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  • 2025 Year in Review: Malaysia, Market Realities, and the EUDR Mess

    2025 Year in Review: Malaysia, Market Realities, and the EUDR Mess
    Dec 22 2025
    In this special end-of-year edition of The Sustainable Commodities Podcast, hosts Barnaby Patchett and Judith Murdoch look back at a chaotic 2025 and look ahead to what’s next. Fresh from a two-week trip to Malaysia, Judith shares some on-the-ground insights from the RSPO RT and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council tour. The duo then tackles the defining topic of the year: the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). After another delay and further changes they dissect why the implementation has been a "dreadful" bureaucratic failure, risking the exclusion of smallholders while failing to solve the core problem of deforestation. Finally, they grade the year in sustainability (it’s not an 'A'!!) before looking ahead to 2026, moving away from doom and gloom to focus on solutions, soil health, and the potential of regenerative agriculture. One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    51 Min.
  • Beyond Traceability: The Future of Sustainable Sourcing: Neil Judd Proforest

    Beyond Traceability: The Future of Sustainable Sourcing: Neil Judd Proforest
    Dec 17 2025
    Has the myopic focus on traceability hamstrung EUDR? How can we integrate nature and biodiversity into corporate policies? Will regenerative agriculture be the bedrock of future corporate action? With us to answer these questions is Neil Judd, Co-founder of Proforest, a global not-for-profit working to advance the sustainable production and sourcing of forest-risk commodities including palm oil, soy, sugar, and timber. Neil shares insights from Proforest's 25-year journey, highlighting the industry's shift from minimal action to widespread recognition of the need for responsible sourcing. The discussion focuses on the complexities of sustainable supply chains, from the evolution of voluntary standards to the impact of new legislation like EUDR. Proforest (https://www.proforest.net/) One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    40 Min.
  • Minty Challenges in Supply Chain Sustainability – Ben Thornton-Jones – Haleon

    Minty Challenges in Supply Chain Sustainability – Ben Thornton-Jones – Haleon
    Nov 27 2025
    How do you make toothpaste more sustainable? Turns out there are some real challenges! In this episode, we’re talking about mint, palm oil and oleochemicals. Barnaby and Judith are joined by Ben Thornton Jones, former Director of Sustainable Supply at Haleon, the global consumer health company behind household brands like Aquafresh, Sensodyne, and Panadol. Ben offers a fascinating look into the complexities and innovative solutions required when sourcing sustainable ingredients for some of the world’s best known consumer health products – especially when it comes to tracing oleochemicals and derivatives! Links Ben Thornton-Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-thornton-jones-74553b25/) Haleon (https://www.haleon.com/) One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    42 Min.
  • The Power of Partnership in the Fight Against Deforestation – Priscillia Moulin, MosaiX / Earthqualizer

    The Power of Partnership in the Fight Against Deforestation – Priscillia Moulin, MosaiX / Earthqualizer
    Nov 13 2025
    This week on the podcast, we’re talking deforestation, supply chain monitoring, the power and limitations of tech platforms and data, and why working in partnership with producers is the most effective way to drive positive change! To help us, we welcome Priscillia Moulin, Senior Advisor for Indonesian Environmental Non-Profit Earthqualizer Foundation, and Director of Strategy at MosaiX - a European based start-up helping organisations meet sustainability targets and navigate evolving legislation. Priscillia brings her decade of experience in NDPE (No deforestation, No peat, No exploitation) policy implementation in the palm oil sector – as we talk about how we can turn policy into practice, especially in light of legislation like EUDR. Along the way, we talk about the challenges and opportunities, the role of tech platforms, and the balance between activism and collaborative engagement with corporates when it comes to advancing sustainability.
 Links Earthqualizer Foundation (https://earthqualizer.org/) MosiaX (https://mosaix.earth/) Inovasi Digital (https://inovasidigital.asia/) One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    52 Min.
  • Does Palm Oil Really Rule the Supermarket - Emily Meijaard, Borneo Futures

    Does Palm Oil Really Rule the Supermarket - Emily Meijaard, Borneo Futures
    Oct 15 2025
    Is palm oil really in 50% of packaged supermarket products? No – according to a new report published this week! On this edition, it’s time for some serious mythbusting on this often repeated claim! We sit down with Emily Meijaard from Borneo Futures, a scientific consultancy based in Brunei. Emily is the lead author on a new report, Does Palm Oil Really Rule The Supermarket? We discuss the findings of the study, which examines the real prevalence of palm oil in supermarket products across various countries. Topics include the origins of the 50% figure, the surprising results from the analysis of product ingredient lists, the challenges with identifying oils found in oleochemicals (used in toiletries and homecare products), and the big gaps in ingredient transparency. Links Full Report - Does Palm Oil Really Rule the Supermarket (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/ae12f6) Other Report - Exploring the future of vegetable oils (https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/51451) Emily Meijaard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-meijaard-4a55711b3/) Borneo Futures (https://www.borneofutures.org/) One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    41 Min.
  • Simon Kraemer – EARA: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025

    Simon Kraemer – EARA: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025
    Oct 13 2025
    A special mini-edition of the Sustainable Commodities Podcast, recorded live at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe in September 2025. Host Barnaby Patchett sits down with Simon Kraemer, Executive Director of the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA), an independent farmer-led coordination, advocacy and collective action organisation. We cover the challenges, solutions and lessons we can learn in regenerative agriculture - including why a farmer-led approach is so important, how we can scale, the dangers of moralising and why policy makers need to shift their mindset if we’re going to drive successful change. Look out for the other interviews in this series and check for the special report episode on the conference, which is available now. Links EARA (https://eara.farm/) One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/)
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    14 Min.
  • Douglas Christie: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025

    Douglas Christie: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025
    Oct 6 2025
    A special mini-edition of the Sustainable Commodities Podcast, recorded live at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe in September 2025. In this episode, Barnaby speaks with former Carbon Farmer of the Year Douglas Christie. Doug, a farmer for over 35 years, shares his journey, as well as the many challenges, opportunities, benefits and downsides of regenerative farming – covering finance, soil health, yields and barriers to adoption. This interview is part of a series of short conversations recorded with experts from across the supply chain during the event. Look out for the other interviews and check for the special report episode on the conference, which is available now. Links One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/) Douglas Christie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-christie-75a06692/)
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    12 Min.
  • Carlotta Costa – Dimitra: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025

    Carlotta Costa – Dimitra: The Regenerative Agriculture Summit 2025
    Oct 3 2025
    The latest mini-episode of the Sustainable Commodities Podcast, recorded live at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe! Barnaby Patchett sit down with Carlotta Costa, Director of ESG at Dimitra, to unpack why technology and data are so important to the Regenerative Agriculture movement. Why is data so fundamentally important? Are credit systems actually any good? Does delaying EUDR make sense? And most importantly… Is regenerative agriculture a hippie movement? Have a listen and find out! Links One Nine Nine (https://www.oneninenine.agency/) Murdoch Associates (https://www.murdochassociates.com/) Dimitra (https://dimitra.io/)
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    11 Min.