Six parties commit to collaboration in scaling up Surat Thani as the national model city for sustainable palm oil in Thailand SURAT THANI, 19 AUGUST 2022: Today, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Secretariat and Surat Thani Provincial Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), providing a framework for cooperation and collaboration in support […]
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Mill List Submission in MyRSPO
At the 15th Annual General Assembly (GA15) of RSPO members in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Resolution GA15-6b was adopted. This resolution requires all RSPO palm oil supply chain actors to make the list of their supplying mills (both RSPO certified and non-certified) publicly available. The list should include the mill name, the country where the […]
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New Development GHG Calculator, V3
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RSPO Annual Financial Report 2020
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With the adoption of the revised RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) in November 2018 and Independent Smallholder (ISH) Standard in November 2019, oil palm producing companies and Independent Smallholders are required to show compliance with Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) requirements of the RSPO Standards. RSPO members, specifically Independent Smallholders, must comply with a […]
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Calling for Participation and Nomination of Smallholder Standing Committee Members
In July 2017, the RSPO BoG endorsed the RSPO Smallholder Strategy. The Strategy outlined the goal and objectives that need to be realized in order to bring meaningful transformation to smallholders’ livelihoods and inclusion into the RSPO system. A strategic framework was prepared for RSPO, including the Secretariat, and its members, to implement and support […]
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I-SPOC members convene with ambitious 2021 plans
On 15 December, members of the Sustainable Palm Oil Coalition for India (I-SPOC) convened virtually for the fourth time since its inception in September 2018. It was attended by 50 participants, including members and observers of the coalition. Co-founded by RSPO, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) India, the Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), […]
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Public Consultation on the Introduction of RSPO NEXT
We are pleased to announce the opening today of a Public Consultation on RSPO NEXT, a voluntary add on program to the RSPO P&C Certification. RSPO NEXT was developed by a Working Group of a cross section of Board of Governors members comprised of Growers, Processors & Traders, Retailers, Social and Environmental NGO’s. The group […]
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MALAYSIAN NGOs WANT RSPO’S NOVEMBER MEETING TO STOP THE WRANGLING AND MAKE THE VISION WORK
Click icon to download PDF KOTA KINABALU, 6th September 2013: The Malaysian Palm Oil NGO Coalition (MPONGOC) is increasingly concerned over rumblings that key players plan to exit the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), describing the Roundtable’s annual meeting this November as a “make or break” session. MPONGOC sees the RSPO as a credible […]
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Calling for Participation and Nomination of Assurance Standing Committee Members
In March 2019, the RSPO Board of Governors (BoG) endorsed the RSPO Governance Review for ‘Reorganisation of Standing Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups’ where the Assurance Standing Committee (ASC) is to be established, via a Terms of Reference (ToR) and work programmes of the RSPO Secretariat. It includes, but is not limited to, the […]
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