As the number of companies committed to producing and sourcing fully deforestation free palm oil increases, there is growing awareness that traceability is an essential requirement for meeting that commitment. Companies throughout the supply chain need to be able to prove sustainability at source in order to safeguard their reputation and comply with internal or customer sourcing guidelines. As a result, many companies have signaled their intention to move to full traceability.

但是,除非该行业明显对齐和清晰,否则可追溯方式以及如何实现,否则可追溯性仍然是一个含糊不清的概念,并且不可能实现经济的规模。棕榈油可追溯性工作组(TWG)于2014年初成立,以解决这一挑战。TWG是一组忠告的棕榈油生产商,贸易商和用户,他们共同努力定义可追溯性和路线图到达那里。

Although the ultimate goal of the group members is to achieve full traceability and sustainability to plantation level, the group has set some intermediary milestones that are essential to meet the ultimate goal and will also serve to measure progress. These milestones are:

  1. All mill sources known
  2. All mill and plantation sources known
  3. 所有轧机和种植园来源已知和认证/验证

The palm oil supply chain is complex, and there are a large number of actors involved. For this reason, once mill sources have been identified, a prioritization approach will be adopted to ensure that the highest risk areas receive attention first.

这种方法将涉及以下步骤:

Step 1: Identify all mills within the company’s supply chain. For derivatives or oleochemicals, this may initially be limited to the supply chains of select priority products.

Step 2: Conduct a risk assessment on mills and sourcing areas (50-100km radius) using social and environmental criteria, based on Wri.棕榈风险评估方法tool。将区域分类为高/中/低优先级以进行进一步调查。

Step 3:根据每个公司的流程和政策,在最高优先级领域和地面核查中的优先次序。对于低优先级区域,请继续执行步骤5。

步骤4:订婚和支持磨坊需要纠正措施。验证和/或认证可能是一个迭代过程。来自供应链的排除将是最后的手段。

第5步:必要时持续监控和重新验证。

Risk Assessment

每个公司都将根据自己的需求优先考虑行动领域。一般而言,TWG的成员将寻求优先考虑那些高风险和高利尿体积重合的领域。TWG成员可以看到对调整关键风险评估标准的益处,以便具有有效的过程,避免同一共用厂的多种验证。

TWG将与其他缔约方共同努力,以定义这些标准,例如,森林砍伐,泥炭和社会/劳动力。TWG Memmbers与世界资源研究所(WRI),守护顾问和普罗展合作,开发WRI掌上风险评​​估方法,该方法是一种免费在线方法,用于评估厂房采购领域的环境风险。

将进一步调查被认为是高优先级的地区。风险评估工具将是识别可能需要的何处。它本身并不是验证或认证过程,而TWG成员不会使用评估结果来排除或惩罚供应商。

TWG的成员团结在持续对RSPO作为棕榈油可持续性认证领先行业标准的承诺。因此,TWG的目的不是为可持续性创造一套新的标准。然而,为了认识到世界各地的大部分棕榈油不是RSPO认证的事实,而一些公司政策包括RSPO未涵盖的标准,核查流程有助于实现可追踪的作用,认证/已验证棕榈油。成员将单独决定核实的作用。对于某些,验证可以是在100%认证的路线上的踏脚石,而其他人可以使用验证作为互补工具并沿着认证。

在使用验证的情况下,验证的方法和验证的标准将由每个公司单独确定,尽管TWG与艺术家合作,已经产生了验证指南,包括核查标准,涵盖没有森林森林的共同要素的核查标准,没有泥炭,没有剥削政策。成员将此过程链接到正在进行的监控方面的野心,使公司能够积极主动地管理可持续性风险,并找到可行,公平的方式,以通过共享验证结果来最大限度地减少复制,同时避免反竞争实践,免费骑手和商业数据的共享。核查将以独立的第三方或通过自我报告以透明的方式进行。

The TWG members see traceability as a necessary means to an end but not an end in itself. The ultimate goal of traceability is to drive impact on the ground. It is foreseen that supply chain mapping and traceability can help identify supply sheds that represent significant sustainability risks and should therefore become the focus of concerted interventions. Defining the structure of intervention will likely be an iterative learning process, but it is expected the following levers could be used to drive change: the application of incentives and disincentives to specific mills, jurisdictional approach, and consideration for area certification/verification. It is expected that public sector funding and buyers will be able to provide incentives to help drive these changes.

TWG的成员团结在可追溯性的工作定义之后,因为:了解一个人的供应链内的所有掌子来源一直到种植级别(包括小农),并在实现完全可追溯性方面作为中介步骤进行可追溯性。在这种上下文中,可追溯性不是一个监管概念和可追踪与隔离不同。

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出版物

Title 类型
介绍验证 介绍 20.16
Sample verification report Report 20.16
评估标准进行验证 Report 20.16
TWG磨机验证方法报告 Report 20.16
TWG concept note Brochure 20.16