The Palm Scribe

The Sawit Terampil Program Boosts Oil Palm Smallholders’ Agri Practices

The Sawit Terampil (Skilled Palm oil) program, a collaboration between a number of private companies, has…

Asian Agri Affirms its Long-Term Sustainable Business Strategy

Asian Agri, one of the leading Indonesian palm oil companies and that is part of the…

ISPO Certification Needs Deadline, Firm Enforcement: Sawit Watch

Environmental watchdog Sawit Watch on Wednesday (25/3) welcomed the issuance of Presidential Regulation Number 44 of…

Observations on Presidential Regulation Number 44 of 2020 on ISPO

The Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification system has been implemented since the issuance of Regulation…

Indonesian Palm Oil Smallholders Reject Mandatory ISPO Certification

Indonesian palm oil smallholders are rejecting a government plant to come out with a presidential regulation…

GAPKI wants all members to be ISPO Certified by 2020

The Indonesian Association of Palm Oil Producers (GAPKI) said that it was aiming for all its…

Asian Agri is now 100 percent ISPO certified

Palm oil company Asian Agri has now become 100 percent certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm…

Plenty of Homework Left as Indonesian Palm Oil Industry Enters 2019

“The biggest challenge is the matter of sustainability that needs to be accelerated so that the…

What Are The Grievances Against Palm Oil and Do They Actually Stand?

What needs to be ensured is that palm oil production is made sustainable across its entire…

The Role of the Private Sector In Helping Smallholders Get Certified

The Indonesian government is also currently encouraging its own palm oil sustainability scheme, the Indonesia Sustainable…