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Regional Stakeholder Committee Meeting Southeast Asia

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The committee is intended to support the constructive dialogue on the implementation of sustainability regulations in Southeast Asia. Practical experiences will be discussed and – if possible – considered for improvements of the ISCC system.
 

Chair:

Adrian Suharto (Neste Singapore Pte Ltd),  Chew Jit Seng (Genting Plantations Bhd, Malaysia)

Working groups of the TC SEA

Five working groups for the TC SEA have been established. Each is led by a working group leader. The following topics are covered:

  • Working group 1: Land use change
  • Working group 2: Methane reduction and avoidance
  • Working group 3: Smallholders
  • Working group 4: Canola/Australia
  • Working group 5: Social Issues

 

Previous meetings

8th meeting: October 24, 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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7th meeting: October 25, 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Presentations:

This ISCC Technical Committee deals with the Resolution of the European Parliament to ban palm by 2020 and provide solutions for three burning topics in Southeast Asia:

  • How to achieve the 50% GHG reduction target for 2018 of the EU-RED under changing framework conditions?
  • How to include independent smallholders into a fully traceable supply chain?
  • How to deal with “social issues”- the next wave after “no-deforestation”?

GHG reduction target 2018: Under the EU-RED/FQD producers of biodiesel will have to include the burning emissions from methanol from 1 September 2017 for actual calculations. This will further reduce GHG emission savings. While not a problem in 2017 it will be one in 2018 as the GHG target increases from 35% to 50%. The TC SEA will provide insights and present latest research from methane measurements at POME ponds, which leads the way for GHG reduction technologies and how to calculate respective GHG savings.

Independent Smallholder: Many companies would like to include independent smallholders into their certified supply chains and solve traceability problems. ISCC and partners will introduce tools and approaches, which will help to reduce complexity and lead time for smallholders to become certification ready. Speakers will also give insights into latest findings from an independent smallholder pilot project.

Social issues: After ‘No Deforestation’ social issues will be on the agenda for 2018 again. Also for ISCC social criteria are one of the priority areas of activities. ISCC and stakeholders will present concrete examples of what has been achieved especially in the area of migrant workers and provide insights into the latest thinking and innovative solutions enabling early warning and effective monitoring.

This stakeholder meeting is also an excellent opportunity to meet people from the industry and to broaden your network.

6th meeting: December 06, 2016, Penang Island, Malaysia

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5th meeting: April 05, 2016, Bali, Indonesia

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Andreas Feige, ISCC
ISCC Update

Dr Ainie Kuntom, MPOB
MSPO Implementation and Voluntary Certification Schemes in Malaysia

Andreas Feige, ISCC
ISCC Approach for getting Access to all relevant Supply Channels and Markets

Dani Hidayat, SNV
Challenges of Smallholder Certification

Meeting of the working group "Land use change", December 04, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia

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During the meeting the following topics were presented and discussed:

  • Update on the new EU-RED with respect to land use change (e.g. low iLUC biofuels, highly biodiverse grassland) and implications for ISCC
    Overview on no-deforestation strategies, how they can be implemented and their impact on certification
    Producer’s and buyer’s view on no-deforestation strategies
    ISCC’s no-deforestation approach

Tasks and deliverables of the working group were discussed and defined.

Presentations:

4th meeting: August 12, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Communication of the working group "Methane reduction and avoidance"

A new working group for Methane Reduction and Avoidance (WGMR) was formed at the last meeting of the ISCC Technical Committee SEA in Bangkok on 24 March 2015. This WGMR is formed with the goal to:

  1. Explore various methodologies which are implemented in palm oil mills to reduce methane emissions from open ponds
  2. To collect existing studies on; and (where not available) explore conducting studies on the calculation of methane reduction to comply with methodology accepted by EU RED by cooperation with various stakeholders (including Academia, Governments, Civil Societies, Research Agencies)

Currently the only established methodology which has been extensively studied for its methane reduction effect and mentioned directly in the EU RED is methane capture. In the past technical committee meetings, the members have sent a very clear message: that there is an urgency to explore and study other methods which reduce methane in the mill. The urgency is due to the fact that the threshold for minimum GHG reduction and implementation of the Fuel Quality Directive is just around the corner (1 and 2 years from now) while not all mills have the capacity to install methane capture facility. Looking at the time needed to study, install and certified any new technology, this WGMR should start working and produce results.

We ask for any interested members (and members-to-be) to join this working group; where they can before the next meeting:

  1. Submit to us a methodology which has proven to reduce methane
    • Proof of methane reduction should be based on a study (internal/ external which shows
      concrete GHG reduction
    • Where possible, if there are any scientific article please submit as well
  2. Introduce experts who are familiar with the methane reduction potential of the methodology
    • This can be government or academia. Funding of such experts will be discussed at the next meeting
    • Where are interested funders of such project, please also submit
  3. Propose site(s) of which the WGMR members can visit/ use as a pilot project
    • For verification purposes and to understand more on the implementation

Please submit such study (in word/ PDF document) to tcsea@iscc-system.org. The results will be collated by the ISCC secretariat and discussed in the next Technical Committee meeting.

3rd meeting: March 24, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

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2nd meeting: April 23, 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Interesting talks of the high-profile speaker and lively discussions with the participants made the meeting a success. Topics covered latest regulatory issues in Europe as well as an update on ISCC and ISCC PLUS and development within Southeast Asian markets. ISCC system users and certification bodies gave insights into their experience with certification and respective challenges. Further on a representative of idh gave a presentation on building smallholder capacities and smallholder certification with ISCC.

One part of the meeting was dedicated to the working groups of the TC SEA. Additionally, to the already three existing working groups a new one was set up to take the specific requirements for canola in Australia into account. The working groups gathered to continue their work and established a regular exchange on a quarterly basis. Furthermore, it was agreed by the participants to gather for a meeting of the TC SEA once a year.

On 24 April ISCC conducted a Greenhouse (GHG) Training in Jakarta. With more than 60 participants this training was fully booked. ISCC received very good feedback from the participants, in particular for the practical group work and case studies. The participants expressed their demand for further ISCC trainings in Southeast Asia. Please see below for the agenda and the download of the presentations of the TC SEA.

Presentations:

1st meeting: April 09, 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

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Objective of this TC’s work is the consideration of specific requirements in Southeast Asia as well as the exchange of experiences with ISCC certification in this region. Amongst the more than 50 participants were members of the ISCC Association, ISCC system user and interested companies as well as certification bodies cooperating with ISCC.

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