The 13th Annual General Assembly (GA13) of members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, 10 November 2016 at 1500 hours (GMT+7).

 

A summary of voters and the voting results of GA13 are listed below.

 

Attendance and E-Voters

Sector Physical Proxy E-Vote Totals
Oil Palm Growers 33 4 1 38
Oil Palm Grower (Rest of the world) 14 3 11 28
Palm Oil Processors & Traders 38 4 19 61
Consumer Goods Manufacturers 18 10 6 34
Retailers 5 4 5 14
Banks and Investors 4 2 0 6
Environmental and Conservation NGOs 15 2 7 24
Social or Development Organization (NGOs) 9 0 0 9
TOTALS 136 29 49 214

 

VOTING RESULTS OF ITEMS AND RESOLUTIONS AT GA13

Agenda Item/Resolutions Voting Results

Agenda Item 5:

To receive and adopt the Treasurer’s Report and the RSPO’s Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 2016.

Approved:

For – 197

Against – 4

Abstain – 13

Resolution 6a:

To confirm the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the auditors of RSPO for the financial year ending 30 June 2017

Approved:

For – 190

Against – 2

Spoilt – 5

Abstain – 17

Resolution 6b:

Resolution to adopt “Non-discriminatory entitlement and responsibility for RSPO members under a specific sector or membership category

Approved:

For – 107

Against – 90

Abstain – 17

Resolution 6c:

Resolution to adopt "no change of key documents for fixed period of time"

Rejected:

For – 88

Against – 117

Spoilt – 1

Abstain – 8

Resolution 6d:

Assuring effectively planned, implemented and monitored compensation projects in “remediation and compensation procedure” of the RSPO

Approved:

For – 134

Against – 68

Spoilt – 1

Abstain – 11

Resolution 6e:

Protecting human rights defenders, whistleblowers, complainants and community spokespersons

Approved:

For – 169

Against – 38

Abstain – 7

Resolution 6f:

Resolution to review and amendment of the updated New Planting Procedure process as applied to smallholders

Approved:

For – 159

Against – 35

Abstain – 20

Resolution 6g:

Temporary exemption from the RSPO New Planting Procedure for Smallholders

 

Withdrawn

Resolution 6h:

Suspension of the RSPO Management System Requirements and Guidance for Group Certification of FFB Production.

Rejected:

For – 71

Against – 115

Spoilt – 1

Abstain – 27

 

ELECTION OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Constituents elected / VOTING RESULTS
Oil Palm Growers:  
Smallholders: FELDA is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and FELDA will serve another term as no other nominations have been received. FELDA
Rest of the World: Agropalma is retiring and is not available for re-election. Nominations were received from SIPEF and Agrocaribe. Election among the Oil Palm Growers – Rest of the World sub-sector will therefore be held and only members in the sub-sector are eligible to vote. Agrocaribe
SIPEF 10
Agrocaribe 18
Processors & Traders: AAK AB
AAK AB is retiring and available for re-election. One nomination was received from Industrial Danec S.A.. Industrial Danec withdrew its nomination therefore there will be no election for this sector and AAK AB will serve another term.  
Consumer Goods Manufacturers Mondelez International Inc.
Mondelez International Inc. is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Mondelez International Inc. will serve another term as no other nominations have been received.  
Retailers Retailer Palm Oil Group
Retailers Palm Oil Group is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Retailers Palm Oil Group will serve another term as no other nominations have been received.  
Banks & Investors Rabobank
Rabobank is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Rabobank will serve another term as no other nominations have been received.  
Environmental NGOs WWF International
WWF International is retiring and is available for re-election. One nomination was received from Fauna & Flora International. Election among the Environmental NGOs sector will therefore be held and only members in the sector are eligible to vote. WWF International 17
Fauna & Flora International 7
Social NGOs Both ENDS

Both ENDS is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Both ENDS will serve another term as no other nominations have been received.

 

 

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