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Sustainability in Oil Palm By Shafinaz Suhaimi Sustainability Advisor, Wild Asia

Explore sustainability in oil palm production from a non-accountant's perspective in Part II of the series. Learn about the challenges and solutions faced in the market, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and Wild Asia's approach to promoting sustainability through direct engagement and partnerships. Discover how Wild Asia works with diverse stakeholders to address social and environmental concerns in agriculture. Contact info@wildasia.net or visit www.wildasia.net for more information.

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Sustainability in Oil Palm By Shafinaz Suhaimi Sustainability Advisor, Wild Asia

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  1. Wild Asia’s Sustainable Agriculture InitiativeSustainability from a non-accountant’s perspective: Part II Sustainability in Oil Palm By ShafinazSuhaimi Sustainability Advisor, Wild Asia

  2. About WA

  3. About Wild Asia • Conservation-based social enterprise based in Malaysia • Core Programme Areas:- • Sustainable Agriculture Initiative • Responsible Tourism Initiative • Environmental Education • Plant-a-Tree campaign

  4. Current issues in the market

  5. What’s out in the open Forest loss & OP expansion Increased wild animal trade

  6. What’s out in the open “Peat & climate change”

  7. What’s out in the open “Fires & land clearing”

  8. What’s out in the open “Indigenous peoples Rights”

  9. What’s out in the open “Chemical use & worker safety”

  10. Background to RSPORoundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil

  11. What is RSPO? • A Swiss-registered association formalised in 2003 • Secretariat in Malaysia & branch in Indonesia • Increasingly referenced by other global initiatives (eg: biofuels) • Entire supply chain from producers to buyers. • Founding members inc. MPOA, Golden Hope, Unilever, Sainsbury, Migros • Social & Environmental NGOs

  12. RSPO: A point of reference • Becoming a reference for sustainability in trade & finance. • Credit requirements for loans reference RSPO; banks developing compliance checks around RSPO P&C. • Sustainability criteria for trade in Biofuels (EU-Cramer Commission; Gold Label Standards for CDM).

  13. Our approach Direct engagement Bottom-up Guide

  14. Landscape Conservation Assessments Looking at the bigger picture where businesses operate, i.e. HCV

  15. Social Impact Assessments Looking at the people and communities where businesses operate

  16. Training & Capacity Building Building people to support your policies

  17. In partnership with… • Baseline Assessments • Supply Chain Assurance • Biodiversity Assessments • Social Impact Assessments • Policy Development • Training / Capacity Building 17

  18. Worked with the largest & the unlikeliest With multi-national conglomerate and largest OP company, Sime Darby & social NGO Tenaganita: Bottom-up consultative rights-based approach to policy development and training

  19. With the small and motivated • Long term advisory support: • Plantations and mill operations • Social responsibility • Environment / biodiversity protection • Effective communication and reporting to stakeholders.

  20. Conclusion

  21. Challenges “Accounting for social & environmental costs?” Making sustainability real on the ground.

  22. Thank You Upper Penthouse, Wisma RKT, No 2 Jalan Raja Abdullah, 50300 Kuala Lumpur info@wildasia.net www.wildasia.net 22

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