Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG)
General
| Name of initiative | Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) |
|---|---|
| LPAA initiative | No |
| NAZCA Initiative | No |
| Website address | http://www.poig.org/ |
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| Starting year | 2013 |
| End year | |
| Secretariat | Rainforest Action Network |
| Organisational structure | POIG is a network and not a formal organisation. All decisions made are based on consensus. The Organising Committee is made up of founding members: Agropalma, DAABON, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, WWF and Forest Peoples Programme. The Organising Comittee manages member approval suspension and expulsion, governance structures and evolution of the initiative. ALl members decide on charter indicators, audit and verification procedures, budgets for specific initiatives and communications. |
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| Type of lead organisation | "NGO/Civil society" is not in the list of possible values (National government, Local government, Other public institution, Financial institution, Corporate, United Nations or Specialised agency, Other intergovernmental organization, Other, Academic/Research institution, NGO/Civil Society, Business, Network/Consortium/Partnership, International organisation) for this property. |
| Location/Nationality of lead organisation | "The United States of America" is not in the list of possible values (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Republic Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Korea (South), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, FYR Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia & Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, EU) for this property. |
Description
| Description | the Palm Oil Innovation Group was founded in 2013 to encourgae the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to distringuish more between those members doing the best they can and others doing the least they have to, . The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) aims to support the RSPO by demonstrating that innovation and leadership in sustainable palm oil production and use is possible and can be adopted into the mainstream by developing new models for best practice in the sector. Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) focuses on three thematic areas of environmental responsibility, partnerships with communities, and corporate and product integrity. POIG will demonstrate that by setting and implementing ambitious standards, the industry can in particular break the link between palm oil and deforestation, and human, land and labour rights violations. |
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| Objectives | The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) aims to support the RSPO through building on RSPO standards and commitments and by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as with additional critical issues.POIG focuses on three thematic areas of environmental responsibility, partnerships with communities, and corporate and product integrity. POIG focuses on creating innovations in the palm oil industry and the promotion of these innovations. POIG will demonstrate that by setting and implementing ambitious standards, the industry can in particular break the link between palm oil and deforestation, and human, land and labour rights violations.
Objectives of the POIG Charter: - To promote and support innovation and improvements in oil palm plantation and extraction mill management and throughout the supply chain on a range of environmental, social, supply chain and governance issues, and seek to have the innovations rolled out across the palm oil industry and reflected in the RSPO standard - To create added value for innovative and progressive producers and supply chain partners through increased market recognition and demand for palm oil products from innovative and improved practices - To act as a forum for open discussion and sharing of experience with innovations and improvements in: oil palm plantation practices, extraction mill management practices, responsible procurement, and product traceability and verification throughout the supply chain - To act as a forum to collectively engage with governments towards achieving recognition and support for innovations, and have them included in regulations and law Objectives specifically focusing on greenhouse gas emissions: - To break the link between Palm Oil Expansion and deforestation - Peat Clearance is not allowed - Maintenance of existing peat land is required in order to minimise both the subsidence of the peat and the release of GHG emissions. - Greenhouse gas (GHG) accountability: Companies shall publicly report on annual GHG emissions from all sources and on the progress towards reaching targeted reductions of non-land use GHG emissions (per tonne of CPO) |
| Activities | Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) offers third-party verification audits to the POIG Charter requirements and pilot indicators for palm oil growers, which outline robust requirements for verifying that palm oil is not linked to deforestation, expansion on peatlands, and human and labour rights violations. The purpose of the audits is to assess compliance of the producers with the POIG Charter as well as trial the pilot indicators. The feedback from audits is integrated into a formal indicator revision process including public consultation.
Moreover, POIG is engaged in the Round table for Sustainable Palm OIl and advocates there for stricter objectives for RSPO members. What is the difference between POIG and the RSPO?: The POIG Charter builds on the RSPO standards and creates the space for market recognition for front-runners within the RSPO The POIG Charter sets out a clearer framework for companies to commit to removing forest destruction, peat land conversion and labour, land and human rights violations from members’ supply chains Additional transparency and reporting requirements allow for open information on performance POIG has a simple verification approach which makes it simpler to sanction members POIG is supported by both current RSPO members as well as NGOs who are currently not satisfied with the RSPO approach POIG requirements align to numerous company commitments (e.g. Unilever, Ferrero, Mars and Wilmar) which go beyond current RSPO requirements |
| One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
| Function of initiative | Technical dialogue, Political dialogue |
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| Activity of initiative | Knowledge production and innovation, Norms and standard setting, Knowledge dissemination and exchange |
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Participants
| Participants | Number | Names | ||
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| Members | 0 | |||
| Companies | 0 | |||
| Business organisations | 0 | |||
| Research and educational organisations | 0 | |||
| Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |||
| National states | 0 | |||
| Governmental actors | 0 | |||
| Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |||
| City / municipal actors | 0 | |||
| Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |||
| Financial Institutions | 0 | |||
| Faith based organisations | 0 | |||
| Other members | 0 | |||
| Supporting partners | 0 | |||
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Theme
| Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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| No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Not only have national states as participators