Direct chain · Valorization · Measurable impact

Sustainability & Impact

Sustainability in the vegetable oil sector is now a purchasing criterion. Your customers require it. Regulators measure it. Consumers read it on the label.

CSR · Supply chain · Climate

2.5 M

ha UNESCO argan reserve

8–12

kg CO₂ / tree / year

Process waste

100%

Coproducts valorized

At Folk Oils, it comes before these demands. It is built into our operating model from the start—in our supply chain structure, our coproduct management and our relationship with the land we cultivate.

CSR · Supply chain · Climate

Operational sustainability you can verify.

Direct sourcing, circular model, carbon data per batch and documented regulatory compliance.

A direct supply chain—sustainability starts at source

The sustainability of a vegetable oil does not start at extraction. It starts in the relationship between the grower and the industrial buyer of their harvest.

Folk Oils sources through direct chains under multi-year agreements at stable terms. This gives partner producers economic visibility over several seasons—the prerequisite for investing in sustainable farming, maintaining raw material quality and preserving cultivated ecosystems over the long term.

A supplier that buys spot cannot claim a sustainable chain. Sustainability is committed in the supply contract—not in the CSR report.

Full valorization—zero process waste

Vegetable oil extraction generates coproducts whose management defines an operator's real environmental balance sheet.

Folk Oils has integrated total valorization of these coproducts into its production model. Our press cakes are processed into plant proteins and specialty bioactives—sterols, squalene, phenolic compounds. No fraction of our raw material is treated as waste.

This circular approach delivers two simultaneous outcomes: an optimized environmental footprint and a cost structure that strengthens our price competitiveness on oils. Sustainability and economic performance are not opposed—they are two results of the same industrial choice.

Argan cultivation & carbon sequestration

The argan tree is an endemic species with exceptional ecosystem value. Its presence in Morocco's agricultural landscape provides measurable environmental services—water cycle regulation, desertification control, CO₂ sequestration over multi-century lifecycles.

The Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO-listed, covers 2.5 million hectares. Each mature argan tree sequesters an average of 8 to 12 kg of CO₂ per year over a lifespan that can exceed 200 years—a living carbon stock whose preservation depends directly on the economic viability of the chain.

By maintaining a direct and economically fair argan chain, Folk Oils contributes to active preservation of this ecosystem. Every litre of Folk Oils argan oil is backed by argan woodland that sequesters carbon, stabilizes soils and maintains local biodiversity.

For your clients and ESG teams: traceability of our argan chain allows each batch to be linked to a certified production zone within the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

The argan forest

Carbon footprint & ESG compliance

Our clients' ESG reporting obligations are evolving rapidly—European CSRD, Scope 3 reporting, Green Claims regulation, zero-deforestation requirements.

Folk Oils is ahead of these obligations.

Our FolkCarbon programme produces per-batch carbon footprint data—from cultivation to shipment—available for direct integration into partners' Scope 3 reporting. The data covers cultivation, raw material transport, extraction process and export shipping emissions.

Calculated using methodology aligned with GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 frameworks. Verifiable. Not sector estimates—they reflect our own production chain.

Sustainability regulatory compliance

Framework	Folk Oils status
EU Green Claims Regulation	Traceability and footprint data available
Zero deforestation (EUDR)	Traceable direct chain—documented compliance
Scope 3 reporting (CSRD)	Per-batch carbon data via FolkCarbon
EU Organic / USDA NOP	Active certifications on organic grades
ILO core conventions	Documented respect across the supply chain