In 2021, Kao sourced 495,000 t of palm oil using an estimated 176,785 ha area

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Environmental Impacts from Material Sourcing

15: Life on Land
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Alice A.

Palm oil cultivation profoundly impacts biodiversity by destroying habitats, fragmenting ecosystems, and displacing numerous plant and animal species (including 193 threatened species16), compromising ecological balance and genetic diversity4. The...

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KAO

Environmental Impacts from Material Sourcing

15: Life on Land
Written by
Reviewed by
Alice A.

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