KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has achieved a global milestone as the first palm oil company to have its net-zero targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Bursa Malaysia extended earlier gains to mid-afternoon, with the key index remaining in the positive territory, thanks to buying support in selected heavyweights led by Sime Darby Plantation.

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.

PUTRAJAYA, 5 Feb — The revocation of the Withhold Release Order (WRO), imposed against Sime Darby Plantation by the United States Customs and Border Protection (US CBP), has a positive impact on the country's oil palm industry, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — US customs authorities on Friday lifted a two-year import ban on palm oil products made by Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation, after determining the goods were no longer produced with forced labour.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) expects to resume its exports of palm oil to the United States (US), following the US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) finding that its products were no longer being produced through the use of forced labour.

YONG PENG, Oct 7 — Malaysian research student Haziq Ramli wore an outfit resembling a light jetpack, with poles strapped to his biceps, to wield a long pole that clipped the sharp fronds and heavy bunches of fruit from oil palm trees nearly twice his height.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) had on Tuesday submitted a report to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which will go towards lifting the Withhold Release Order (WRO) imposed on the company since December 2020.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Major palm oil buyers are seeking to block FGV Holdings and Sime Darby Plantations from their global supply chain after the United States banned imports from the two producers, four sources told Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd is calling on Malaysian job seekers to join the industry amid ample job opportunities throughout its upstream and downstream operations by quashing the misconception about the sector being in the category of dangerous, dirty and difficult (3-D).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — Moody’s Investors Service said the United States Customs and Border Protection withhold release order (WRO) against palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation Bhd's (SDP) products, which is premised on forced labour allegations, is credit negative.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities Industry (MPIC) has expressed regret and disapproval regarding the drastic action taken by the United States (US) to bar the entry of palm oil produced by Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) without giving the company an opportunity to defend itself.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — The United States banned imports of palm oil from producer Sime Darby Plantation from Wednesday over allegations of forced labour in the production process, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd has turned to black in the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 (Q3 2020) after recording a net profit of RM190 million against a net loss of RM243 million in Q3 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Sime Darby Plantation (SDPL) is eyeing more brownfield estates for growth while focusing on boosting fresh fruit bunches (FFB) yields via research, development and innovation.

REUTERS, Oct 1 — The United States has banned imports of palm oil from Malaysian company FGV Holdings following an investigation into allegations it uses forced labour, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Wednesday.