Abstract:
This study on Indonesia's growing palm oil industry has led to various issues of
unsustainability such as environmental damage and biodiversity loss to various
violations of social norms. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is an
improvement in the global palm oil industry formed by various stakeholders and
sectors of the palm oil industry that aims to create and encourage sustainable palm oil
production based on credible global standards through voluntary certification. The
purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of RSPO policies related to the
sustainability of Indonesian palm oil with descriptive analysis methods. For this
reason, this research uses the green theory approach as the main theoretical concept
which is then followed by a supporting theory, namely the theory of self-regulation.
As a result, the study concludes that the RSPO's role in the implementation of its
policies poses challenges to the strength of its legitimacy as a non-state actor. However,
RSPO is able to contribute to the improvement of the sustainability of the Indonesian
palm oil industry. In addition, RSPO certification also makes it easier for producers to
export to the global market. Therefore, these challenges are less than the contribution
or benefits of implementing RSPO certification.
