RAN Calls on RSPO to Strengthen Requirements
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…
World’s Largest Certifier of Sustainable Palm Oil Must Strengthen Its Certification Systems to Remain Relevant, Warns Civil Society
Rainforest Action Network calls for fundamental shifts in RSPO’s assurance systems Kuala Lumpur – Members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil…
Fifteen environmental NGOs demand that sustainable palm oil watchdog does its job
BANGKOK: As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest palm oil certification system, meet in Bangkok for their 17th annual meeting, the world is in the midst…
Salim Ivomas, subsidiary of palm oil giant Indofood, withdraws from RSPO over labor abuses
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…
Palm Oil Giant Indofood Subsidiary Loses Sustainability Certification Over Labor Abuses; Suspension of RSPO Membership Looms
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…
Palm Oil Giant Indofood Plans to Withdraws from RSPO Over Labor Abuses; RSPO Threatens to Suspend Membership
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…
Devex: Opinion: Why players such as RSPO matter to the global climate
“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…
Reuters: Palm oil body says it finds exploitative labor practices at Malaysia’s FGV
“With this decision, the RSPO has again failed to adequately hold accountable one of its member companies found guilty of widespread illegal labor violations,” said Robin Averbeck, Agribusiness Campaign Director…
Quartz: A palm oil giant has been sanctioned over forced labor and trafficking workers
“FGV Holdings Berhad isn’t having a great week. First, the colossal palm oil giant, owned in part by the Malaysian government, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss, attributed to falling crude…
Mongabay: RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards
“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…
