Palmier à huile : le management environnemental des plantations

Le cheminement de PT. Smart

Directeur de Smart Research Institute (SMARTRI) ; Chercheur Cirad, Détaché à PT. Smart Po Box 1340 28000 Pekanbaru - Riau Indonésie

^* j-p-caliman@smart-tbk.com

Abstract

PT. Smart, an Indonesian oil palm plantations company, technically manages all plantings of Golden Agri-Resources (GAR). Recently challenged by several environmental NGOs, accusing the society of violating the durability, despite its accession to the panel for the production of sustainable palm oil (RSPO), the company has re-affirmed its commitment, strengthening its governance with the goal of becoming not only a leader in its field of production, but also in terms of environmental and social sustainability, implementingcoordination activities and exchanges to findworkable solutions to problems. Recognizing that some mistakes were made, the company insists, however, that many economic initiatives, social and environmental development marked its action since the early 1980s according to the advance of scientific knowledge, and the existence of operational tools to implement them. What the company calls ‘‘the road towards sustainability’’.