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Asian Agri is among Asia’s largest palm oil producers with an annual capacity of 1 million tons. Palm oil is a versatile product with a variety of uses and Asian Agri believes it must be produced sustainably based on economic, social and environmental viability.

Asian Agri combines these benefits with a commitment to ensuring that our entire supply chain adopts best practices in the production of sustainable palm oil. We became a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2006 and achieved our first RSPO certification in 2010.

Several consumer goods firms have made public commitments to sourcing sustainable palm oil. Unilever, the world’s largest palm oil buyer, wants 100 per cent of its palm oil to be from physically certified sources by 2025 while P&G has committed to a deforestation-free supply chain by 2025 without explicit reference to RSPO certification. Colgate-Palmolive plans to purchase 100 per cent

Asian Agri is one of the leading national private companies in Indonesia that produces crude palm oil through plantations that are managed sustainably. Established in 1979, Asian Agri has now grown to become one of the largest oil palm companies in Asia that manages 100,000 hect

Lastly, they also flagged the gestation period of oil palm development, which is about five to seven years before the first harvest, as an area of concern. Government and other stakeholders should determine a long-term financing model that will encourage the sustainable development of palm oil in the Philippines.

Certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) makes up about one fifth of the world’s total palm oil supply. But demand for sustainable oil has not kept up with overall demand for palm oil, and is often sold as regular oil. Sime Darby Plantation, which claims to be the world’s biggest seller of sustainable palm oil, sells only half of its product

According to Lim Shu Ling, head of sustainability communications at Singapore-based palm oil company Golden-Agri Resources (GAR), the issue of women’s work status is more complex and that division of labour in the palm oil industry does not necessarily reflect discrimination against women. Some jobs, such as harvesting heavy palm oil bunches

GIZ is a German service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, working with partner globally. To provide our partners in Thailand with the best supports, GIZ Thailand established Food and Agriculture Cluster in 2018.

* The Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto is an initiative of companies Sime Darby, IOI, KLK, Musim Mas and Asian Agri but which does not have the support or participation of NGOs. Greenpeace has criticized the SPOM commitments for the fact that they do not cover all the traded oil, nor minority shareholdings.