Following an inspection in June 2016, Corporación Autónoma de Santander (CAS), one of the environmental authorities in the northeastern Colombian department of Santander, found that toxic waste was flowing from Oro Rojo’s palm oil mill into the Caño 41, a tributary that flows into the Magdalena River. Authorities had previously investigated similar complaints, concluding that […]
Palm oil producers across several Latin American countries have been the subject of complaints about their environmental practices, an analysis of official records has found, but these complaints rarely result in meaningful change in the industry. Five Latin American countries are among the 10 largest palm oil producers in the world: Colombia ranks fourth, Guatemala […]