The Standard Standing Committee (SSC) is one of the four RSPO Standing Committees established on a permanent basis, to analyse issues within its area of jurisdiction and to make recommendations to the RSPO Board of Governors (BoG).
It was established to provide the direction and to contribute to RSPO’s Standard settings via a Terms of Reference (ToR) and work programmes of the RSPO Secretariat. It includes, but not limited to, the development and/or revision of normative and relevant guidance documents.
Responsibility
- Identify gaps or grey areas within the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) and Indicators that require clarification for the ease of practical applicability for RSPO members;
- Ensure that the interpretation of the Criteria, Indicators, and Guidance for various socio-environmental conditions under which palm oil is produced, are clear and concise, without compromising the P&C, and the definition of certified sustainable palm oil;
- Provide clarity concerning RSPO’s standards for its members, when needed;
- Ensure the realisation of the RSPO’s Theory of Change strategic goals.
Overview
* final structure to be determined
Co-chairs
Name
Organisation
Olivier Tichit
Musim Mas
Lim Sian Choo
Bumitama
Members
Membership Sector
Substantive Member / Organisation
Alternate Member / Organisation
Processor / Trader
Olivier Tichit / Musim Mas
Librian Angraeni / Musim Mas
Oil Palm Grower (Indonesia)
Lim Sian Choo / Bumitama
Vacant
Oil Palm Grower (Malaysia)
William Siow / Malaysia Palm Oil Association (MPOA)
Vacant
Oil Palm Grower (RoW)
Sander Van den Ende / SIPEF
Vacant
Oil Palm Grower (Smallholder)
Vacant
Vacant
Environmental NGO
Anne Rosenbarger / WRI
Vacant
Environmental NGO
Jenny Walther / WWF Singapore
Vacant
Social NGO
Andrew Aeria / PEMANGKIN
Brian Lariche / Humana Child Aid Society
Social NGO
Suzan Cornelissen / CNV Internationaal
Vacant
Consumer Goods Manufacturer
Guillaume Lacaze / L’Oreal
Vacant
Financial Institution
Vacant
Vacant
Retailer
Vacant
Vacant
RSPO Secretariat
Name
Designation
Leena Ghosh
Head of Human Rights and Social Standards
