2. CHANGE THAT MATTERS

3. THE SOLIDARIDAD SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PROGRAMME
RESULTS, LESSONS, RISKS & RECOMMENDATIONS
21 April 2016, Vereniging Tropische Bossen

4. Results Honduras Project 2013-2015
Consortium for Sustainable Palm Oil set up, representing 80 % of palm production capacity
6777 farmers supported
SH yields improved from 9 ton FFB ha -> 14 ton FFB /ha

5. Results Ghana Indonesia: BMP plots implemented with farmers
Palm Oil Yields went up from 6 ton FFB /ha -> 15 ton FFB/ha
Indonesia:
Credit Union involved in extension on Better Practices for Oil Palm Production
500 farmers reached
Upscale to 5500 farmers foreseen

6. Lessons
Big Improvement Potential within Oil Palm Value Chains for farmer livelihoods, and environmental goals
Programmes focussing on individual supply chains limited effect;
Need for
Landscape Approach
Policy/Government Involvement

7. RISKS FMCG Focus on Traceability/ Segretated/ever increasing standards
Two Issues
Two Tier Market/ with flow to Europe and rest remains business as usual
Independent Smallholders excluded from value chains

8. value of Traceability?
Traceability creates increased visibility & transparency BUT
Traceability in itself will NOT reduce deforestation!
Globally palm oil volumes are communicating vessels;
As long as not all global demand asks for sustainable volume -> There is substantial leakage of ‘unsustainable’ volume
If you use palm oil (even if it is ‘super sustainable’) it creates demand where requirements are lowest...

9. GLOBAL SUPPLY & DEMAND FOR PALM OIL: MAP OF MAJOR TRADE FLOWSEU
6.9 Million MT
USA
China
6.6 Million MT
1.2 Million MT
India
8.9 Million MT
12% 2%
11%
15%
%age of
of global
palm oil consumption
21%
Palm Oil Is there; We all use it!
The EU consumes around 12% of the global palm oil volume, or 6.9 million metric tons.
Sources:
USA – USDA, UN Comtrade
EU – RSPO & Mielke Oil World, WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard
India – USDA, Observatory of Economic Complexity
China – Mielke Oil World, UN Comtrade
Indonesia & Malaysia – UN Comtrade
Indonesia &
Malaysia
85% of global palm oil production
12.5 Million MT consumption
Sources: USDA, UN Comtrade, RSPO, Mielke Oil World, WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard

10. What do we Need? Continued investment in Sustainable Demand
Improve/Build Landscape Approaches
(FMCG) companies to focus investments to create real benefits on teh ground –not only invest in own supply chain, but also outside, where issues are worst!

11. Thank you for your attention!