Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG)

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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
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Secretariat	POIG Secretariat: info@poig.org The POIG Secretariat is represented and coordinated by Helikonia, an advisor on strategic sustainability services based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and with staff in London, UK and Singapore.
Organisational structure	POIG is an initiative developed jointly by private-sector representatives and non-governmental organisations, based around a set of formal requirements known as the ‘POIG Charter’. POIG is guided by the Organising Committee (OC), a decision-making body comprising of eight members, including six of the seven founding members of the initiative. The members of the OC currently include: Agropalma, DAABON, Ferrero, Forest Peoples Programme, Greenpeace, Musim Mas Group, Rainforest Action Network, and WWF. The Organising Comittee manages membership approval, suspension and expulsion, governance structures, and the overall evolution of the initiative. The Working Groups, which focus on driving specific work streams within POIG, such as audit and verification procedures or communications, are open to all POIG members.
Geographical coverage	Global, Latin America and The Caribbean, North America, Asia and the Pacific, Western Europe
Name of lead organisation	No lead organisation. POIG is a multi-stakeholder initiative.
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Description

Description	the Palm Oil Innovation Group was founded in 2013 to encourage the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to disinguish 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.
Objectives	- To break the link between Palm Oil Expansion and deforestation - No Peat Clearance is allowed - Maintenance of existing peat land is required in order to minimize 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 ton of CPO) 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
Activity of initiative	Knowledge production and innovation, Norms and standard setting, Knowledge dissemination and exchange
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Participants

Participants	Number	Names
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
Number of members in the years	2019 17
Have only national states as participators	No

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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Last update: 21 April 2022 09:11:42

Not only have national states as participators