Is ’verified deforestation-free’ the future for palm oil?

Olivier Tichit, director of sustainability at Musim Mas, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential for “verified deforestation-free” programmes to counter the challenges generated by the impending EU deforestation-linked products ban. They discuss the need to proactively halt deforestation by working at a landscape level and engage in multi-stakeholder collaboration, alongside verification to recognise progress.