Friend or foe? The various responses of the Indonesian state to sustainable non-state palm oil initiatives

Pramudya, Eusebius Pantja; Hospes, O.; Termeer, C.J.A.M.

doi:10.1186/s41180-018-0018-y

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“…Rather than pure fragmentation and competition, interaction among the schemes has resulted in regular exchanges, learning, adjustments and signs of alignment and convergence. 16 The increasing attempts to promote cooperation between RSPO and ISPO has been driven by the growing recognition of the difficulties that the national ISPO standard faced in terms of being accepted in international markets by major importers and manufacturers of consumer goods (Hidayat et al 2018, Pramudya et al 2018. Many companies consider compliance with the RSPO to be more important than with ISPO, arguing that the former is more trusted by their buyers, notably those in Europe and the United States (Grazella 2014).…”

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“…1 While there are several studies that explore the interaction between public and private standards (e.g. Hospes 2014;Giessen et al 2016;Wijaya and Glasbergen 2016;Pacheco et al 2018;Pramudya et al 2018), this still represents a comparatively novel research area, especially in the context of sustainability standards that address social and environmental issues.…”

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The Interaction of Private and Public Governance: The Case of Sustainability Standards for Palm Oil

Brandi

2020

Eur J Dev Res

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By providing insights into the interaction between private-driven and public-driven governance initiatives in the context of the “Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil” (RSPO) and the “Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil” (ISPO), this article sheds new light the interaction between private and public governance. It investigates how the relationship between the RSPO and the ISPO evolves over time and who and what drives this evolution. While the interaction between these standard schemes has initially largely been characterized by competition, it has become more collaborative and also coordinated in nature. This article argues that the experimentalist architecture of palm oil governance has fostered mechanisms for coordination across public and private certification schemes and has helped to join up the separate components of the regime complex through productive interactions. At the same time, several gaps and challenges remain, especially in light of the different interests of the multiple public and private actors involved in palm oil.

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The Interaction of Private and Public Governance: The Case of Sustainability Standards for Palm Oil

Brandi

2020

Eur J Dev Res

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“…The proliferation of non-state actors as new governance agents are thereby challenging the state as the supreme authority within a territory [31][32][33]. Due to increasing cross-border trade flows, states have increasingly shared their sovereignty over territory and transactions with market actors [34], and therefore cannot simply ignore private governance arrangements [35]. At the same time, private governance arrangements are often dependent on local public governance when it comes to the implementation of the VSS at the local level [10,36,37].…”

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Public and Private Governance in Interaction: Changing Interpretations of Sovereignty in the Field of Sustainable Palm Oil

Schouten

Hospes

2018

Sustainability

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Since the 1990s, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and businesses have gained prominence as architects of new forms of transnational governance creating Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). The legitimacy and effectiveness of VSS are dependent on interactions with public authorities and regulation. While studies suggest that the (perceived) gain or loss of sovereignty by a state shapes public–private interactions, we have little understanding on how states use or interpret sovereignty in their interactions with VSS. In this paper, we explore what interpretations of sovereignty are used by states at different ends of global value chains in interactions with VSS. Based on a comparative and longitudinal study of interactions of Indonesian and Dutch state actors with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, we conclude that states strategically use different and changing notions of sovereignty to control the policy and debate regarding sustainable palm oil. When interactions between public and private governance are coordinative in nature, notions of interdependent sovereignty are used. However, when interactions are competitive, domestic and Westphalian notions of sovereignty are used. Our results show conflicting interpretations and usages of sovereignty by different states, which might negatively impact the regulatory capacity within an issue field to address sustainability issues.

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“…Pramudya et al. () show that the course of development of different non‐state initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable palm oil in Indonesia prompted different and changing reactions of the Indonesian state. Looking at the implementation of transnational rules for forest certification and labor rights in China and Indonesia, Bartley (, 34) observes that, ‘domestic governance is far from an empty space’ and he states that, ‘The hope of transcending domestic governance and bypassing the state is illusory’, calling for a ‘re‐centering of the state’ for improving transnational governance of land and labor.…”

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“…In 2011 the GoI launched its own national standard: Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO). It is nearly a copy of the standard of the RSPO but under government regulation and control (Hospes, ; Pramudya et al., ). While all companies – except Astra Agro Lestari – are members of the RSPO and all face the obligation the get ISPO certified, they somehow saw added value in starting a new governance arrangement.…”

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When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge

Dermawan

Hospes

2018

Global Policy

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During the last decades the role of the state in governance of Global Value Chains (GVC) for sustainability has been largely ignored. This paper contributes to the re‐centering the state in GVC analysis. We provide an analysis of the rise and fall of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP). IPOP is a commitment of some biggest palm oil companies towards zero‐deforestation in Indonesia, but was dissolved after serious critique from the Government of Indonesia (GoI). Our question is: why and how did the GoI decide to put an end to the IPOP? We show that the GoI orchestrated the IPOP's demise by framing it as a danger to smallholder development, as not acknowledging public standards, and as an illegal cartel. The GoI's counter‐framing re‐asserts its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization. We argue that when a state perceives that when non‐state‐driven GVC governance threatens its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization, it will engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors. More specifically, collective action of non‐state actors can particularly trigger a state to engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors.

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Friend or foe? The various responses of the Indonesian state to sustainable non-state palm oil initiatives

Cited by 18 publications

References 56 publications

The Interaction of Private and Public Governance: The Case of Sustainability Standards for Palm Oil

The Interaction of Private and Public Governance: The Case of Sustainability Standards for Palm Oil

Public and Private Governance in Interaction: Changing Interpretations of Sovereignty in the Field of Sustainable Palm Oil

When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge

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