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The European Union Council announced it had adopted the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that aims to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on or exported from the EU market.
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Musim Mas believes that the growth in oil palm production should be fueled by better-yielding seeds, not land expansion.
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While Valentine’s Day may be over, flowers are still “in season” across Musim Mas’ plantations because of their beneficial value to combat pests within oil palm plantations.
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Musim Mas’ plantations operate in Indonesia, home to a diverse range of flora and fauna. As a leading sustainable palm oil corporation, Musim Mas believes that biodiversity can co-exist with its responsible business operations.
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Sustainable landscape management or Landscape Approach has been a major topic of national and international policy discourse in recent years.
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The use of barn owls to combat rat infestations is an example of the Musim Mas Group’s efforts to manage pests in plantations sustainably and economically.
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Palm oil giant Musim Mas is donating S$5 million to six worthy causes spanning health, youth, family, community, and seniors. This significant pledge brings its philanthropic activities here to more than S$10 million since 2019.
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Musim Mas’ conservation effort includes forest stewardship, riparian buffer restoration, and active monitoring of wildlife and other environmental indicators within both HCV areas and the surrounding land concessions.
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The leading body for sustainable palm, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), awarded the Musim Mas Group with the Smallholder Impact Programme Award.
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Fourteen of the world’s leading agri-commodity companies have today set out a shared roadmap outlining how they will work towards reducing emissions from land-use change.
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Stakeholders from the government, private sector, non-governmental organizations, and communities agree to strengthen collaboration on forest conservation through an assessment of High Conservation Values and High Carbon Stocks
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Musim Mas' Program Helps Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Receive USD 733K Fri, 09/23/2022 - 12:00 Subheader Musim Mas’ Independent Smallholders program opens access for smallholders to global markets through RSPO Certification Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body Jakarta, Indonesia, September 23, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today, Musim Mas, one of the world’s largest fully integrated palm oil corporations, announced that the current batch of independent farmers from its smallholders’ ext
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Providing Education For Disadvantaged Rural Communities Mon, 07/25/2022 - 16:30 Subheader By Devane Sharma Type of Content Blog Layout Media Gallery Body Musim Mas group believes that education is the key to economic development and better livelihoods. Many of the group’s plantations are in rural areas of Indonesia with limited access to schools. Therefore, the group has decided to build and fund schools that cover kindergarten to junior secondary school levels for the children of its plantation
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Zero-Waste Mills: Overcoming Sustainability Challenges Wed, 07/20/2022 - 15:00 Subheader By Devane Sharma Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body As one of the most significant industrial sectors, particularly in the Indonesian economy, it’s crucial that the palm oil industry incorporates sustainability into its operations. In every step of Musim Mas’ vertically integrated production, we continuously look into ways to sustainably meet the world’s palm oil demand. At our 15 mills with pl
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Regenerative Agriculture: The Case For Palm Oil Tue, 07/05/2022 - 11:00 Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body What is Regenerative Agriculture So, what is regenerative agriculture? While there’s no universally accepted definition of regenerative agriculture, it is an amalgamation of agricultural methods that aim to sustain soil health and not deplete resources such as water while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, regenerative agriculture might improve farmer livelihoods
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Addressing Malnutrition in and Around Indonesia's Vast Plantations Mon, 06/13/2022 - 12:00 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Despite Indonesia’s impressive economic growth, acute malnutrition remains a public health issue across Indonesia, with some places more severely affected than others. Stunting frequently occurs among children, and iron deficiency anemia is common among women of reproductive age. The 2013 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) by the Indonesian Health Ministry re
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How to Bring Smallholders on the Journey to Zero-deforestation Food Systems Fri, 05/20/2022 - 11:30 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body To combat deforestation, interventions must support both development and inclusion. Smallholders need to be brought on the journey towards zero deforestation. A new research collaboration aims to assess what programmes see most success on these dual deliverables. Continue reading here. Blog Newsletter URL Originally published on Food Navigator on
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Sustainability, Why It Makes Business Sense - A Discussion With Students From the University Of St. Gallen what is palm oil" projected on it" typeof="foaf:Image" />Wed, 05/11/2022 - 13:30 Type of Content Blog Layout Media Gallery Body By Devane Sharma With the growing awareness of issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution flows and topics like social justice, sustainability moves into the central focus of businesses and regulators around the world. Universities are adding mo
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Enabling Independent Palm Oil Smallholders to Gain Sustainability Certifications Thu, 04/28/2022 - 13:10 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Musim Mas assisted the first independent smallholders to gain Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (#ISPO) certification of the Ministry of Agriculture Decree No. 38,2020. The company's smallholders program has been training smallholders to meet the same efficient farming standards as industrial plantations. The program also featur
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To advance knowledge-sharing on palm oil sustainability, on 29 to 30 March, palm oil majors Musim Mas Group and Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food jointly hosted their second supplier workshop and Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
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Collaborating for Sustainability: Musim Mas Group Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food Host Second Joint Supplier Workshop in Aceh, Indonesia Wed, 04/20/2022 - 10:30 Type of Content Press Release Layout Media Gallery Body April 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Palm oil is the most widely-consumed and efficient vegetable oil. Its application ranges from food products to cosmetics and even industrial uses. To produce it sustainably, leading palm oil producers commit to “No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploita
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Danone, L’Oréal, Mars, Inc., the Livelihoods Funds, Musim Mas, and SNV have partnered to advance regenerative agriculture in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Landmark 10-Year Project to Advance Regenerative Agriculture Launched by Danone, L’Oréal, Mars, Incorporated, the Livelihoods Funds, SNV Musim Mas Mon, 04/11/2022 - 09:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body INDONESIA, April 11, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In an unprecedented move, Danone, L’Oréal, Mars, Incorporated, the Livelihoods Funds, Musim Mas, and SNV have partnered to advance regenerative agriculture in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The project, spanning ten years, aims to susta
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Closing the Gender Gap in the Oil Palm Industry Fri, 04/01/2022 - 11:30 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Support for independent oil palm smallholder farmers has been a long-standing priority for Musim Mas. Since 2015, the company has been conducting training and providing assistance to smallholders to help them raise their productivity, acquire sustainable agricultural skills and the skills needed to gain access to financial services and supply chains. Musim Ma
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Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC): Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Local Communities in Indonesia Wed, 03/23/2022 - 14:00 Subheader By Devane Sharma Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body As one of the global leaders in the palm oil sector, Musim Mas is committed to its No Deforestation, Peat, and Exploitation (NDPE) Policy which covers not just its entire global operations but also third-party suppliers. In particular for “No Exploitation,” its efforts are centered around Fre
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Sustainable Palm Oil, a Perspective From an Independent Smallholder Farmer Tue, 03/15/2022 - 17:00 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Independent smallholder farmers manage over 40% or 4.2 million hectares of oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Roughly, this represents an area similar to size to that of Denmark, but the plantations are more geographically dispersed around the Indonesian archipelago. Indonesia is also the biggest producer of the commodity which is u
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Musim Mas Is Taking a Good Hard Look at Its Conservation Efforts Wed, 03/09/2022 - 12:00 Subheader By Sonia Sambhi Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body In its latest drive for biodiversity conservation, Musim Mas has partnered with South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) to assess the impact of its conservation efforts over the past ten years, figure out its blind spots, and recalibrate where necessary. Taking an honest look at the company’s conservation efforts is
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Musim Mas Group officially launched its first Smallholders Hub in Sambas on 14 January 2022 with the local government and key stakeholders.
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Musim Mas Group, the top-ranked Swiss university Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, and IPB University in Indonesia, are delighted to announce a research collaboration for five years.
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Musim Mas Group, one of the leading global palm oil companies, donated IDR 2 billion cash to the Government of North Sumatra for the renovation of the Grand Mosque of Medan.
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Musim Mas has a long-standing outreach initiative through The Anwar Karim Foundation, or Yayasan Anwar Karim (YAK), which runs programs that address needs like economic development, community facilities, education, and infrastructure.
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Musim Mas Group achieved 11 Green PROPER Awards in 2021 – the highest number of PROPER Awards for a palm oil company, representing results that are “beyond the environmental compliance criteria.”
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SOURCE: Musim Mas DESCRIPTION:MEDAN, Indonesia, January 12, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Musim Mas Group (“the Group” or “Musim Mas”) achieved 11 Green PROPER Awards in 2021 – the highest number of PROPER Awards for a palm oil company, representing results that are “beyond the environmental compliance criteria.” The PROPER Awards are awarded by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Indonesia (KLHK). The results were announced by General Director of Pollution and Environmental Damage Control, Sigi
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Devane Sharma begins his new role at Musim Mas, and explains the importance of stakeholder collaboration in making palm oil more sustainable.
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Over the years, sustainability certification systems across various commodities have been both praised and criticized. In particular, the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) has been under intense scrutiny.
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More than 1,200 independent smallholder farmers from Musim Mas’ Smallholders Program have become the first in Indonesia to be certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Minister of Agriculture Decree No.38 of 2020 standard.
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As palm oil remains one of the most land-efficient and shelf stable vegetable oils, enhancing conservation efforts to support biodiversity is vital.
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While water conservation might not seem like a pressing issue, it’s important to recognize that higher rainfall does not equate an abundant water supply.
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Musim Mas publishes our third Aceh Progress Report. Aceh Province is a priority landscape to Musim Mas due to its unique biodiversity, history, and 87% of the Aceh-Leuser Ecosystem lies in the Aceh province.
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As support for the government, which is conducting a Covid-19 vaccination program, Musim Mas Group is helping to accelerate herd immunity through vaccination programs for workers, workers' families, and communities around the company.
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Musim Mas Group releases its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which updates the Group’s sustainability performance for the 2020 calendar year.
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SOURCE: Musim Mas DESCRIPTION:Musim Mas Group releases its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which updates the Group’s sustainability performance for the 2020 calendar year (unless otherwise stated), and is to be read in conjunction with the sustainability-related disclosures on its website. This year, the Group has contracted Ernst Young LLP (“EY”) to verify selected sustainability disclosures made in the report. The report is structurally aligned with the Group’s updated Sustainability Polic
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Musim Mas has an impact on smallholders, villages, and communities including kindergarten teacher Rosmidar Yati.
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AAK, Nestlé, and Musim Mas announced a partnership to address deforestation outside of plantation concession areas in Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh is a priority landscape as 87% of the Leuser Ecosystem lies within the province.
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If well-planned and managed, oil palm development can uplift communities, provide employment, and generate investments in infrastructures. This is why Musim Mas started a ground-up program to help interested villages grow oil palm sustainably.
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The efforts and approach towards preventing, monitoring, and managing fires are guided by Musim Mas' supply base, split across three domains: operations, third-party suppliers, and independent smallholders.
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Digital finance and financial learning platform, AgriON, to collaborate with @Musimmas_Group with financial literacy classes with a comprehensive series of workshops introduce smallholders to products that are aligned with their financial goals.
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Musim Mas & General Mills launched a joint program to build robust & sustainable extension services for the oil palm farmers in Indonesia. The initiative is part of an overall strategy to reduce deforestation by improving livelihoods.