UPDATED- ISPO Certification - Paraguay Certification Presentation

Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)
Certification
Lessons Learned

United Nations Development Programme
August 2016, Paraguay GCP Workshop

The Catalyst for
Certification
Growth of Palm Oil in Indonesia

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
Fires of ‘97 and ‘98

The Catalyst for Certification

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%
of global palm oil
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Initial Govt. Response to RSPO
And other criticism

 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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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
smallholder PnC
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ISPO
Principles & Criteria

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2

Registration
&
Legality

5

3

Plantation
Management

6

Labor
Rights

4

Forest
Protection

Environment
al
Management

7

Community
Empowerme
nt

Business
Developmen
t

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Strengthening a National
Certification Standard via a
National Commodity Platform

Current Weaknesses
The challenges of implementing ISPO

 Limited budget
 Lack of enforcement
 Slow Implementation
 Ministry reshuffling
 Inconsistent legal
interpretations
 Little international acceptance
 No real ‘market incentive’

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It was expected that by 2016, 800 palm

oil companies operating in Indonesia
would be ISPO certified, today just 149
companies have been certified

InPOP
WORKING GROUPS

1

3

2

4

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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
other national certifications

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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
throughout the period of smallholder
training and certification will inform
the government-led Indonesia Palm Oil
Platform (InPOP) Indonesia Palm Oil Platform

Recommendations
Using a national platform to establish a sustainability
standard

Use platform (led by government) as a forum for dialogue among multistakeholders 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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Muchas Gracias!