Friends of the EarthGuatemalan Palm Oil Supplier REPSA Caught up
A Guatemalan palm oil company called Reforestadora de Palmas AC (REPSA) was charged with corruption last week in a high-profile investigation of systemic tax fraud in Guatemala. As of this writing, the REPSA executives named in
Last week the Guatemalan attorney general and the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) announced that arrest warrants for bribery charges had been
Guatemala arrests owner, executives of palm oil firm
GUATEMALA CITY, March 16 (Reuters) The owner and two executives of the largest Guatemalan palm oil producer were arrested on Friday on charges of bribery and tax fraud, authorities said.
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AljazeeraGuatemala's growing palm oil industry fuels Indigenous land fight
Oil palm in Guatemala is concentrated in the north, northeast, and the Pacific slope region. Plantations cover more than 1,800sq km (695sq miles), nearly 2.5 percent of the country's
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- How does the palm oil industry affect Guatemalan families?
- Thousands of traditional rural Guatemalan families are negatively impacted by the country’s fast-growing palm oil industry. Plantations now cover more than 180,000 hectares (about 450,000 acres), accounting for nearly 2.5% of the nation’s total arable land.
- Who makes palm oil in Guatemala?
- More than 80% of Guatemala’s palm produce is exported and sold to multinational companies, including Cargill, Unilever, Mondelez and PepsiCo. Fourteen palm oil mills operate in northern Guatemala, and most follow the same modus operandi, said Tzuy.
- How has oil palm spread in Guatemala?
- Most of the oil palm spread has occurred in the northern lowlands of the country. Oil palm has displaced thousands of hectares of basic grain production, tropical forests, and fallow land in Guatemala. Food systems have been compromised in poor rural regions where populations rely on local production and self-provisioning. 1. Introduction
- Is Guatemala a sustainable palm oil producer?
- Guatemala is now the third-largest palm oil producer after Malaysia and Indonesia (which produce 88% of the global supply) and is often seen as a more sustainable alternative. Today, more than 60% of Guatemala’s plantations are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
- Are sugarcane and oil palm plantations causing water pollution in Guatemala?
- As in the northern parts of Guatemala, many communities along the Pacific coast have sounded the alarm over water pollution and depletion of water resources by sugarcane and oil palm plantations ( De Leon, 2016).
- How many palm oil plantations are certified in Guatemala?
- Today, more than 60% of Guatemala’s plantations are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). High certification rates are largely attributed to plantations owned by a handful of producers, making it easier to certify large chunks of the industry, according to RSPO.
