Oil palm

the public-private partnership involved 1,000 small oil palm growers

Gremial Association of African Palm Producers Campo Dos

In 2010, the company Oleoflores S.A., the National Federation of Palm Growers, Fedepalma, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Mayor's Office of Tibú and the African Palm Growers' Association of Campo Dos, Asogpados, created a public-private alliance with the objective of implementing the main criteria of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, RSPO. Source 1 and 2. The embassy participated as one of the main investors in the project, with a contribution of $3.7 billion, and as a facilitator between the different parties involved. Source 1

Many of the lands that are planted with oil palm have irregularities in the acquisition process, which was carried out during the years of paramilitary terror in the region, with massive purchases of land at low cost, in addition to the dispossession and displacement of peasant families, some of whom have filed lawsuits for the restitution of their lands.

certification of palm producers in sustainable palm oil production -RSPO-. Source 1, 2, 4.

certification of palm producers in sustainable palm oil production -RSPO-. Source 1, 2, 4.

As a result of this alliance, 250 of the 1,000 farmers involved are already marketing raw materials extracted from their crops. They sell them to food and detergent companies, which use them as inputs in consumer products. Source 2 The product is sold to Unilever, a Dutch company. Source 5. Unilever, a British-Dutch company that is a world leader in mass consumer products and the largest palm oil processor in the world, became interested in the project as part of its Sustainable Life Plan, which seeks to ensure that the company sources 100% of its raw materials from sustainable sources in the short term (Fedepalma, 2012). Therefore, it only purchases palm oil certified by RSPO on issues of transparency, occupational health, economic viability, good agricultural practices, environmental responsibility, responsibility with employees and the community, new responsible crops and permanent improvements (Fedepalma, 2014). Source 7

The entire production of the project's palm crop is sold by the association to Promotora Hacienda las Flores, which transforms the palm's corozo into agrodiesel at its processing plant in the municipality of Codazzi, Cesar.

In 2010, a public-private partnership for palm oil production was established between the company Oleoflores S.A., the National Federation of Palm Growers, Fedepalma, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Municipality of Tibú and the Association of African Palm Producers of Campo Dos, Asogpados, with the objective of implementing the main criteria of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, RSPO.