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Palm-to-Palm was started in 2020 by University of Michigan-Dearborn students and faculty concerned by the ongoing environmental and social effects of the palm oil crisis in the Global South. Palm-to-Palm is a Michigan-based organization dedicated to forming coalitions with educational and other institutions to raise awareness and mitigate the use of palm oil in foods and other consumer products.
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Our mission is to build national and international networks dedicated to protecting local communities and native ecosystems from the negative impacts of the palm oil industry, a major driver of climate change.
Vision Statement
Vision Statement
The vision of Palm to Palm is to foster a world where institutions make substantial and continual reductions to become independent from unsustainable corporatized palm oil, enabling the localized use of palm oil and the autonomy of Global South communities to chart futures free from environmental and social exploitation.
The vision of Palm to Palm is to foster a world where institutions make substantial and continual reductions to become independent from unsustainable corporatized palm oil, enabling the localized use of palm oil and the autonomy of Global South communities to chart futures free from environmental and social exploitation.
The production of palm oil is linked to the death and displacement of many primates species, especially the iconic Asian great ape, the orangutans, as well as other critically rare and endangered plant and animal species. Palm oil production puts local human populations at risk through the use of fertilizers, pesticides, enforced child labor, reduction of access to natural resources in the forest, and pollution run-off in local waterways and into the soil.
The production of palm oil is linked to the death and displacement of many primates species, especially the iconic Asian great ape, the orangutans, as well as other critically rare and endangered plant and animal species. Palm oil production puts local human populations at risk through the use of fertilizers, pesticides, enforced child labor, reduction of access to natural resources in the forest, and pollution run-off in local waterways and into the soil.
Extractive practices such as oil palm farming and palm oil production are leading causes of climate change due to deforestation, as well as pollution, economic instability, and exploitation of local human communities. Deforestation further drives the extinction of critically endangered orangutans and other rare and threatened animal and plant species. Palm to Palm is committed to certifying educational institutions as “Palm Oil-Reduced” in order to contribute to protecting humans, native habitats, and wildlife across the globe.
Extractive practices such as oil palm farming and palm oil production are leading causes of climate change due to deforestation, as well as pollution, economic instability, and exploitation of local human communities. Deforestation further drives the extinction of critically endangered orangutans and other rare and threatened animal and plant species. Palm to Palm is committed to certifying educational institutions as “Palm Oil-Reduced” in order to contribute to protecting humans, native habitats, and wildlife across the globe.
The objective of Palm to Palm is to halt further exploitation of natural environments that threaten humans and wildlife in tropical regions around the globe, thereby damaging the world for all who live in it. We work to achieve sustainable living by forming coalitions with educational and other institutions to mitigate the use of palm oil in foods and other consumer products.
The objective of Palm to Palm is to halt further exploitation of natural environments that threaten humans and wildlife in tropical regions around the globe, thereby damaging the world for all who live in it. We work to achieve sustainable living by forming coalitions with educational and other institutions to mitigate the use of palm oil in foods and other consumer products.
Three Ways You Can Help Achieve A Palm-Oil Reduced Goal
Three Ways You Can Help Achieve A Palm-Oil Reduced Goal
1). Check labels on products you are purchasing to avoid palm oil and its derivatives.
2). Contact food services on your campus or place of work to ask about their commitment to sustainability and request that they reduce and replace products that contain palm oil.
3). Check labels. Write to companies to ask them to stop using palm oil.
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