Publications
Social Dialogue: Fostering Dialogue between Workers and Employers in Indonesia
Social Dialogue is defined by the ILO to include all types of negotiation, consultation or simply exchange of information between, or among, representatives of governments, employers and workers, on issues of common interest...
8 January 2026- English (496 kB)
- Bahasa Indonesia (497 kB)
Categories: People Responsible production Southeast Asia
Setting up and strengthening gender committees in the palm oil sector
Gender committees are established to oversee organisational initiatives promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace. However, in Indonesia, they are often misperceived as women-only organisations focused on...
14 April 2025- English (6.52 MB)
Categories: People Production landscapes Southeast Asia Palm oil
The potential role of labor unions in advocating for casual daily workers’ rights
In palm oil plantations, 50-70% of workers are typically casual workers who face significant vulnerabilities due to their lack of contractual status. As they are not formally employed, they cannot join trade unions, leaving them...
4 April 2025- English (10.53 MB)
Categories: People Production landscapes Southeast Asia Palm oil
Nature Positive Farming – package to support smallholder producers achieve Deforestation and Conversion Free sourcing requirements.
Nature Positive Farming (NPF), developed by the HCV Network, provides a unique stepwise approach to build smallholder capacity and ownership to move towards DCF production. This is coupled with a package of self-reporting and remote verification tools to provide transparency and assurance to companies.
2 June 2023- English (254 kB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Southeast Asia
Engaging with Landscape Initiatives: A practical guide for supply chain companies in Indonesia
This guide collates our learning on where and how supply chain companies can most effectively engage with these landscape initiatives to help meet their commitments, recognising the different roles and participation of other stakeholders in the process.
16 January 2023- English (4.99 MB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Production landscapes Southeast Asia
Creating Harmonious Industrial Relations Through Bipartite Cooperation Institutions (Bahasa Indonesia)
The document is a guidance for companies in Indonesia that aim to develop bipartite agreements.
9 January 2023- Bahasa Indonesia (3.50 MB)
Categories: Collaboration Southeast Asia Palm oil
Guidance Paper on Social Dialogue, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the palm oil sector in Indonesia
This document is developed to provide guidance to palm oil supply chain actors; producers (plantation and mills), refineries, traders, manufacturers and international consumer goods companies connected to the palm oil sector in Indonesia.
30 August 2022- English (2.27 MB)
- Bahasa Indonesia (2.18 MB)
Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Responsible production Southeast Asia Palm oil
Malaysian National Interpretation for the Management and Monitoring of High Conservation Values
Guidance for the management and monitoring of social and environmental values in production landscapes in Malaysia.
17 January 2022Category: Southeast Asia
Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-Commodity Production Landscape in Indonesia
This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.
30 September 2021Categories: Southeast Asia Palm oil Timber
Aligning Company Sustainability Initiatives with Government Agenda on Peat Restoration
This document is part of a series of Production Landscape Briefings, giving an introduction to working at a landscape scale.
25 February 2021Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Production landscapes Southeast Asia
Engaging with landscape initiatives: A practical guide for supply chain companies in Indonesia
This is part of a series of documents about engaging with landscape initiatives.
1 December 2020Categories: Production landscapes Southeast Asia
Siak Pelalawan Landscape Programme: How Companies Collaborate and Engage
This document is part of a series of Production Landscape Briefings, giving an introduction to working at a landscape scale.
1 July 2020Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Southeast Asia Palm oil
