The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)—the leading certifier of palm oil in the world—voted to approve a revised certification standard (RSPO Principles & Criteria 2024) during its General Assembly,…
The RSPO has published a revised certification standard (RSPO Principles & Criteria 2024) that will be voted on during its upcoming General Assembly—an annual meeting of its members held during…
Criteria Fails to Comply with New EU Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) RSPO Risks Undermining Credibility with Weakened Standards Contact: Jakarta Time Zone | Gemma Tillack: +61 456 843 690 US Time…
Today the Indofood subsidiary Salim Ivomas announced its plans to withdraw its membership from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This move from Salim Ivomas follows the same action taken by its…
San Francisco, CA – Today the world’s largest palm oil certification scheme, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), ordered the suspension of the “sustainability” certificates of Indonesian palm oil…
PepsiCo, Wilmar, and Banks remain connected, must terminate partnerships, NGOs say San Francisco, CA – Indonesian palm oil giant Indofood has announced its plans to withdraw from the world’s largest…
“Last week, with relatively little fanfare, members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), voted to strengthen its sustainability standard. Palm…
“The effectiveness of the new RSPO standards has also been called into question by the U.S.-based advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN), which says the RSPO had for years failed…
Calls for systems reforms to make newly revised RSPO standard impactful Members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), voted today…
Aligning with ‘No Deforestation’ standards requires the RSPO limit clearance of secondary forest in high forest cover areas