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Press Releases / Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

RSPO RT2026 addresses Indonesia fires, single export gate and smallholder inclusion

...smallholders with buyers Nowhere are rural livelihoods more visible than among the smallholders who produce nearly half of Indonesia’s palm oil. The country is home to 77 per cent of the world&...

6 Nov 2026

RSPO RT2026 addresses Indonesia fires, single export gate and smallholder inclusion

Research / Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

RSPO Impact Report 2026: Certified Sustainable Palm Oil market share signals potential for 40%

...smallholders generated US$7.9 million through credit sales in 2025. Long-term effectiveness depends on increasing and broadening the global demand for credits to sustain its value and ensure smallhold...

28 Sep 2026

RSPO Impact Report 2026: Certified Sustainable Palm Oil market share signals potential for 40%

Press Releases / Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil market share signals potential for 40%

11 Aug 2026

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil market share signals potential for 40%

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Southeast Asia holds the key to nature-positive palm oil

...smallholders, who supply nearly half of Southeast Asia’s palm oil, must be scaled up and realistically tailored to smallholders’ capacity. Corporate plantations can absorb HCV/HCS assessments and dedi...

3 Sep 2026

Southeast Asia holds the key to nature-positive palm oil

News / Manufacturing

EU deforestation rules push Thai rubber farmers to seek support

...smallholders, most of whom are registered with cooperatives, Maiprae says. This includes 9,665 smallholders who meet FSC certification standards. Working with collection centres organised under cooper...

24 Jun 2026

EU deforestation rules push Thai rubber farmers to seek support

cocoa beans being sun-dried in Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture can build Southeast Asia’s resilience, if communities take the lead

...smallholders, the biggest barrier to regenerative practices isn’t motivation. It’s cost. Sustainable methods feel risky when organic inputs are expensive or unfamiliar, or when the benefits seem dista...

3 Nov 2026

Regenerative agriculture can build Southeast Asia’s resilience, if communities take the lead

Carolyn Lim, head of sustainability operations, Golden Agri-Resources

News / Food & Agriculture

Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources

...smallholders unit. Image: Musim Mas Also leaving Musim Mas is Rob Nichols, who led the company’s highly-regarded smallholders division for eight years, training farmers with small plots of land in su...

2 Apr 2026

Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources

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Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

'Resilience is not a buzzword': Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks

...smallholders least equipped to bear them. "How have they helped these growers, including the smallholders? All that they have done so far is to demonstrate that they are very good at layering impracti...

27 May 2026

'Resilience is not a buzzword': Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm smallholders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand demand recognition as partners, not problems in palm oil industry

...smallholders are not left behind in the sustainability transition. National Association of Smallholders Malaysia (NASH) president Adzmi Hassan said that while smallholders play a vital role in Malaysi...

7 Nov 2025

Palm smallholders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand demand recognition as partners, not problems in palm oil industry

News / Food & Agriculture

Technical knowledge remains the biggest hurdle for independent palm oil smallholders to comply with EUDR

...smallholders in Wilmar’s Indonesian supply chain said land legality and documentation remain a critical issue as many smallholders are still pending their formal land titles. This makes it challenging...

6 Nov 2025

Technical knowledge remains the biggest hurdle for independent palm oil smallholders to comply with EUDR

Videos / Carbon & Climate

'Resilience is not a buzzword': Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks

17 Apr 2026

'Resilience is not a buzzword': Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks

Press Releases / Inovasi Digital

Former Unilever sustainable palm oil lead Rauf Prasodjo joins Inovasi Digital as Director of Sustainability Solutions

JAKARTA, Indonesia, 30 July 2026: Inovasi Digital, a Southeast Asia-based supply chain intelligence and sustainability solutions company, has appointed Rauf Prasodjo as Director of Sustainability Solu...

31 Jul 2026

Former Unilever sustainable palm oil lead Rauf Prasodjo joins Inovasi Digital as Director of Sustainability Solutions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Breaking Southeast Asia's fire and haze cycle through certification and coordinated action

...smallholders to clear small plots of land using fire. With climate change, peatland vulnerability, and intensifying weather phenomena creating a perfect firestorm for fires and severe haze, strict enf...

2 Oct 2026

Breaking Southeast Asia's fire and haze cycle through certification and coordinated action

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News / Food & Agriculture

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge

Sumanti raced her motorcycle past the rubber trees as flames spread through the dry brush. No one had picked up the phone as the wildfire continued to grow out of control on Sept. 5. “The fire is alre...

8 Oct 2026

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge

News / Food & Agriculture

SD Guthrie chief calls out ‘no palm oil’ hypocrisy, urges true partnership among RSPO members

...smallholders must remain central to the global sustainability agenda, as they are often the most affected by market barriers and policy decisions made without their input. D’Cruz stressed that inclusi...

11 Nov 2025

SD Guthrie chief calls out ‘no palm oil’ hypocrisy, urges true partnership among RSPO members

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

'I want others to own sustainability too – but letting go is hard': Golden Agri CSO Anita Neville

...smallholders. How is Golden Agri including smallholders in its sustainability ambitions? We run our own mills across our own plantations, but as production has declined in some of those areas, we are ...

5 Dec 2025

'I want others to own sustainability too – but letting go is hard': Golden Agri CSO Anita Neville

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News / Food & Agriculture

Strengthening buyer-supplier relationships for certified sustainable palm oil: the next step for Chinese brands

...smallholders. Smallholders in Southeast Asia, who collectively manage a significant portion of palm oil plantations, often face limited access to financial resources. Without adequate funding, many s...

24 Oct 2025

Strengthening buyer-supplier relationships for certified sustainable palm oil: the next step for Chinese brands

A smallholder oil palm farmer in Indonesia moves fresh fruit bunches.

News / Food & Agriculture

EU delays deforestation law again, as Indonesian palm oil sector pushes for smallholder exemptions

...smallholders rather than bringing them along. That is where change is needed – not just more delays. Carolyn Lim, head of corporate communications, Musim Mas Indonesia pushes for exemptions for small...

24 Sep 2025

EU delays deforestation law again, as Indonesian palm oil sector pushes for smallholder exemptions

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysia must move agri-tech beyond pilots to strengthen food security: report

...smallholders remains limited, reinforcing structural inequities,” it said. To address these barriers, the report recommends establishing a national agri-tech coordination mechanism, potentially throug...

2 Oct 2026

Malaysia must move agri-tech beyond pilots to strengthen food security: report

Tom Beloe, UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub Director keynote at CASI

News / Policy & Finance

Climate insurance could save small businesses. Why is it so hard to reach them?

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 95 per cent of businesses in emerging Asia and generate around 40 per cent of the region’s economic output. Across developing economies,...

9 Oct 2026

Climate insurance could save small businesses. Why is it so hard to reach them?