Press Releases and Public Updates
22 July 2011
Sime Darby Plantation announced today that its sustainable production capacity has broken the million metric tonne mark, following a concerted effort to certify its Strategic Operating Units (SOU) by the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
6 June 2011
Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) announced today an overall plan to improve the quality of life of workers and staff of its estates and mills in Malaysia.
19 May 2011
Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd, the world’s largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil, planted its first palm seedling in Liberia today, at a poignant ceremony that was significant in more ways than one for many of those present.
7 March 2011
Sime Darby Plantation has identified the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France as a potential location to establish its multi-feedstock vegetable oil processing plant as part of a strategy to expand into key areas around the world.
28 December 2010
Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd is collaborating with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of Japan (MES) to construct and operate a bioethanol demonstration plant which will convert oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) into bioethanol.
16 December 2010
Sime Darby Plantation would like to respond to allegations and concerns raised by Rainforest Rescue, an NGO based in Germany, on the sustainability of the biofuels that Sime Darby Plantation supplies to Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO).
8 November 2010
Sime Darby has received its latest Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification for its Yong Peng Strategic Operating Unit (SOU) in Johor, putting it at the forefront of RSPO compliance.
6 October 2010
Sime Darby, the world’s largest listed plantation company, launched Sime Darby Innovation Centre Europe (ICE) in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, underlining the Malaysian company’s commitment to innovation and technology.
24 March 2010
Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. – the plantation and agri-business arm of Sime Darby Berhad, Malaysia’s largest conglomerate – is leading the pack in heeding the Government’s call for public usage of biodiesel in Malaysia.