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NBPOL has served several terms as a member of the RSPO Board of Governors and remains deeply committed. We are members of numerous leading collaborations and associations in the palm oil sector and national sectoral policy, sharing best practices with leading and promising organisations. Due to our long-standing presence in Papua New Guinea, we have representation across multiple industry-specific associations and platforms in the country.
Employers Federation of PNG (EFPNG)
Institute of National Affairs (INA)
Papua New Guinea Palm Oil Platform (PNG POP)
PNG Oil Palm Research Association (PNGOPRA)
RSPO
Manufacturing Council of PNG
National Aids Council
PNG Palm Oil Producers Association (POPA)
Rural Industries Council
Manufacturing Council of PNG
National Aids Council
PNG Palm Oil Producers Association (POPA)
Rural Industries Council
Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder Group
Theme
NBPOL's Engagement
Frequency
Employees
Health and safety
Conducting safety campaigns and training
Weekly
Social Welfare
Social awareness programmes, gender-based violence awareness and support programmes, child labour awareness programmes, social impact registers
At least annually
Supporting livelihoods
Providing gardening space and tools to resident workers, constructing marketplaces, providing facilities for fishponds and chicken farms; engaging with the government in food security programmes
At least annually
Financial literacy and empowerment
Providing financial literacy and income management training, savings and superannuation accounts for smallholders; providing a Mama Card system for smallholders
At least annually
Environmental restoration (protecting buffer zones, enhancing mangroves, shoreline rehabilitation)
Conducting awareness drives and outreach programmes; monitoring and enforcement
Monthly
Customers
Market standards and customer policies
Conducting briefings and site visits
At least annually
Maintaining ongoing dialogue
At least annually
NGOs
Collaborations on best practice sharing, certification standards
Conducting briefings and site visits
At least annually
Maintaining ongoing dialogue
Monthly
Smallholders, landowners, and communities
Socialisation of standards and best practice
Implementation of farm field days; briefings and site visits; auditing against standards
At least annually
Environmental restoration (protecting buffer zones, enhancing mangroves, shoreline rehabilitation)
Conducting awareness drives and outreach programmes
At least annually
Safeguard community lands and ownership
Ensuring free, prior and informed consent (FPIC); undertaking community needs assessments and participatory processes
At least annually
Assisting registration of Incorporated Landowner Groups (ILGs)
When required
Ensuring the presence of special lands officers dedicated to communities' land matters
When required
Supporting customary landowners to comply with the PNG government on customary land laws
When required
Developing and implementing land usage agreements
When required
Female empowerment and financial literacy
Providing support services for victims of domestic violence and child abuse
At least annually
Delivering gender-oriented programmes and workshops
At least annually
Providing financial literacy and income management training
At least annually
Assisting in women's leadership training
At least annually
Providing a Mama Card system
When required
Supporting livelihoods
Implementing programmes on the best management of oil palm blocks for smallholders
Monthly
Providing credit to and sharing sustainability premiums with smallholders
Once a year
Providing loans for chicken farming
When required
Education and literacy
Managing book donation programmes; building classrooms
When required
Community health
Providing access to clinics and free medical care, coordinating family planning programmes, coordinating workshops on food and personal hygiene
When required
Government and regulators
Collaborations on empowering outgrowers and community welfare, certification standards
Maintaining close cooperation with the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), Department of Labour and Industrial Relations, Climate Change and Development Authority and Department of Lands and Physical Planning
Monthly
Land and legality issues
Participating in land forums
Biannually
Industry associations
Collaborations on best practice sharing, certification standards, and national sectoral policy
Conducting briefings and site visits
When required
Membership of the PNG Oil Palm Research Association, the PNG Palm Oil Platform, the Palm Oil Producers Association, and the Rural Industries Council
When required
Media
Sharing events, responding to media queries
Conducting briefings and site visits
When required
Universities
Collaborations on best practice sharing and certification standards
Conducting briefings and site visits
When required
Multi-stakeholder organisations
Sustainable palm oil production
RSPO membership
As and when required
Sustainability performance
Palm Oil Network Switzerland
As and when required
sustainability
sustainability overview
Dashboard
Environmental protection
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grievances
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