Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)
Certification
Lessons Learned
United Nations Development Programme
A BOOMING INDUSTRY
Over the past 30 years Indonesia’s palm oil industry has expanded considerably seeing to a significant increase in plantations, production and export revenue.
The Catalyst for
Certification
The Catalyst for Certification
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is Launched
Formed 2004
Vision: “RSPO will transform
markets to make sustainable
palm oil the norm”
Developed by an international
multi-stakeholder consortium
More than
2,500
members
from
75
countries
Eight key principles,
established in 2008
Claims to have certified
17%
RSPO principles do not always
reflect national laws and regulations
RSPO was formulated with
international perspectives, heavily influenced by
consumer industry
Domestic producers
questioned the financial burden for achieving RSPO certified palm oil
RSPO could potentially create
an exclusive, premium market
Green Washing?
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Initial Govt. Response to RSPO
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ISPO is Launched
2011
Streamlined inter-ministerial
govt. regulations
Inter-ministerial govt.
committee monitored the drafting of ISPO principles and criteria
Comparison conducted with
international standard: RSPO
Plenary to socialize the new
ISPO standard was held
Ministerial decree drafted
and adopted as a national mandatory standard in 2011
Revised in 2015 to include
ISPO
Principles & Criteria
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Registration & Legality Plantation Management Forest Protection Environment al Management LaborRights EmpowermeCommunity nt
Business Developmen
Limited budget
Lack of enforcement
Slow Implementation
Ministry
reshuffling
Inconsistent legal
interpretations
Little international acceptance
No real ‘market incentive’
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Current Weaknesses
The challenges of implementing ISPO
It was expected that by 2016, 800 palm
oil companies operating in Indonesia
would be ISPO certified, today just 149
InPOP
WORKING GROUPS
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Strengthening ISPO Via InPOP
Working Group
Key Actions Include
Investigate funding options
Socialize ISPO throughout
the country
Launch an ISPO marketing
campaign
Review ISPO PnC
Review the institutional
structure of ISPO Secretariat
Exchange knowledge with
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ISPO Smallholder Pilots and
Studies
Lessons learned – feeding into the InPOP National Action Plan
ISPO – RSPO Joint Study
- Joint-study between the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Standard (ISPO) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO
- HCV protection in plantations, one of the main discrepancies highlighted within the comparative study
-Looking at possibility of joint audit
-Platform to follow-up study
recommendations and incorporate into the National Action Plan
Smallholder Training & Certification
- Cooperation between UNDP and Asian Agri
- First 500 independent oil palm to be certified under the government of Indonesia’s sustainable palm oil standard (ISPO)
- Results and lessons learned
Use platform (led by government) as a forum for dialogue among
multi-stakeholders to establish primary objectives for standard and decided whether mandatory or voluntary adoption is needed
Employ a neutral facilitator to conduct multi-stakeholder consultation
about the national standard via the platform to ensure transparency and credibility
First work with and refine existing laws for a mandatory standard
Have a national vision for the mandatory certification standard
Consider financial costs and resources required to develop an
internationally accepted standard
Once P&Cs are formulated, promote national, legal adoption for certification
scheme
Learn from the field, consider local wisdom and experiences. The
standard must be achievable and consistent, particularly for smallholders
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