Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector
Author | : Sophia M Gnych |
Publisher | : CIFOR |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2015-11-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9786023870196 |
ISBN-13 | : 6023870198 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Download or read book Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector written by Sophia M Gnych and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolving international sustainability norms demand greater environmental and social responsibility from business across global commodity chains – from countries of origin to countries of consumption. Conventional commandand-control regulation has had limited success in addressing negative environmental and social impacts. As a result, advocacy groups and NGOs have championed a diversity of market-based and multi-stakeholder governance approaches aimed at shifting the private sector towards delivering more sustainable business models. Multiple non-state, market-driven social and environmental standards have emerged for palm oil. Through interviews with growers and key stakeholders in the Indonesian palm oil industry this occasional paper explores the motivations driving the uptake of sustainability standards, as well as the factors supporting and preventing implementation of sustainability standards, and asks, what model of sustainable oil palm agriculture is ultimately being built?