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Riau ups wildfire alert status
  • The Jakarta Post
Pekanbaru, Riau | Tue, February 20, 2018 | 05:50 pm

The Riau administration has increased the emergency status for peatland and forest fires in the province to alert level 3 following fires that burned down hundreds of hectares of peatland as the region enters the dry season this year.

Acting Riau governor Wan Thamrin Hasyim said on Monday that the emergency status would remain in effect until May 31.

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Crystal Jade, Bee Cheng Hiang among Singapore firms pledging switch to sustainable palm oil

 

 

SINGAPORE: Ten more Singapore food and beverage (F&B) businesses have joined the Southeast Asia Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil (SASPO), tripling the number of members since its launch in 2016.

 

 

These 10 businesses include Crystal Jade, Bee Cheng Hiang, Tung Lok,F&N and the parent company of PastaMania and Udders Ice Cream.

 

 

The addition of these 10 companies take the total number of local businesses that have publicly committed to 100 per cent sustainable palm oil to 15, accounting for more than 80 brands and 200 F&B outlets across the country.  

 

 

SASPO is the first private sector-led initiative in the Southeast Asia region to address the importance of sourcing for sustainable palm oil in a bid to tackle the haze issue, which has crippled the region in the past.

 

 

It was launched by WWF and five founding companies comprising Ayam Brand (Denis Asia Pacific), Danone, IKEA, Unilever and Wildlife Reserves Singapore.

 

 

“For a business, changing palm oil sourcing is always a commitment, a joint effort and a journey. But every step taken shows other businesses in Singapore and the region that it can be done. Over time, this pushes the industry towards using a hundred per cent sustainably-sourced palm oil,” said Mr Hervé Simon, Group Marketing Director of Denis Asia Pacific, which produces Ayam Brand.

 


 

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-firms-pledge-sustainable-palm-oil-commitment-9991668

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Comes in handy during this period. Keep windows closed if have young kids or babies at home..

 

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ya today can smell the haze...

I smell burning smell yesterday evening, dont know if it is haze from indo? 

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