Press Releases and Public Updates
17 November 2015
Sime Darby Plantation (SDP), the world’s largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil, has launched ‘Open Palm’ – an online dashboard that provides critical information on the traceability of its supply chain.
6 October 2015
Sime Darby Plantation (SDP), the world’s biggest producer of sustainable palm oil, has launched a hotspot monitoring dashboard in the interest of transparency and to provide insights that could lead to long-term solutions to the recurring haze situation.
19 June 2015
A landmark scientific study which will provide a definition of high carbon stock forests, enabling oil palms to be grown more sustainably, is now open for public consultation.
13 May 2015
50 scientific experts are nearing the completion of a set of research reports, which were initiated in February this year.
2 March 2015
Sime Darby Plantation (SDP), the plantation arm of Sime Darby Berhad, has completed the acquisition of New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL) today, bringing it closer to meeting its expansion target.
28 November 2014
Sime Darby Berhad recorded a pre-tax profit of RM674.9 million and a net profit of RM500.7 million for the first quarter ended 30 September 2014 (1Q FY2014/15), representing a slight increase of 1 percent and 2 percent respectively, compared to the same period in the last financial year.
7 November 2014
The Sime Darby Foundation (SDF), the philanthropic arm of Sime Darby, is donating 5.7 million rubber gloves worth USD155,000 to help Liberia fight the Ebola virus disease (EVD).
5 November 2014
A team of leading experts has been appointed to undertake a comprehensive, independent and scientifically robust Study on what constitutes high carbon stock forests in the context of their conversion to oil palm plantations.
24 October 2014
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Liberia Red Cross (LRC) have reached out to more than 400,000 people in Liberia in its efforts to battle the Ebola Virus Disease.