assessment 2022
- Blogs Are There Alcohols That Are Good for Skin and Hair?
- Blogs Indonesia’s Largest: Musim Mas’ Independent Smallholder Initiatives
- Blogs Regenerative Agriculture: The Case for Palm Oil
- News Release Musim Mas Purchases Fresh Fruit Bunches Above Market Prices to Support Independent Smallholders
- Blogs Functional Blends that Enable Food & Beverage Innovations
- Blogs Healthier without 3-MCPD
- Blogs How is Palm Oil Made into Functional Blends for the F&B Industry?
- Blogs What Are Emulsifiers and How Safe Are They for Consumption?
- Blogs How is Palm Oil Made into Biodiesel?
- Blogs From Seed to Harvest: How Oil Palm is Grown
- Blogs How is Palm Oil Made into Oleochemicals?
- Blogs Sustainability, Why It Makes Business Sense – A Discussion with Students from the University of St.Gallen
- Blogs Innovating in the Growing Frozen Breads Market
- Blogs Health Consciousness and the Rise of the Clean Label
- News Release Statement regarding the investigation conducted by the Attorney General of Indonesia
- Blogs How is palm oil transported from the ‘plantation to the supermarket shelf’?
- Blogs Our Supplier Engagement Journey with PTPN I
- News Release In partnership with Danone, L’Oréal, Mars, Incorporated, the Livelihoods Funds, and SNV, Musim Mas is launching Decade-Long Project to Advance Regenerative Agriculture
- News Release Musim Mas and Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food Jointly Hosted Second Supplier Workshop in Aceh
- Blogs How Do Hand Soaps Clean
- News Release Musim Mas Donates SGD 141K for the Construction of Dumai Islamic Center
- Blogs Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC): Respecting the rights of Indigenous local communities in Indonesia
- Blogs Trends & Solutions for the Increasingly Sophisticated Ready-To-Drink Coffee Market
- Blogs Innovations in Bread-Making: Made Possible with the Right Fats
- News Release Musim Mas Launched First Smallholders Hub in Sambas
- News Release How to find the Sweet Spot Between Economic Development and Conservation Outcomes
- Blogs What are the different RSPO Trademark Labels, and what do they mean?
- News Release Musim Mas Donates SGD 187K to Renovate Iconic Mosque in Medan
- Blogs How Palm Oil Can Enable Plant Based Cakes
- Blogs Enabling food and beverage product development: Musim Mas’ R&D labs
- News Release Musim Mas leads in palm oil sector at the largest sustainability & environmental awards in Indonesia: PROPER Awards 2021
- Blogs What Captain Planet can teach us about sustainable palm oil
- News Release Largest Number of Independent Smallholders Certified by RSPO in Indonesia
- News Release Musim Mas supports over 1,200 independent smallholders to gain certification under the new ISPO 2020 Standard- Minister of Agriculture Decree No.38
- Blogs Sustainable Certification – Always a Work In Progress
- Blogs How Can We Support Biodiversity in Oil Palm Landscapes?
- Blogs Why We Should Be Paying More Attention to Water Consumption
- News Release Public Statement In Response To Greenpeace Report: Deceased Estate: Illegal Palm Oil Wiping Out Indonesia’s National Forest
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Sustainability Report 2020
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Water Security 2020
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Forest 2020
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas CDP Climate Change 2020
- News Release Musim Mas Partners with AAK and Nestlé To Address Deforestation Outside Of Concession Areas
- Resources & Publications NDP Risk Management Framework Report
- News Release Musim Mas achieves 100% RSPO P&C Certification against the 2018 Standards
- Blogs How Can Oil Palm Contribute to the Sustainable Development of Villages
- News Release Musim Mas, MUFG Bank, Danamon, and iAPPS Collaborate To Promote Financial Inclusion Among Independent Smallholders
- News Release Unilever, PepsiCo, and Nestlé Purchase RSPO Credits from Farmers Associations from Musim Mas’ Smallholders Program
- Blogs Paving the Way Forward With Education
- Blogs Supplier Workshops – The Show Must Go On
- Resources & Publications Social Impact Report
- Blogs Scheme Smallholders Program: Reducing Financial and Aspiration Poverty
- News Release Musim Mas is now on Knowde
- News Release Musim Mas Strengthens Commitment to Livelihoods with a Robust Social Impact Framework
- Blogs Are all fats bad for you?
- News Release Musim Mas Appoints Control Union to Carry Out the NDPE Implementation Reporting Framework
- News Release Musim Mas Launches Industry First Virtual Experience
- Blogs Peat Management in Musim Mas
- News Release Musim Mas and Tesso Nilo National Park Foundation Renew Collaboration to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas and IFC Smallholders Program
- Blogs Emulsifiers and Sensory Innovation
- News Release Musim Mas Launched Second Smallholders Hub in Aceh
- Blogs Behind Our Smallholders Program: Rob Nicholls and Team
- Blogs Why is glycerine so important?
- News Release Response to second AP news article
- News Release A Year End Message From Our CEO
- Blogs Farewell 2020, Onward to Questioning the Norm
- News Release Over 2,000 Independent Smallholders from IFC-Musim Mas’ Smallholder Program Are Certified Under RSPO
- News Release Musim Mas continues to secure the most Green PROPER Awards
- Webinars & Events Musim Mas’ 2019 Sustainability Report & Aceh Strategy Webinar
- News Release Response to FPP Report: Breaking the Heart of Borneo
- Webinars & Events Musim Mas Sustainability Webinar 2020
- Blogs “Fitting” Landscapes Into Corporate NDPE Strategies
- News Release Musim Mas launches a five-year NDPE roadmap for Aceh
- Resources & Publications Aceh Landscape Progress Report 2020
- Blogs The ideal Cocoa Butter alternative for chocolates
- News Release Response to AP news article
- News Release Updated COVID-19 Response
- Blogs From Odd-Jobber To Farmer – How Learning Good Agricultural Practices Is Improving Sukiran’s Life
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Sustainability Report 2019
- Resources & Publications Media Fact Sheet (About Us)
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Fact Sheet (About Us)
- Blogs Trust – An Essential Seed to Sow in Smallholder Programs
- News Release Musim Mas establishes first Smallholders Hub in Aceh Tamiang
- News Release WWF-ZSL report “Committed to Sustainable Palm Oil? Analysis of 2019 ACOP reporting by RSPO member companies”
- Blogs For a Trans Fat Free World
- Blogs Meet our leader of sustainability, Olivier Tichit
- News Release Musim Mas renews its commitment to improve livelihoods and deliver positive environmental impacts
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Sustainability Policy 2020 – 2025
- Blogs Now More than Ever – Our Fire-Prevention Efforts
- News Release Musim Mas and General Mills collaborate to build smallholder extension services in Aceh’s Leuser Ecosystem
- Resources & Publications Musim Mas Fire Management and Prevention Report
- News Release COVID-19 Response
- News Release Minister Desmond Lee Joins Palm Oil Giant In Launching Musim Mas BlueStar* Fund at 12th Global Youth Leaders Summit
- Blogs Safety reaps quality output at our KIM II facility
- News Release Independent Smallholder Association endorsed by Musim Mas closes RSPO Credits deal with Unilever
- News Release MUSIM MAS PLEDGES S$5 MILLION TO LOCAL BENEFICIARIES
- News Release Replanting Financial Access for Independent Smallholders
- News Release Donation of KN95 Masks and Hand Sanitisers to Johor
- Blogs Adapting to the changing business landscape in the pandemic
- Blogs How Our Colleagues are Celebrating a Different Kind of Ramadan in the Plantation
- Blogs Contributing to Europe’s Fight Against COVID-19
- Blogs Stepping Up To Protect Fellow Colleagues Against COVID-19 in Plantations and Mills
- News Release A Message from our Executive Chairman & CEO on COVID-19
- News Release Update on COVID-19 situation in Indonesia
- Blogs Furthering Twin Goals of Human Capacity and Societal Development
- News Release Musim Mas Response and Production Update for COVID-19 (19 March 2020)
- News Release Musim Mas Response and Production Update for COVID-19
- Blogs Managing Mineral Oil Contaminants in Foods
- Blogs The PROPER Way of Going Above and Beyond
- News Release Launch of Extension and Supporting Programs for Palm Oil Plantation in Pelalawan District
- Resources & Publications CDP Climate Change 2019 Questionnaire (Sustainability)
- Resources & Publications Controlled Purchase Protocol (Sustainability)
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Report 2018 (Sustainability)
- Resources & Publications Policy Implementation Plan (Sustainability)
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Policy (Sustainability)
- News Release Full Controlled Purchase Protocol Launched
- News Release Musim Mas Breaks Last Year’s Record at PROPER 2019 Awards Ceremony
- Resources & Publications Corporate Brochure (About Us)
- Blogs Five reasons to be optimistic in 2020
- Blogs How does Musim Mas monitor hotspots?
- Resources & Publications Aceh Landscape Progress Update 2019
- News Release Social Forestry Made Priority Program For Collaborative and Sustainable Management of Sambas Landscape
- News Release RSPO certifies independent smallholders from IFC-Musim Mas’ smallholder programme during RT17
- News Release Palm Oil Industry to Jointly Develop Radar Monitoring Technology to Detect Deforestation
- News Release Musim Mas Mill successfully audited against RSPO P&C 2018
- News Release Musim Mas Group launches its first R&D and innovation facility in Singapore
- News Release Response to RAN report
- Blogs Building a powerful relationship with our suppliers
- Blogs Can there be multiple pathways for NDPE compliance?
- News Release Major industry players and government announce collaboration to drive sustainable palm oil production in Siak District, Riau, Indonesia
- News Release Five major industry leaders unite to tackle labour rights challenges in Indonesia’s palm oil sector
- News Release Continued Support for Transparency in the Supply Chain
- News Release Musim Mas’ smallholder programme increases financial access for independent smallholders
- Blogs An Insightful First Step
- News Release Southeast Asian Palm Oil Free of Deforestation, Peatland Use or Exploitation Hits the Market
- Blogs Emphasizing Sustainability in Business Schools
- News Release Updated Controlled Purchase Protocol for Supplier Engagement
- News Release Musim Mas Clinches the Most Awards in the Palm Oil Sector at PROPER 2018
- Blogs Recapping 2018 in NDPE Implementation
- News Release Musim Mas joins China Sustainable Palm Oil Alliance
- News Release Open Letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
- Blogs Why we prefer group level engagement to meet our NDPE commitments
- News Release The Palm Oil Innovation Group welcomes improvements in the RSPO standard – Strengthening of underlying systems and robust implementation still needed
- News Release PONGO Alliance: Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the State Government of Sabah
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Report 2017 (Sustainability)
- News Release Response to RSPO decision letter
- Blogs An Origin Story
- News Release POIG: Proactive participation by Selfridges needed to end deforestation for palm oil
- Blogs No Small Matter
- Blogs Fruits of Our Labour
- Blogs Improving Access to Safer Water with Safe Water Gardens
- News Release Call to third-party suppliers to publish their concession maps
- News Release Update on IndoAgri/IndoFood/Salim Group
- News Release Musim Mas remains committed to its No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) Policy
- News Release Musim Mas Group Welcomes the Reinstatement of Nestlé’s Membership by Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
- News Release Palm Oil Innovation Group Response to RSPO Suspension of Nestlé
- News Release Cargill, Golden-Agri Resources, Musim Mas, Sime Darby, and Wilmar announce an initiative with Forum for the Future to address human and labour rights
- News Release Musim Mas Group Welcomes Unilever’s Move on Disclosure of Suppliers
- News Release Musim Mas Disappointed by EU Parliament Vote against Palm Oil Biofuels
- Resources & Publications Progress Report (Jan 2017 – Dec 2017) (Sustainability)
- News Release Musim Mas Publishes Palm Oil Industry’s First Comprehensive Labour Assessment in Indonesia
- News Release Update on Palm Fatty Acid Distillate Spill in West Sumatra
- News Release Update on Wira Inno Mas (WIM) spill in Padang, West Sumatra
- News Release Wira Inno Mas (WIM) activates contingency plan in response to spill in Padang, West Sumatra
- News Release PONGO Alliance Statement on Survival of Orangutans in Oil Palm Landscapes
- News Release Strategic Cooperation on the Production of Ethoxylates
- News Release Maschem Expands Further into the Sulphation Business
- News Release World’s largest palm oil companies team up with NGOs to save 10,000 orangutans found on non-certified palm oil concessions in Borneo
- News Release Global Methodology Announced for Putting No Deforestation into Practice
- News Release Fire Free Alliance Addresses Forest Fire and Haze in Over 200 Indonesian Villagers, Welcomes New Members Sime Darby and IOI Group
- News Release Engagement with Korindo Group
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 13 – 2017
- News Release Musim Mas publishes its Progress Report for 2016
- News Release Update on Korindo Group
- Resources & Publications Progress Report (Jan 2016 – Nov 2016) (Sustainability)
- News Release Musim Mas responds to labour risks in the palm oil industry
- News Release Korindo Group: Update on Tunas Sawaerma
- News Release Leuser Ecosystem is a prioritised landscape
- News Release HCS Convergence Process Concludes: Agreement on Unified Approach to Implementing No Deforestation Commitments
- News Release New Agri-Business Alliance sets its sights on 2030 UN SDG targets to tackle global food security
- News Release Commitment towards supporting suppliers through their sustainability journey
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 12 – Sept 2016
- News Release Tunas Sawaerma: a moratorium on development with immediate effect
- News Release New product range for in-cosmetics asia 2016
- Resources & Publications Progress Report (Jul 2015 – Jun 2016) (Sustainability)
- News Release Musim Mas Europe acquires glycerine plant in Farmsum, Netherlands
- News Release Appointment of the Musim Mas Professor of Sustainability
- News Release Response to EoF report
- News Release Musim Mas joins the Fire Free Alliance
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 11 – Jan 2016
- News Release Musim Mas supports convergence of HCS methodologies
- News Release Musim Mas: First Southeast Asian company to join the Palm Oil Innovation Group
- News Release Collective action needed to tackle the haze crisis
- News Release Post-membership: Musim Mas and TFT collaborate on sustainable palm oil landscapes
- News Release Independent partner for Musim Mas’ traceability and sustainability commitments
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 10 – Jul 2015
- Resources & Publications Progress Report (1 Apr – 30 Jun 2015) (Sustainability)
- News Release Time to rethink on how to stop deforestation
- News Release Strengthening engagement with suppliers
- Resources & Publications Progress Report (4 Dec 2014 – 31 Mar 2015) (Sustainability)
- News Release Genting Plantations and Musim Mas Group form palm oil refinery venture
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 9 – Jan 2015
- News Release Musim Mas affirms its commitment to sustainability
- News Release Musim Mas and PT Pati Sari remain committed to sustainability and smallholders
- News Release Musim Mas Remains Firmly Committed to Sustainable Palm Oil Production
- News Release Major Growers Commit to No HCS Development as HCS Study Starts in Earnest
- News Release Palm Oil Industry Comes Together in Groundbreaking Sustainability Initiative
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 8 – Jul 2014
- News Release First in Indonesia to be Re-Certified
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 7 – Jan 2014
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 6 – Jul 2013
- News Release Musim Mas Group to Develop a State-of-the-Art Ethoxylation Facility at the Site of Dow Benelux B.V.in Terneuzen, the Netherlands
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 5 – Jan 2013
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 4 – Jul 2012
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 3 – Jan 2012
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 2 – Jul 2011
- Resources & Publications Sustainability Journal Volume 1 – Jan 2011
