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Wild Asia: Building Partnerships for Conservation
Wild Asia’s Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Sustainability from a non-accountant’s perspective: Part II
Sustainability in Oil Palm By Shafinaz Suhaimi Sustainability Advisor, Wild Asia
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About WA
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About Wild Asia Conservation-based social
enterprise based in Malaysia
Core Programme Areas:- Sustainable Agriculture
Initiative Responsible Tourism
Initiative Environmental Education Plant-a-Tree campaign
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Wild Asia: Building Partnerships for Conservation
Current issues in the market
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What’s out in the open
Forest loss & OP
expansion
Increased wild animal trade
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What’s out in the open
“Peat & climate
change”
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What’s out in the open
“Fires & land
clearing”
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What’s out in the open
“Indigenous peoples Rights”
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What’s out in the open
“Chemical use & worker safety”
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Wild Asia: Building Partnerships for Conservation
Background to RSPORoundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil
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What is RSPO? A Swiss-registered association
formalised in 2003 Secretariat in Malaysia & branch in
Indonesia Increasingly referenced by other global
initiatives (eg: biofuels) Entire supply chain from producers to
buyers. Founding members inc. MPOA, Golden
Hope, Unilever, Sainsbury, Migros Social & Environmental NGOs
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RSPO: A point of reference
Becoming a reference for sustainability in trade & finance.
Credit requirements for loans reference RSPO; banks developing compliance checks around RSPO P&C.
Sustainability criteria for trade in Biofuels (EU-Cramer Commission; Gold Label Standards for CDM).
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Our approach
Direct engagement Bottom-up Guide
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Looking at the bigger picture where businesses operate, i.e. HCV
Landscape Conservation Assessments
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Looking at the people and communities where businesses operate
Social Impact Assessments
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Building people to support your policies
Training & Capacity Building
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• Baseline Assessments
• Supply Chain Assurance
• Biodiversity Assessments
• Social Impact Assessments
• Policy Development
• Training / Capacity Building
In partnership with…
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Worked with the largest & the unlikeliest
With multi-national conglomerate and largest OP company, Sime Darby & social NGO Tenaganita: Bottom-up consultative rights-based approach to policy development and training
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With the small and motivated
• Long term advisory support:
• Plantations and mill operations
• Social responsibility
• Environment / biodiversity protection
• Effective communication and reporting to stakeholders.
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Conclusion
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Challenges
“Accounting for social &
environmental costs?”
Making sustainability real on the ground.
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