by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRSustainability is the defining battleground for Malaysian palm oil. The industry faces deforestation criticism, consumer boycotts, and — most seriously — regulation like the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that could restrict market access for supply not...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRFGV Holdings (formerly Felda Global Ventures) is the commercial arm of Malaysia’s FELDA settler scheme, and its story is a cautionary tale of how politics, governance and business collide. Its 2012 IPO was one of the world’s largest that year, raising billions...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRIOI Corporation and Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) are Malaysia’s two great family-influenced, integrated palm oil champions — and instructive to compare. Both combine upstream plantations with substantial downstream businesses: IOI is especially strong in specialty...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRSime Darby Plantation — rebranded SD Guthrie — is among the world’s largest oil palm plantation companies by planted area, a government-linked giant with roots in British colonial trading houses. Its history includes the legendary 1981 “dawn raid” in which...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRMalaysia is one of the two dominant producers of palm oil on earth, alongside Indonesia, and the crop is central to its economy, exports and rural development. What began as a colonial-era experiment became a national industry organised around giant plantation...
