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On the profitability of sustainability certification: An analysis among Indonesian palm oil smallholders.
This research was conducted to determine the extent and ways in which RSPO certification is profitable for Indonesian palm oil smallholders. It also included an analysis on profitability if smallholders had to pay certification costs by themselves, and the premium fee required in making certification profitable for smallholders.
Assessment of the guidance and recommendations for soil erosion control set out within the RSPO P&C.
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Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015.
The study aimed at comparing the density of fire detections, fire ignitions, or ‘escaped’ fires between certified and non-certified concessions, and if the pattern changed with increasing likelihood of fires in concessions located on peatland and in dry years.
Assessing the potential additionality of certification by the RTRS and RSPO.
Research examined the potential additionality of RTRS and RSPO in mitigating conversion of native vegetation in cropland.
The impacts of RSPO on the livelihood of smallholders: Case studies in East Malaysia, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Malaysia.
This study was done to examine the economic, environmental and social impacts of RSPO adoptions on independent smallholders’ livelihoods.
Sustainability certification and palm oil smallholders’ livelihood: A comparison between scheme smallholders and independent smallholders in Indonesia.
The research, done in Indonesia, was done to conceptually understand the relationship between certification and the livelihood of smallholders.
Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia.
This study was done to determine if RSPO-certified plantations are more biodiversity-friendly compared to non-certified planted areas (including large scale plantations and smallholdings).
Correlating economic and financial viability with sustainability for palm oil plantations.
This research, commissioned by RSPO, was done to identify and quantify the key economic and operational indicators that will demonstrate relative profitability of RSPO-certified plantations.
Impact of RSPO certification to economic, environmental and social aspects of Tanjung Sehati Smallholder Association’s oil palm plantations.
This research, as commissioned by RSPO, was aimed at determining the ways in which certification process of smallholders in Tanjung Sehati GAPOKTAN took place, and the economic, environmental and social impacts of certification on them.
Global sustainability standards and food security: Exploring unintended effects of voluntary certification in palm oil.
Case study to explore the unnoticed effects of voluntary palm oil certification in Indonesia and Ghana, and identify their implication on local and national food provision.
