Publications
Setting up and strengthening gender committees in the palm oil sector
14 April 2025Gender 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...
Categories: People Landscapes Southeast Asia Palm oil
The potential role of labor unions in advocating for casual daily workers’ rights
4 April 2025In 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...
- English (10.53 MB)
Categories: People Landscapes Southeast Asia Palm oil
RAPPORT: Journées de sensibilisation et de brainstorming sur le Règlement Déforestation de l’Union Européenne (RDUE) au Gabon
4 June 2024Les « Journées de sensibilisation et de brainstorming sur le Règlement Déforestation de l’Union Européenne (RDUE) au Gabon » se sont déroulées en ligne (webinaire) et en présentiel au WWF Gabon du 23 au 24 mai 2024. Elles ont été...
- French (779 kB)
Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Cocoa Forest products Palm oil Rubber Timber
Sharing Responsibility and Success - Companies Collaborate to Support Palm Oil Landscapes
28 July 2023Informed by interviews with 18 companies and 11 landscape implementers as well as submissions to CDP’s forest questionnaire 2022, this report aims to map the way forward and mobilise more landscape-scale action by downstream and midstream companies in palm oil.
- English (6.11 MB)
Categories: Supporting companies Landscapes Palm oil
The Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative
3 April 2023Ten West and Central African countries commit to sustainable commodity production, with new Declaration signed at CoP27, November 9, 2022
Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil Forest products Rubber Cocoa Timber
Guidance on Engagement Principles for the National Oil Palm Strategy and Action Plan of Liberia
18 January 2023Agriculture is the predominant source of livelihoods for over 70% of Liberia’s population. The government of Liberia has prioritised palm oil production as one of the most important industries for the future and there is interest from global companies who have committed to invest around USD 6 billion.
- English (871 kB)
Categories: Production Landscape Programmes Landscapes Africa Palm oil
Creating Harmonious Industrial Relations Through Bipartite Cooperation Institutions (Bahasa Indonesia)
9 January 2023The document is a guidance for companies in Indonesia that aim to develop bipartite agreements.
- Bahasa Indonesia (3.50 MB)
Categories: Southeast Asia Palm oil
Guidance Paper on Social Dialogue, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the palm oil sector in Indonesia
30 August 2022This 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.
- English (2.27 MB)
- Bahasa Indonesia (2.18 MB)
Categories: Human Rights & Social Issues People Southeast Asia Palm oil
The Africa Palm Oil Initiative Highlights from 2020 - 2021
24 February 2022Highlights of the last year: policy success, working on sustainability plans and getting back to fieldwork and training.
Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil
Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-Commodity Production Landscape in Indonesia
30 September 2021This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.
Categories: Southeast Asia Palm oil Timber
Policy & Governance Review Relevant to the Agro-commodity Production Landscape in Ghana
19 July 2021This is part of a series of policy and governance reviews relating to the agro-commodity production landscapes of Ghana, Cameroon and Indonesia.
Africa Palm Oil Initiative: highlights 2019-2020
18 November 2020This report details highlights from APOI during its implementation phase during the year 2019-2020.
- apoi_highlights_2019-2020.pdf (3.42 MB)
- APOI_événements_marquants_de_2019-2020.pdf (3.24 MB)
Categories: APOI / Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Africa Palm oil