Two Decades of Palm Oil Business-Environmental Quality Nexus: A Bibliometric Approach

Abstract

This study strives in mapping of literature on the link between the palm oil business and environmental quality. It selects a large amount of literature published in the Scopus Database from 2000 to 2022. The literature was analyzed using a Bibliometric approach. The keywords “palm oil and business” resulted in 672 documents, while “palm oil and environmental quality” resulted in 1.378 documents. The finding expresses that most scholars pay more attention to reveal the relationship between palm oil business and sustainable environment. Consequently, the number of documents (literature) increased over time. Journal of Cleaner Production has the highest contribution in the literature on palm oil and environment. Indonesia and Malaysia contribute significantly to qualifying palm oil’s sustainable business and environmental quality. A key implication of the findings is that governments and palm oil businesses should ensure palm oil and environmental sustainability in the long-run.