Forming Alliance for Greener Palm Oil: Example from Japan

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10.2991/978-94-6463-140-1_5How to use a DOI?

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Sustainable Palm Oil; Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil; palm oil; sustainability

Abstract

Sustainability has been the current main focus for the global development. With the Sustainability Development Goals declared in 2015, all countries under United Nations are putting their best effort to achieve the goals. The natural resource that gained much attention for the past decade is palm oil where it has caused complex environmental and social problems. The Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil founded in 2004 provides a global certification system for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) and palm kernel oil (CSPK). There are two type of certification system, one is designed for palm oil growers (smallholders and private plantations) and the other one is for processors/manufacturers. In this study, three companies are selected based on its reputation in the sustainable palm oil initiative in Japan, seen from the active involvement in RSPO and awards received regarding their sustainable practices. Based on the interviews and documents review, it is understood that their motivations in joining RSPO include maintaining their reputation to the stakeholders (legitimacy-oriented), exchanging knowledge (competency-oriented), getting connected with international NGOs (resource-oriented), and engaging in local communities to address critical issues (society-oriented). Through the Roundtable Meeting which presents different topics every year, members learned about the best practices from fellow members and generated new important issues that had not been touched. The sustainability partnerships both under and outside RSPO scheme may be based on different motivations, but they generate similar desirable outcome to solve the social and environmental problems by promoting sustainable palm oil.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Intan Sartika Eris Maghfiroh
AU  - Katsuhiko Kokubu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/30
TI  - Forming Alliance for Greener Palm Oil: Example from Japan
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 Brawijaya International Conference (BIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 33
EP  - 44
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-140-1_5
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-140-1_5
ID  - Maghfiroh2023
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