PZ Cussons says Covid-19 has impacted palm oil supply traceability

PZ Cussons has been working to source 100% of its palm oil from producers whose entire operations have been independently verified and compliant with ‘No Deforestation/No Peat/No Exploitation’ (NDPE) standards by 2020. But COVID 19 pandemic has thwarted it’s plans. The company’s Palm Oil action plan had set out 12 detailed goals against five strategic objectives, focusing on governance, traceability, transformation, transparency and leveraging PZ Cussons’ unique position in Nigeria, to drive NDPE compliance. PZ Cussons has made very significant progress across all of its strategic objectives over the past six months , but the crisis has impacted the progress.

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