United Plantations CEO Carl Bek-Nielsen Trying to Fix Palm Oil Says Oil Says Innocent Being Punished With Guilty

A Hindu temple stands at the United Plantations Bhd oil palm estate in Perak, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Palm oil, used in everything from pizza dough to shampoo, lipstick and biofuels, is an industry on the rise. But the oil is also increasingly under fire, accused of destroying rainforests and peatlands, driving endangered animals like the orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhinoceros toward extinction, and exploiting poor plantation workers, who often come from abroad. United Nations Bek-Nielsen says that while there are "rogue players" in the industry, there are those working to clean up its act. Photographer: Joshua Paul/Blo