Public Consultation on RSPO Market Communications and Claims

We are pleased to announce a public consultation starting today, on a revision of the RSPO Rules on Market Communications and Claims. The revised document is now available as draft for public consultation to download here. A number of important changes have been made which are summarised in an overview guidance note for easy reference. […]

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Calling for Participation and Nomination of Market Development 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 Market Development Standing Committee (MDSC) is to be established, via a Terms of Reference (ToR) and work programmes of the RSPO Secretariat.  The MDSC shall advise on the critical […]

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Transparency in Plantation Concession Boundaries

To : RSPO Member Growers and Accredited Certification Bodies,   The 10th General Assembly of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, has resolved that:   "It is mandatory for grower members to make their existing concession boundaries publicly available in digital format (shapefile) via the RSPO website."    Resolution 6g: Transparency in plantation concession boundaries. […]

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Endorsement of Cote d’Ivoire & Mexico National Interpretation 2020

The Cote d’Ivoire National Interpretation (Cote d’Ivoire NI) of the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) 2018  was endorsed by the Board of Governors (BoG) on 25 June 2020. The Cote d’Ivoire NI and Mexico NI 2020  supersedes the previous standard document, which was previously being used for certification of plantations and mills in these two […]

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Interpretation of Indicator 7.12.2 and Annex 5 for the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018

The RSPO would like to announce that the Interpretation of Indicator 7.12.2 and Annex 5 for the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 is now available for download here. In the RSPO’s commitment to halting deforestation, this document was developed by the ‘No Deforestation Task Force’ (NDTF), with the aim to provide clarity and guidance for […]

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Public Consultation on RSPO Resolution 6D Task Force Recommendations

Resolution 6D, titled “Discouraging RSPO Members Subject to Complaints from Avoiding Their Obligations by Divestment or Withdrawing Their Membership” (hereinafter referred to as “Resolution 6D”) was passed at the 15th Annual General Assembly on 15 November 2018. This resolution was the result of growing concern among RSPO members on the increasing number of divestments and […]

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Endorsement of Côte d’Ivoire Local Interpretation of the RSPO Independent Smallholder Standard 2019

The Côte d’Ivoire Local Interpretation (Côte d’Ivoire LI) of the RSPO Independent Smallholder Standard 2019 was endorsed by the RSPO Board of Governors (BoG) on 10 June 2021. The Côte d’Ivoire LI is the global first local interpretation of the RSPO Independent Smallholder Standard 2019, which will be used for Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) certification […]

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Endorsed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Assessment Procedure V4

On 8 July 2021, the revised RSPO Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Assessment Procedure was endorsed by the RSPO Standard Standing Committee. Version 4 of this procedure is effective immediately with a six (6) month grace period. All NPP submissions from 1 March 2022 shall follow the procedure outlined in the GHG assessment Procedure v4. Key Changes […]

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