Ispo Certification and Indonesian Oil Palm Competitiveness in Global Market: Smallholder Challenges Toward ISPO Certification

Hutabarat, Sakti

doi:10.22146/jae.27789

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“…This indicates that economic gain is still the key driver for the stakeholders in the palm oil industry to adopt and integrate sustainability components in its operation, across the palm oil supply chain. It is also often cited as one of the factors that hindering small stakeholders in Malaysia and Indonesia to voluntary compliance to MSPO and ISPO, as all the principles of the certifications merely focus on environmental and social aspects [135,137].…”

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Prioritization of sustainability indicators for promoting the circular economy: The case of developing countries

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How

Teng

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The concept of the circular economy has gained well-recognition across the world for the past decades. With the heightening risk of the impact of climate change, resource scarcity to meet the increasing world population, the need to transition to a more sustainable development model is urgent. The circular economy is often cited as one of the best solutions to support sustainable development. However, the diffusion of this concept in the industrial arena is still relatively slow, particularly in the developing country, which collectively exerts high potential to be the world's largest economies and workforce. It is crucial to make sure that the development of these nations is sustainable and not bearing on the cost of future generation. Thus, this work aims to provide a comprehensive review of the circular economy concept in developing country context. Furthermore, a novel model is proposed by adopting Fuzzy Analytics Network Process (FANP) to quantify the priority weights of the sustainability indicators to provide guidelines for the industry stakeholders at different stages of industry cycle to transition toward the circular economy. The results revealed that improvement in economic performance and public acceptance are the key triggers to encourage stakeholders for sustainable development. The outcomes serve as a reference to enhance the overall decision-making process of industry stakeholders. Local authorities can adopt the recommendations to design policy and incentive that encourage the adoption of circular economy in real industry operation to spur up economic development, without neglecting environmental well-being and jeopardizing social benefits.

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Prioritization of sustainability indicators for promoting the circular economy: The case of developing countries

Ngan

How

Teng

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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113

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“…In an effort to ensure the independence of the certification process, eight consulting companies and three ISPO training organizations endorse ISPO certification. Although much progress has been recorded in terms of its implementation, as mentioned below, there are still hurdles, issues, challenges and crucial requirements related to the ISPO certification system [12]:…”

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Challenges and possibilities of implementing sustainable palm oil industry in Indonesia

Sylvia

Rinaldi

Muslim

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Indonesia has emerged into the largest palm oil-producing nation in just a few decades, leaving Malaysia behind. Undeniably, palm oil has substantially contributed to the country’s economic development. Nonetheless, it comes with refutation for deforestation, environmental degradation, and social tensions, are also evident. The palm oil industry has been recognized as one of the major producers of greenhouse gases, including CO2. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is committed to maintaining the palm oil industry, despite the strain of the European Union, as millions of workers depend on these industries for their livelihoods. The GOI requests that each palm oil firm pursue the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification regarding the adverse impacts. Around 20% of the country’s entire palm oil industry has received an ISPO certificate. By 2023, all palm oil companies must be ISPO accredited, as this regulation is compulsory. By reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, implementing all the ISPO guidelines in the palm oil industry will support the industry and protect the environment. This paper will review the implementation of sustainable Indonesia’s palm oil industry under the current situation, corresponding with ISPO and RSPO (Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil).

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“…While acknowledging that the ISPO has different characteristics from the RSPO, both are viewed as 'initiatives to align oil palm production with the principles of sustainable development' (Ernah et al 2016). Both are perceived as part of the same trend in global supply chains to mainstream sustainability norms while transforming the market to create sustainable products (Hutabarat 2017).…”

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The ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification: internal incoherence, governance rescaling and state transformation

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There are persistent tensions of both a technical and political nature between Southeast Asia’s two major palm oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, and the sustainability governance mechanisms shaping global environmental and trade standards emerging from Europe. The establishment of the national Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification standard in 2011 is a sign of discontent with the transnational Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) regime, sparking debate about the legitimacy of private governance models initiated by non-governmental organizations and companies in Europe. This article questions whether the adoption of sustainability norms by Indonesia signals normative convergence or the emergence of rival governance structures that challenge the state. Evidence suggests that elements of norm adoption and rival governance coexist in Indonesia and that ISPO certification is an ambiguous policy with degrees of internal incoherence. The ambiguous nature of ISPO certification gives rise to unresolved disputes over power and authority between various actors. This article shows how these disputes came into being by framing these dynamics as part of a long historical process. Novel insights are gained by employing the state transformation framework and the concept of governance rescaling. Within this framework, we argue that the ambiguous nature of the ISPO results from complex interrelated processes of fragmentation, decentralization and the internationalization of the Indonesian state.

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Ispo Certification and Indonesian Oil Palm Competitiveness in Global Market: Smallholder Challenges Toward ISPO Certification

Cited by 27 publications

References 17 publications

Prioritization of sustainability indicators for promoting the circular economy: The case of developing countries

Prioritization of sustainability indicators for promoting the circular economy: The case of developing countries

Challenges and possibilities of implementing sustainable palm oil industry in Indonesia

The ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification: internal incoherence, governance rescaling and state transformation

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