Natural Habitats
Impact Report 2021/2022
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Natural Habitats
Impact Report 2021/2022
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OUR APPROACH There are 8 pillars to the Natural Habitats’ Palm Done Right approach. All of these components are essential and must be provided together for sustainable palm oil production to be possible.
Diversity
Sustainable production ▶ Palm cultivation is based on organic, sustainable, ethical farming practices and diversity.
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▶ Diversity in our supply chain is key to ensuring a steady delivery of good quality fresh fruit bunches. We do this by making sure that:
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▶ We integrate and continue to work with smallholder farmers.
Organic, ethical farming practices ▶ Our ingredients are 100% organic, fully traceable, deforestation-free, wildlife friendly, and fair and social. ▶ To ensure this, the farmers in our network work to the standards of National Organic Program (NOP), Organic Europe (EU Organic), Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Fair for Life (FFL) and Non-GMO Project Verified (Non-GMO). Technical and agronomist support ▶ We help independent farmers convert to organic, sustainable, and ethical farming practices. ▶ We visit farmers every 4-6 weeks to provide technical and agronomical support including training for organic cultivation practices, natural pest control, composting, conservation, management, administration, certification, legislation, and workers’ rights.
▷ 43% of the certified hectares of palm in our network are managed by smallholder farmers.
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▶ Farmers in our network are located in different production areas in Ecuador.
▶ We encourage farmers in our network to grow multiple crops like cocoa, plantain, and passion fruit to ensure income security, soil health, and farm resilience.
Full traceability through integrated supply chain We provide farmers with access to markets, and market players with access to farmers. As all farms in our network are certified, we can ensure full traceability.
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Market education and awareness We raise awareness of the many benefits that palm oil has to offer, and show that when done right, palm oil can have a significant positive impact on the world.
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Shared mission A growing number of brands are using Palm Done Right as the alternative to conventional palm oil for their products. And more and more retailers are joining Palm Done Right to help change the conversation and accelerate the uptake of organic and sustainable palm oil.
Long term commitment We build long term, mutually beneficial relationships with our farmers by providing them with extensive support and a premium price for their fresh fruit bunches. As well as initiating and facilitating community projects and programs.
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In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainability is a holistic approach that considers ecological, social and economic dimensions, and recognises that all must be considered together to find lasting prosperity. WHAT SUSTAINABILITY MEANS
At Natural Habitats, we use the RSPO definition of a smallholder: “Smallholders are farmers who grow oil palm alongside subsistence crops. The family provides the majority of labour and the farm provides the principal source of income. In a smallholder farm, the planted oil palm area is less than 50 hectares.” In the context of Ecuador, the local RSPO interpretation of a smallholder farmer defined the planted oil palm area to be less than 75 hectares. WHAT IS A SMALLHOLDER FARMER?
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