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<p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambition to support and
protect the world’s forests, supporting sustainable agriculture and zero-deforestation
supply chains, including for palm oil.</p><p> </p><p>The market for sustainable palm
oil is dominated by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and so ’sustainable’
in this context is commonly understood to mean products certified to RSPO standards
and criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil convened by
the UK Government is working to improve reporting, traceability and understanding
of supply chains to ensure continuous improvement and increased use of certified palm
oil. The UK monitors the proportion of certified sustainable palm oil imported to
the UK. The latest annual report from the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil indicates
that the UK achieved 75% certified sustainable palm oil in 2017.</p><p> </p>
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