In 2018, RSPO Board of Governors (BoG) endorsed the RSPO Theory of Change (ToC) with the overall vision of making sustainable palm oil the norm.
In March 2019, the RSPO BoG subsequently endorsed the RSPO Governance Review for ‘Reorganisation of Standing Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups’. The Assurance Standing Committee (ASC) was established to provide direction in contributing to the credibility and accountability of the RSPO Assurance System.
Responsibilities
- To oversee and provide necessary recommendations and/or guidance to the implementation of the RSPO standards;
- To develop and institute a transparent and robust system for monitoring the quality of assessment;
- To identify all necessary actions to ensure robust assessment, verification and certification against the RSPO standards, including the outputs as identified in Annex 1;
- To institute a transparent approach to enhancing the quality of RSPO assurance systems
- To identify the relevant stakeholders required to deliver the identified actions.
Overview
Co-chairs
Name
Organisation
Anita Neville
Golden Agri Resources (representing Indonesian Growers Caucus)
Ruth Silva
HCV Network
Members
Membership Sector
Substantive member / Organisation
Alternate Member / Organisation
Oil Palm Growers (Malaysia)
Thien Jing Wen / KLK (representing Malaysian Palm Oil Association)
Lee Swee Yin / SD Guthrie
Oil Palm Growers (Indonesia)
Anita Neville / Golden Agri Resources (representing Indonesian Growers Caucus)
Vacant
Oil Palm Growers (RoW)
Florent Robert / SIAT SA
Vacant
Smallholder Group
Lawrence Quarshie / Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation
Vacant
Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders
Olivier Tichit / Musim Mas Holdings
Vivi Anita / Musim Mas Holdings
Consumer Goods Manufacturers
Lee Kuan-Chun / P&G
Vacant
Retailers
Joseph Chauke / Woolworths (Proprietary) Limited
Vacant
Banks and Investors
Vacant
Vacant
Environmental NGO
Ruth Silva / HCV Network
Vacant
Environmental NGO
Ahmad Furqon / WWF Singapore
Vacant
Social NGO
Paul Wolvekamp / Both ENDS
Vacant
Social NGO
Angus MacInnes / Forest Peoples Programme
Marcus Colchester / Forest Peoples Programme
RSPO Secretariat
Name
Designation
Aryo Gustomo
Director, Assurance
Zaidee Tahir
Head, Integrity
Freda Manan
Assistant Manager, Integrity
Haziq Ikram
Executive, Integrity
To express your interest in any of the vacant roles, please contact Integrity Team.
