Benefits to Your Company
Working individually, corporate users of palm oil derivatives face systemic barriers to engaging in responsible, deforestation-free sourcing due to limited upstream transparency and leverage, and fragmented supplier engagement.
Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD) brings together companies in the cosmetics, home and personal care, and oleochemicals industries to collectively drive progress toward a palm derivatives supply chain that upholds No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) principles; respects human rights; and supports local livelihoods.
ASD is designed to help palm oil derivatives users:
Achieve value chain transparency down to refinery, mill, and plantation levels
Maximize the potential for success in reaching NDPE goals by sharing solutions specific to the constraints of the derivatives supply chain
Harmonize requirements for supply chain players on transparency, risk monitoring, and evaluation to better support commitments to deforestation-free and responsible sourcing
Contribute to the development and launch of new tools, methodologies, and field projects
Build greater influence through a unified sector voice
How We Work
ASD, co-managed and co-facilitated by BSR and Transitions, brings together companies to collectively tackle supply chain issues around palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives through four major workstreams:
- Transparency: Increasing supply chain transparency and consolidating a common framework to focus efforts
- Risk and Grievances Management: Leveraging dynamic monitoring systems and actively managing non-compliance
- Supply and Market Transformation: Engaging the sector toward accessible deforestation-free solutions
- Positive Impact: Scaling long-term strategic action in key production landscapes
Members are invited to participate in quarterly member meetings, quarterly grievance taskforces, an annual in-person meeting, and biannual member surveys.
Who We Work With
Avon International
Avril
Beiersdorf
Chanel
Clariant International AG
Clarins Group
The Clorox International Company
Cremer Oleo Gmbh & Co KG
Croda Inc.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Evonik Industries AG
Gattefossé SAS
Global Amines Company Pte. Ltd
Godrej Group
Haleon plc
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
IFF
Innospec Ltd
INOLEX, Inc.
Kenvue Inc.
L’Occitane Groupe S.A.
L’Oréal S.A.
LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A.
NAOS Les Laboratoires
Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Nippon Fine Chemical Co. Ltd.
NUXE
Orkla Home & Personal Care AS
Pierre Fabre Dermo Cosmetique
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
SEPPIC
Shiseido
Solvay NV
Stéarinerie Dubois
Stepan
Syensqo
Zschwimmer & Schwarz Italiana
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