Governing sustainable palm oil in Indonesia: An evolving
Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed a recent moratorium on new palm oil concession permits. During the three-year freeze, the government will undertake a comprehensive nationwide review of oil palm licenses and develop efforts to enhance productivity – particularly for smallholders.
Since 2011, the Indonesian government has made it mandatory for companies to attain the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification to show they are practising sustainable agriculture.
New approaches to sustainable palm oil | Opinion | Eco
New approaches to sustainable palm oil The palm oil sector was widely blamed for the haze that plagued Southeast Asia earlier this year. Agus Purnomo, managing director for sustainability and stakeholder engagement, Golden Agri-Resources, outlines what the industry giant is doing to produce the crop more sustainably.
New approaches to sustainable palm oil The palm oil sector was widely blamed for the haze that plagued Southeast Asia earlier this year. Agus Purnomo, managing director for sustainability and stakeholder engagement, Golden Agri-Resources, outlines what the industry giant is doing to produce the crop more sustainably.
Driving a new approach to sustainable palm oil | News
Driving a new approach to sustainable palm oil. At the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris, we announced that we will take a jurisdictional approach to commodity sourcing and will preferentially buy from areas that have in place comprehensive climate and forest policies. Our first example of doing this is in the district of Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
sustainable palm oil policy. Being under the microscope and at the same time pushing for more proactive approaches to sustainable palm oil can at times be challenging. Responding to issues arising from stakeholders to tick the right boxes does not in itself take sustainable palm oil forward, although highlighting contra-
Sustainable Palm Oil for All | UNDP in Indonesia
Heated debates have recently surrounded the palm oil sector in Indonesia and its access to export markets, including the European Union. The issue is crucial for Indonesia as the world’s largest palm oil producer, the largest exporter, and about 16 million jobs depending directly or indirectly on this sector.
Innovative Approaches for Oil Palm Smallholder Finance in Malaysia and Indonesia Edoardo Cavallo October 25th ... Oil palm mill Farmer FarmerSmallholders Farmer Replantation company Delivery of ... “Current practices and innovations in smallholder palm oil finance in Indonesia and Malaysia: Long-term ...
Palm oil from Indonesia's shrinking forests taints global
Palm oil companies Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), Wilmar , Musim Mas Group and Golden Agri Resources sold oil from 21 “tainted” mills to more than a dozen global brands including Nestle and Unilever , according to the report by Eyes on the Forest (EoF), a coalition of environmental NGOs including WWF-Indonesia.
Since 2011, the Indonesian government has made it mandatory for companies to attain the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification to show they are practising sustainable agriculture.
Palm oil is unavoidable. Can it be sustainable?
Indonesia and Malaysia are now the epicenter of palm oil, but the oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is not native to Asia. It comes from West and central Africa, where archaeologists have found ...
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Can jurisdictional certification curb palm oil
The authors say the jurisdictional certification pilots of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) represent a promising new approach to these issues. ... any new oil palm concessions but ...
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Achieving Palm Oil Traceability in Indonesia’s Complex
Our field research in PTPN 5’s mill in Rokan Hulu, Riau, Indonesia, showed just how complex a palm oil supply chain can be. The company’s Inti and Plasma plantation produced approximately 67 percent of the company’s total palm oil supply, whereas the remaining supply comes from third party suppliers.
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How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up
Indonesia is the single largest producer of palm oil, and it’s easy to find outlets for unsustainable oil—which is a 10 million-tonne market. Fire poses a threat to our operations on a whole and the use of fires in our oil palm plantations is a major risk; akin to us burning our source of income.
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Building on a strong Cargill 2024 Palm Oil Annual Report
Cargill 2024 Annual Sustainable Palm Oil Report 5 In July 2014, Cargill launched our Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil and we are striving to build a fully traceable, transparent and sustainable palm oil supply chain by 2024. We are firmly committed to: Deepening our commitments We will work to ensure that all palm products
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THE COST OF CONFLICT IN OIL PALM IN INDONESIA
companies active in palm oil” have adopted pledges or commitments for deforestation-free products or sustainable supply chains overall.1 Furthermore, recent research indicates that palm oil growers representing 90% of the globally traded palm oil market are signatories to purchasing policies that
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Palm oil is unavoidable. Can it be sustainable?
Indonesia and Malaysia are now the epicenter of palm oil, but the oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is not native to Asia. It comes from West and central Africa, where archaeologists have found ...
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Governing sustainable palm oil in Indonesia: An evolving
Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed a recent moratorium on new palm oil concession permits. During the three-year freeze, the government will undertake a comprehensive nationwide review of oil palm licenses and develop efforts to enhance productivity – particularly for smallholders.
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plantation area, FFB production, and palm oil mills spread all over 22 provinces in Indonesia. These wastes are still economical as they can be utilized as sources of alternative fuel, fertilizer, chemical compounds, and biomaterials.
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How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up
As the worst haze season since the great peatland fires of 2015 choked Southeast Asia this year—10 per cent of the 346,000 fire alerts in Indonesia were in palm oil concessions, and 2,556 of those were on Wilmar land, according to June to October 2024 Global Forest Watch (GFW) data—and the time approaches when the European Union will ban palm oil for biodiesel because of the industry’s links to deforestation, no one knows better than Goon that a lot of work remains to be done.
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AAK’s progress report on sustainable palm oil
sustainable palm oil policy. Being under the microscope and at the same time pushing for more proactive approaches to sustainable palm oil can at times be challenging. Responding to issues arising from stakeholders to tick the right boxes does not in itself take sustainable palm oil forward, although highlighting contra-
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THE COST OF CONFLICT IN OIL PALM IN INDONESIA
companies active in palm oil” have adopted pledges or commitments for deforestation-free products or sustainable supply chains overall.1 Furthermore, recent research indicates that palm oil growers representing 90% of the globally traded palm oil market are signatories to purchasing policies that
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OUR SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL SOURCING POLICY
The history of palm oil stretches back thousands of years, with the oldest record of its use dating from 3,000 BC1. Modern day applications of palm oil are diverse, with the largest percentage of use in the consumer goods sector, but also growing use as biofuel. From a sustainability standpoint, palm oil is a uniquely productive crop.
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MSPO - Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil - Certifications
MSPO - Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil. The MSPO standard is aligns the management of palm oil production with many existing national laws and regulations. In the context of palm oil sustainability, the similar type of scheme been implemented are Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO).
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On the Journey to Sustainable Palm Oil | Rainforest
We can trace your palm oil to mill level and support you in assessing and addressing the risks of your supply base. Explore landscape- and community-centered approaches. We can support you in participating in and sourcing from areas which are applying Landscape approaches. Engage your clients in the journey to sustainable palm oil.
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PepsiCo Sourcing of Palm Oil From Indonesia
PepsiCo Sourcing of Palm Oil From Indonesia January 2024 Our Vision and Objectives In 2024, Indonesia was the world’s largest supplier of palm oil, producing over 35 million tonnes and representing over half of the total global market1. We are striving to sustainably source the palm oil
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How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up
As the worst haze season since the great peatland fires of 2015 choked Southeast Asia this year—10 per cent of the 346,000 fire alerts in Indonesia were in palm oil concessions, and 2,556 of those were on Wilmar land, according to June to October 2024 Global Forest Watch (GFW) data—and the time approaches when the European Union will ban palm oil for biodiesel because of the industry’s links to deforestation, no one knows better than Goon that a lot of work remains to be done.
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Can Palm Oil Truly Be Sustainable? - Organic Authority
Palm oil has become synonymous with "unsustainable" as palm oil plantations have encroached on the land of local populations from Papua New Guinea to Colombia to Indonesia, and the lack of regulation for building these plantations has resulted in threats to local biodiversity and wildlife, dangerous carbon emissions, and abhorrent infringement of worker rights.
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Sustainability THE JOURNEY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL
THE JOURNEY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL HOW YOUR COMPANY CAN GET STARTED. CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE ... predominantly in Malaysia and Indonesia, but also in Papua New Guinea, and increasingly in Africa and Latin America. Oil palms have a lifespan of ... mills and the supply chain right up to the end users. These standards include:
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Effect of oil palm sustainability certification
About 20% of global 2015 palm oil production was certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) . Certified oil palm growers agree to comply with the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) standard, which does not require zero deforestation, but limits the land covers that may be developed for oil palm.
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Mondelēz International, Inc. - Palm Oil
We are co-chair of the Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Palm Oil Task Force to drive the industry’s improvements to palm oil sourcing; We sat on the board of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) from 2014-18 because we believe, despite its limitations, RSPO can be part of the solution.
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