Our impact
After celebrating five years of collaboration in 2024, ASD took an important step forward: setting a more ambitious course for the future, to enable ASD members to set the standard of responsible supply chains. The ambition was defined by deeper levels of engagement and proactive partnerships with palm supply chain players; upscaled action on grievance resolution; reinforced collective due diligence processes; interoperability across existing palm supply chain engagement approaches; and continued positive change in key production landscapes with on-ground partners.
From 2025 onward, ASD is translating this new ambition into action. ASD has taken steps to refine its strategy to align with this future-oriented pathway. The updated strategy celebrates progress to date and sets the next course of action, anchored in ASD’s collective strengths as downstream derivatives companies and designed to deliver tangible impact in alignment with the evolving global context. With the launch of new tools such as interactive transparency dashboards, enhanced governance mechanisms, and strengthened workplans to address human rights and smallholder inclusion, ASD is demonstrating what ambition looks like when translated into tactical strategy and action.
ASD now represents more than 40 corporate members, and is growing representation in key derivative geographic markets including Japan and North America. This growth represents our intention to continually enhance ASD’s leverage and pivotal role as the voice of derivatives within the palm sector, contributing to higher levels of collective action and harmonization.
And by aligning ASD’s growing group of member companies, supply chain stakeholders, and peer initiatives across the sustainability ecosystem, ASD is positioning the derivatives sector to lead by example: showing that downstream collaboration can drive upstream change.
Our 2025 highlights include:
Redefined vision
Our Impact Vision sets
the course for deeper systemic impact
138 suppliers
evaluated through the Sustainable Palm Index
40 members
We’ve grown from 18 members in 2019
Co-hosts of SPOD
ASD proudly co-organized the 7th Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue (SPOD) for the first time, in partnership with RSPO and IDH
1.2 million tons
of palm-based materials mapped, representing 1.5% of global palm production
Creating impact
260 smallholders supported through the RSPO certification process; 1,749 ha of forest protected in Mendawai Seberang, Indonesia
2,088 mills
identified as potentially linked to ASD members’ collective supply chain
$20m mobilized
20 ASD members are now engaged in impact projects
2025 Transparency highlights
based on 2025 purchased volumes
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