KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The government will provide RM50 million in matching grants to promote automation in the plantation sector through the use of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), which can employ skilled local workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is hoping to get 5,000 more workers from Indonesia, thus resolving its labour shortage by the first half of 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is disposing of three parcels of land totalling 948.83 acres in Klang, Selangor to Sime Darby Property (Bukit Tunku) Sdn Bhd (SDPBT) for RM618 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Italian confectionery giant Ferrero said it will stop sourcing palm oil from Sime Darby Plantation Berhad after the United States found the planter used forced labour, in a reputational blow for the palm producer and for Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Sime Darby Plantation will set aside a total of RM82.02 million (US$19.60 million) to compensate current and former migrant workers who paid recruitment fees to secure jobs, the company said, amid concerns over its labour practices.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The United States' customs agency has banned imports from disposable glove maker YTY Industry Holdings Sdn Bhd (YTY Group) over suspected forced labour practices, the seventh such ban on a Malaysian company in two years.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The United States on Friday said it has sufficient information to determine that palm oil producer Sime Darby Plantation Bhd uses forced labour and that the firm's goods are subject to seizure.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Securities Commission (SC) has begun an investigation into palm giant Sime Darby Plantations, the company said on Thursday, following a complaint by a non-government body in the wake of a US ban on imports over accusations of forced labour.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) said there have been no systemic issues in its operations based on the company's recent internal assessments conducted in its entire operations in Malaysia, quashing the forced labour allegations in its production process.