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Leading Manufacturers and Retailers Announce support for Palm Oil Innovation Group

Five of the world’s leading consumer goods manufacturers and retailers today announce their support to drive the transformation of their sector towards responsible palm oil production and sourcing.

Ferrero, REWE Group, EDEKA, Boulder Brands and Stephenson have all announced their support for the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), by joining NGOs and palm oil producers seeking to break the link between palm oil and deforestation, social conflict and carbon emissions.

Growing support amongst buyers of palm oil shows a pressing need for the palm oil industry to innovate and meet the new global benchmark for responsible palm oil. Each of these five companies is looking forward to work with NGOs and leading palm oil producers to find solutions to complex supply chain challenges and ensure the procurement of responsible palm oil.

Integral to the POIG Charter is a commitment from producers to break the link between palm oil expansion and deforestation, by conserving and restoring High Conservation Values (HCV), by respecting the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of affected communities and by putting a High Carbon Stock Approach into practice.

The POIG will find innovative ways to build on the current Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standards to halt deforestation, respect rights, resolve conflict and ensure greater traceability from plantations to grocery store shelves.
This endorsement by leading manufacturers and retailers was warmly welcomed by the members of the Palm Oil Innovation Group:

“Today, leading manufacturers and retailers have put their weight behind an exciting and innovative transformation of the palm oil sector.

Through their support of the Palm Oil Innovation Group many of the world’s leading brands are now taking a pivotal role in driving a move towards responsible palm oil. These companies can help transform the marketplace for palm oil through the development of innovative practices, joint supply chain actions and by increasing the demand for responsible palm oil.

Together with POIG’s palm oil producer members, Agropalma, DAABON and NBPOL these retailers and manufacturers have demonstrated that market support for responsible palm oil is a reality.
We look forward to working together to find new ways to transform the palm oil landscape for the better.”

For media comment contact representatives of the Palm Oil Innovation Group:
Suzanne Kroger, Greenpeace: + 62 811 8800 420, [email protected]
Simon Lord, New Britain Palm Oil: [email protected]
Adam Harrison, WWF: [email protected]

Click here to download the statement

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POIG Grower members are labelled Green Tigers by the Forest Heroes Campaign

Founding members of POIG, Agropalma, DAABON and New Britain Palm Oil have been named among the World’s most responsible palm oil producers in a new report by the Forest Heroes campaign.

The campaign, labels the leaders in the industry as ‘Green Tigers’ described as companies who are ‘adapting to the revolutionized global market by evolving to ensure that their growth does not come at the expense of forests.’ and ‘are working aggressively to protect forests and reduce their overall environmental footprint are enjoying dramatically improved market access – with strong prospects for continued international growth.’

To read more about the Forest Heroes campaign and the Green tiger ranking click here.

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POIG releases benchmarks for responsible palm oil production

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) today released a set of indicators that allow for the independent verification of performance against the POIG Charter, which was  released in November 2013. The POIG Charter builds on the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) certification standard with additional requirements that ensure all palm oil operations by POIG grower members are free from deforestation, the destruction of peatlands,
and human and labor rights abuses.

Download the full press release

The indicators are available here

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Responsible palm oil initiative issues invitation for new members

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) today invited progressive palm oil players to join an initiative with the goal of increasing the global demand and supply of responsible palm oil.

This initiative aims to bridge the gap between responsible palm oil producers and the growing list of palm oil consumer companies such as Nestle, Ferrero, Unilever, L’Oreal, Safeway, Delhaize, Kellogg and Mars which have made ‘No Deforestation’ commitments and are demanding responsibly produced palm oil.

The founders of the Palm Oil Innovation Group (Agropalma, DAABON, New Britain Palm Oil, WWF, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Forest Peoples Programme and Greenpeace) today announced that the initiative is accepting new members and supporters who are committed to promoting and supporting innovation and improvements in the sector.

Palm oil producers and social and environmental NGOs are eligible to become members. Producers must first commit to the meet the requirements of the POIG Charter and have 50% of their plantation estate already verified against the RSPO Principles and Criteria. The POIG Charter builds on the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) certification scheme with additional requirements that ensure all palm oil operations are free from the destruction of high carbon stock forests and peatlands and human and labor rights abuses.

In order to build the support for this sector-wide transformation, any stakeholder involved in the palm oil sector who supports the Charter and shares its vision are now invited to become official supporters.

The Group released the following joint statement:

“The Palm Oil Innovation Group is inviting progressive palm oil producers, processors, traders, manufacturers, consumers and financiers to join this initiative and tip the balance towards responsible palm oil.

“We will prove that palm oil production does not need to be linked to forest destruction, social conflict or worsen climate change.

“All that is needed now is for other stakeholders to actively support innovation and improvements in the palm oil sector and demonstrate that business as usual is not longer tenable.”

The application forms and Terms of Engagement for new members and supporters can be accessed here