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BASF, The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies and the\u00a0Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with the civil society organisation\u00a0Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung, Indonesia.<\/strong><\/p>\n The project supports independent Indonesian smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods\u00a0and their sustainable production of palm oil and palm kernel oil. It offers continuous education\u00a0and technical support on implementing and maintaining sustainable palm oil practices. The\u00a0project\u2019s target is that a minimum of one-third of the supported smallholder farmers become\u00a0certified according to the Smallholder Standard of RSPO at the end of three years.<\/p>\n The project partners are collaborating with the Indonesian government to foster a sustainable\u00a0palm oil production supply chain in Lampung that is free from deforestation and competitive in\u00a0the global market, while increasing the social and economic benefits for farmers.\u00a0\u201cMost major European companies have committed to using sustainable palm oil exclusively,”\u00a0said Heske Verburg, Managing Director, Solidaridad Europe. “We are delighted that BASF and\u00a0The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies are reaching beyond just purchasing sustainably, by providing\u00a0direct support for sustainable palm oil projects. When palm oil is produced sustainably, and in\u00a0a future-proof manner, it can actually contribute to resolving grave issues for both farmers and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with BASF and Solidaridad on this important initiative to support\u00a0Indonesian smallholder farmers,\u201d said Greg Polcer, Executive Vice President, Global Supply\u00a0Chain, at The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies. \u201cSo many livelihoods in this community are\u00a0inextricably tied to the production and we support ensuring that it is produced sustainably \u2013\u00a0both for the long-term benefit to the environment and for the long-term benefit to the community\u00a0itself.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cApproximately 40 percent of the world palm production comes from smallholder farmers who\u00a0rely on it for their livelihoods,\u201d said Daniele Piergentili, Vice President, Home and Personal\u00a0Care at BASF in North America. \u201cThe partnership with Est\u00e9e Lauder, Solidaridad and RSPO\u00a0enables us to support these farmers and at the same time increase the availability of\u00a0sustainably produced palm oil.\u201d<\/p>\n “For sustainable production to become mainstream and fully inclusive, the RSPO believes it\u00a0is imperative to support smallholders through a variety of different approaches, including the\u00a0RSPO Smallholder Support Fund (RSSF),\u201d said Ashwin Selvaraj, Head of Smallholder Unit in\u00a0the RSPO Secretariat. \u201cThis collaborative project in Lampung is a great opportunity to scale\u00a0up sustainable practices, protect natural resources and bring more smallholders under\u00a0certification through RSPO Best Management Practices.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE,\u00a0Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 20,000 employees in North America and had sales of $19.7\u00a0billion in 2018.\u00a0At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental\u00a0protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our\u00a0portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies,\u00a0Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around \u20ac63 billion in 2018. BASF shares\u00a0are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S.<\/p>\n The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care,\u00a0makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company\u2019s products are sold in over 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Est\u00e9e Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, Tommy Hilfiger,\u00a0M\u00b7A\u00b7C, Kiton, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and\u00a0bumble, Michael Kors, Darphin, Tom Ford, Smashbox, Ermenegildo Zegna, AERIN, Tory Burch, RODIN olio\u00a0lusso, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Malle, GLAMGLOW, By Kilian, BECCA and Too Faced.<\/p>\n RSPO, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, is a not-for-profit that unites oil palm producers, processors or\u00a0traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks\/investors, and environmental and social non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil. The\u00a0RSPO has developed a set of environmental and social criteria which companies must comply with in order to\u00a0produce Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO). The RSPO has more than 4,000 members worldwide who\u00a0represent all links along the palm oil supply chain. These members have committed to produce, source and\/or\u00a0use sustainable palm oil certified by the RSPO.<\/p>\n The Solidaridad Network is an international civil society organization founded in 1969. Its main objective is\u00a0 facilitating the development of socially responsible, ecologically sound and profitable supply chains. It operates through eight regional expertise centers in over 40 countries. Solidaridad seeks to transform production practices to promote fair and profitable livelihoods and business opportunities, decent working conditions and a fair living wage without depleting the landscapes where people live and thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sustainability project in Lampung, Indonesia launched Program to encompass 1,000 independent Indonesian smallholder farmers\u00a0 BASF, The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies and the\u00a0Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with the civil society organisation\u00a0Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung, Indonesia. The project supports independent Indonesian smallholder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[12569,13064],"supplier":[2908,8854,499,5676,15824],"class_list":["post-63657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-oil","tag-personalcare","supplier-basf-corporation-us","supplier-government-of-indonesia","supplier-roundtable-on-sustainable-palm-oil-rspo","supplier-solidaridad","supplier-the-estee-lauder-companies-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63657"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=63657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About BASF<\/h3>\n
About The Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies Inc.<\/h3>\n
About the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil<\/h3>\n
About Solidaridad<\/h3>\n