KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will organise the International Palm Oil Congress and Exhibition (Pipoc) 2023, the world’s largest oil palm congress and exhibition, from November 7 to November 9, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — The government is committed to driving the oil palm industry’s sustainability and capping the size of oil palm cultivation areas in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The demand for Malaysian palm oil is expected to improve this year propped up by the hot weather, pushing up the price to between RM3,800 to RM4,000 per tonne, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) aims to be the anchor for utilising mechanisation, automation and digitalisation in the oil palm plantation as the country aspires to reduce its dependency on foreign labour.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — A United States (US) delegation has visited the Sime Darby Plantation Bhd's (SDP) operations in Carey Island, Selangor to have a better understanding about the company's plantation industry labour practices and operations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is hoping to get 5,000 more workers from Indonesia, thus resolving its labour shortage by the first half of 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Sime Darby Plantation will set aside a total of RM82.02 million (US$19.60 million) to compensate current and former migrant workers who paid recruitment fees to secure jobs, the company said, amid concerns over its labour practices.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has appointed Impactt Ltd as a third-party assessor to its newly established expert stakeholder human rights assessment commission, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of SDP’s labour practices across its Malaysian operations.