DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS OF EUROPA AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2018 EXTENDED
EUMCCI’s flagship Europa Awards returns in 2018 with a new and more comprehensive range of award categories consistent with the European Union’s sustainable development values. The deadline for nominations has been extended to November 9, 2018 This programme aims to identify, qualify and promote business excellence in Malaysia from companies that have demonstrated extraordinary performance […]
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RSPO HOSTS ITS FIRST LIVE ONLINE DEBATE
RSPO hosted its first live online debate on 21 May 2013 to discuss the different aspects and challenges linked to palm oil sustainability and to explore possible solutions. Darrel Webber, Secretary General of RSPO, together with Robert Hii, Palm Oil Consumers Action (Toronto), and Lorinda Jane and Michelle Nicol, both of Palm Oil Investigations Australia, […]
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1ST PUBLIC CONSULTATION – REVISED RSPO PRINCIPLES & CRITERIA
In line with ISEAL best practices, to ensure that standards remain relevant and reflect stakeholder understanding of good sustainability practices, the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) 2013 is being reviewed again and subsequently submitted for adoption by the General Assembly of RSPO by November 2018. The draft of the revised P&C is now open for […]
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Click icon to download as PDF LONDON, 16 July 2013 – In light of the recent forest fires in Indonesia, a coalition of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) managing more than $2 trillion today called for palm oil companies to adhere to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria. […]
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The RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) is now fully effective and all audits after 15 November 2019 shall be carried out against this standard or the endorsed National Interpretation that is aligned with the P&C 2018. The RSPO Secretariat has evaluated the needs to update it’s Certification Systems for P&C as well as the New […]
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RSPO Shared Responsibility Task Force Recommendations
Public Consultation, 14 days, 3 October – 16 October 2019 The concept of shared responsibility has been discussed and agreed upon for a number of year across RSPO membership and supported through several General Assembly (GA) resolutions (Resolution 6m at GA8, Resolution 6d at GA9 and Resolution 6b at GA13). All RSPO members share the […]
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Second Public Consultation: RSPO Jurisdictional Approach for Certification
In June 2019, the first draft of the RSPO Jurisdictional Approach (JA) for Certification framework went through a 60-day public consultation period. During the first round of public consultation, stakeholders requested for the framework to provide more clarity and guidance around the following key topics: Jurisdictional Entity (JE) management system: roles of government; JE authority […]
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RSPO Trademark Platform Upgrade
We are pleased to announce that the RSPO Trademark platform has been successfully upgraded. All members/existing users may now log in to their MyRSPO portal to view, apply or renew their RSPO Trademark license at any time. For further information, please download the Trademark User Guide from here. Additionally, the list of all active RSPO […]
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The second draft of the revised RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) and RSPO Independent Smallholder Standard (ISH) is ready for the second round of Public Consultation, which will be carried out over a thirty (30) day period from 1 to 30 June 2023 using a global online commenting platform. This is in line with ISEAL’s […]
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RSPO Management System Requirement for Group Certification of FFB Production 2022
The Secretariat is pleased to announce the endorsement of the revised RSPO Management System Requirement for Group Certification of FFB Production 2022 (referred to as “Group Certification 2022”) by the Board of Governors on 18 May 2022. This document will replace the previous version of the RSPO Management System Requirements and Guidance for Group Certification […]
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