Along with WWF Indonesia, RSPO and the government, the company helped established the Amanah Palm Oil Independent Smallholders Association in 2012.
[17][18] In March 2016, the Indonesia Agriculture Ministry, the United Nations Development Programme and Asian Agri piloted a 3-month training program for 500 members of the Amanah Association in effective plantation management.
Implemented in collaboration with NGOs, government agencies and the police, the programme involves education, training, capacity-building, infrastructure development and incentivization for villages to adopt no-burn practices to land clearing.
[23][24] At the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit, Asian Agri was a signatory of the New York Declaration on Forests, which commits to halving the rate of deforestation by 2020, and end it by 2030.
[27] In 2015, Asian Agri, along with Apical, partnered The Forest Trust to develop and improve its supply chain traceability.
[28] In 2017 Asian Agri achieved 100% traceability of fresh fruit bunches reaching its mills[29] In 2018 Asian Agri became a founding member of The Sustainability Assurance and Innovation Alliance (SUSTAIN), a group of oil palm growers, palm oil processors, consumer goods manufacturers, not-for-profit organizations and technology companies who are using blockchain to improve palm oil traceability[30] In 2015, Asian Agri announced plans to build 20 biogas power plants by 2020.