InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -Indonesian Sustainability Palm Oil (ISPO) Commission re-gave certificates to 40 palm oil plantation companies. 5 of them were subsidiaries of Astra Agro. The government showed its commitment to realize the sustainable palm oil plantation cultivation.
General Director of Plantation, Ministry of Agriculture, Bambang said, ISPO is one coffesssion of market on the good cultivation in palm oil areas and it is internationally admitted. He said that in his speech when giving ISPO Certificate in the Auditorium of Ministry of Agriculture in Jakarta (29/8).
“We should be proud of ISPO and appreciate this certificate. If anyone of use doubted and are not sure of it, don’t ever hope, other people would be proud of ISPO so that the International appreciates it. Palm oil is the power of Indonesia. It creates the balance of environment,” Bambang emphasized.
5 subsidiaries of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. in the opportunity re-got ISPO certification, they were, PT Bhadra Sukses, PT Sari Lembah Subur 1, PT Suryaraya Lestari 2 , PT Sari Aditya Loka 2, and PT Cipta Narada Lestari. They are in Kalimantan, Sumatera, and Sulawesi.
Head of Sustainable and Safety, PT Astra Agro Lestari, Ferdinan Ritonga said his grateful on the ISPO certificate achievement. The company has implemented the good agricultural practices based on the regulation. “We have subsidiaries getting it after waiting for it for almost two years. There were obstacles to get it, such as, the waste license from the regional government. We also hoped, the central government (the ministries) and the regional government commit to run ISPO certification so that the process would be easier for the stakeholders,” Ferdinan said in the official statement that InfoSAWT got.
ISPO Commission keeps socializing it so that the target of ISPO certificate could be reailzed faster. Until now there have been 551 stakeholders (palm oil plantations) joining the socialization and the ISPO certificates have been published for about 306 stakeholders or about 81,04%. In this August, ISPO Commission has agreed to certify 40 plantations within about 202.427,17 hectares and the CPO production reaching 539.265,88 tons. It means, the ISPO certification to publish from 2011 to 2017 would be 306 certificates within the total areas reaching 1.882.075 hectares and the total CPO production reaching 8.147/013,63 tons.
In the opportunity, Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Association, Joko Supriyono attended the ceremony by supporting ISPO Commission in reaching the target, 100% of palm oil certification on palm oil areas in Indonesia. Not only for the stakeholders’ but also for the plasma and independent areas. “We, from the government, business world, NGOs, and the people should agree that we need to support ISPO for it is the indicator of success to palm oil industries in Indonesia,” he said. (T1)
