InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – One advance palm oil business group in Indonesia, Musim Mas adopts European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) after EU Board announced it.
As in the official statement in its page, Musim Mas Group adopts it and sees it as the opportunity for Indonesia and EU to develop implementation action that would deliver profits. The ambition behind EU Green Deal, the sustainable vision in Indonesia, and commitment of Musim Mas Group, has the same principles.
Here are the official explanation from Musim Mas Group about EUDR acceptance on 17 May 2023 as InfoSAWIT quoted:
For EU Parliament announced in April, EU Board also announced to adopt EUDR, it would be about to minimize deforestation and forest degradation risks about every product that would be sold or exported in EU.
The ambition of EU behind the regulation is part of European Green Deal which is more ambitious and visionary that needs appraisal.
To realize European Union Green Deal, the regulation implementation needs to involve producer countries that specifically left ‘no one and no planet behind’ principle. The smallholders are not ‘deforestation risks for EU but they may have no infrastructures to show their obedience. They may have rights on land but have no certificate, no agricultural maps to prove their obedience. They are risky to be left behind.
As one of many stakeholders, Musim Mas Group accepts EUDR and sees as the opportunity for Indonesia and EU to develop implementation action which would deliver profits. The ambition behind EU Green Deal, the sustainable vision in Indonesia, and commitment of Musim Mas Group, has the same principles.
By involving in every supply chain, starting from the independent smallholders until the consumers’ end products, Musim Mas Group hoped that every party could find the meeting point with the goal to complete one to the other and be in harmony.
As palm oil plantation company that supports the success of independent smallholders in Indonesia, and cares about consumers in the world, we do hope that every party in every level could consider the needs and potential of independent smallholders in Indonesia and allocate the right resources so that EUDR would realize the same success. (T1)
