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Assessing corporate ‘Zero-Deforestation’ pledges in the palm oil industry in Indonesia using the multi-level perspective framework
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Atsari, Miraningrum Nur Nur, Okita Miraningrum |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Much attention has been put on the issue of forests loss due to its contribution to global green house gases (GHGs) emissions and ecosystem function loss, especially when it occurs in the tropical forests. Tropical forests hold more carbon content compared to other types of forests, hence their loss leads to higher carbon emissions released to the atmosphere (Baccini et al., 2012). The two countries in the spotlight for immense tropical forests loss are Brazil and Indonesia. Annual primary forests loss in Indonesia by 2012 had exceeded Brazil, and the primary culprit was the expansion of oil palm plantation. To hold the palm oil producers and their buyers accountable, some environmental activists initiated brand-shaming campaigns. As a result, the public demanded a complete change in the business practice. Due to the market pressures, those companies began to embrace zero-deforestation pledges. Initially, many publications brought up different definition of deforestation, e.g., primary forests loss and trees loss within a certain area – regardless the function. Corporate zero-deforestation pledges, however, has found an unifying perception in order to harmonize the action among the business actors, which is the action to protect High Conservation Value (HCV) forests and High Carbon Stock (HCS) area. Hence, the prominent translation of zero-deforestation pledges is “HCV and HCS area protection”. Using the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) framework, this thesis aims to understand whether corporate zero-deforestation pledges have brought a transition towards sustainability in the palm oil industry in Indonesia by examining the pledges as a social innovation. The analysis builds upon semi-structured interviews with 18 relevant actors covering perspectives from companies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), academics, and researchers. The analysis resulted in a conclusion that the pledges have induced transformation on the existing system, e.g., regulation changes and the appearance of supporting factors to increase transparency in the palm oil supply chain. Two regulation changes found in term of on-going discussion are the incorporation of HCV principles to the national regulation and the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) empowering program. One of the supporting factors to increase transparency in the palm oil supply chain showed by the decision of many palm oil buyers companies to publish their palm oil supplier lists, leaving an option to the public to evaluate whether their products are related to deforestation. zzz |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/256102/256102.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
