Cassia Berhad (Cassia) is an oil palm plantation company that has diversified into the downstream refining of edible oils and fats. The prices of palm oil have been depressed and there is an excess of palm oil inventory, caused by the drop in the world demand due to negative press about oil palm (Need to improve ___ by engaging) plantations encroaching onto the forests in order to open more plantation lands and endangering the wildlife. Even the European regulators are currently considering new laws against the use of palm oil as a bio-diesel fuel