A significant factor contributing to the overall increase in Neste Oil’s usage of certified raw materials was that 83% of the palm oil used during 2011 was certified; by contrast, only 25% of the palm oil used in 2010 was certified. Neste Oil’s target is that 100% of the palm oil it uses will be certified by the end of 2015.

Crude palm oil accounted for 54% of renewable inputs in 2011, while stearin and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), both by-products of palm oil production, accounted for 22%. The remainder, 24% of the raw materials used in refining comprised of various vegetable oils and waste fats.

All of the palm oil used by Neste Oil can be traced back to the original oil palm plantation. Neste Oil is the world’s leading user of fully traceable RSPO-certified palm oil, although the company accounted for just 1.4% of all the palm oil used worldwide in 2011.

Material classified as waste, residues, or by-products accounted for 41% of the renewable raw materials used by Neste Oil in 2011. This is nearly quadruple the amount used in 2010 and matched the target that the company had set for the year.

During 2012, Neste Oil’s goal is to increase the amount of waste, residues, and by-products that it uses in renewable fuel production by hundreds of thousands of tons compared to 2011. The company’s long-term goal is to increase its use of these raw materials—which include e.g. waste animal fat from the food industry, stearin, and PFAD—to 50% of renewable inputs.