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Finding ways to balance economic, environmental and social challenges is absolutely necessary if we are to follow a sustainable path. If we get this wrong, we will increasingly find ourselves in an unsustainable relationship with society. Therefore, one of the challenges is to ensure that our actions remain compatible with sustainable development. |
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Palm Oil production is one of the most contentious environmental issues in the world at present. In the major producing countries of palm oil, tropical forests are cut down in order for palm oil plantations to be put in their place. The global production of palm oil has doubled over the last decade to reach 23 million tonnes per year, and over 10 million hectares are now under plantation. WWF research shows that together with illegal logging, forest conversion to oil palm is now the major threat to tropical rainforests. |
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Dos Palm Oil is pleased to confirm that all of our palm oil is produced using sustainable methods and comes from plantations that have not been established at the expense of tropical forests. |
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The Company is committed to achieving the ISO 14001 quality standard and this will be of prime importance within the next 3-5 years. The name ISO.......The name ISO comes from the International Standards Organisation, who originally set technical standards for engineering and business. This Standard is universally employed and recognised as a measure of quality in establishing a systematic approach to environmental management. This recognition will allow any critics to have environmental confidence in the way we manage DOS Palm Oil and demonstrate environmental responsibility to the people who buy our oil.
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DOS Palm Oil also recognizes the ongoing world issues of environmental and social sustainability and again, our aim is to move towards RSPO certification within the next 3-5 years. |
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In the course of 2010, DOS Palm Oil will seek to fund local projects in the social and welfare fields of education and health. One example of such a project may include donating books & equipment to local Schools. Whatever the projects may be, DOS Palm Oil will be aiming to ensure that they are significant infrastructure projects which again, deliver positive benefits to the local area. |
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Looking beyond the local community objectives, It is also part of the company’s mission and core values to support charity projects all across Ghana in due course. We believe that the benefits of our Company’s success should not only be shared within our local region. |
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With the aim of sourcing fruit from providers all across the country, we pledge to support the vitality of any community in which we work. Again, this will involve participating in local infrastructure improvement initiatives. |
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Much of our work will be carried out in partnership with Alavanyo e v, an established charitable organisation founded by Mamaga Ngoyifiaga Akosua I, Paramount Queen of SASADU, Traditional Areas Ghana. |
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Alavanyo’s main operations involve the pursuit of its charitable, non-profit-making aims (Cl. 52 AO) to support foreign aid in Ghana. More specifically, it carries out measures for improving infrastructure, such as water / energy supplies, roads / buildings, health systems, education / professional training and more. Alavanyo has a very firm and reputable presence within Ghana and we are extremely proud to be associated with such an organisation. |
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