...environmental advocates are concerned about the wider use of palm oil.

Russia and Ukraine are the world's largest producers of sunflower oil. Consequently, with Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine, exports have come to a grinding halt. Several companies are looking in other directions, seeking ways to replace sunflower oil. One alternative could be palm oil. Meanwhile, environmental advocates are worried that the wider use of palm oil will undermine their efforts to protect the environment, which suffers significantly during the palm oil extraction process. (...)