Companies are increasingly demanding certified palm oil using criteria that are stricter than current RSPO standards – does the mean the RSPO certification is in danger of becoming irrelevant?

Ensuring no diminution of the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) 2018 and the 2019 RSPO Independent Smallholder (ISH) Standard, the 2024 RSPO Standards are an iterative evolution of the requirements ...

A major – and at times controversial – certification for palm oil has agreed to changes to the standards the underpin the programme. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) said the revised ...

A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme ranks certification schemes for biofuels and edible oils. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil topped the NGO’s rankings, although it too has ...

The certification shows that the firm has implemented a system to support RSPO certified palm oil use and trading and that Palsgaard is committed to its end products containing the certified ...

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Bangkok, Thailand (10 November) -- At its 14th Annual Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) publicly awarded leading global agribusiness company Olam ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solvay announces the certification of its Halifax, UK manufacturing site in accordance to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) guidelines. Halifax joins sister sites ...

This commentary is a response to “Palm oil certification? No silver bullet, but essential for sustainability,” an op-ed Mongabay published on May 25, 2018. Changing Markets Foundation’s recent report ...

Following an extensive and thorough revision process, the revised RSPO Standards have been officially adopted by RSPO Members at the 21st RSPO General Assembly (GA21) in Bangkok, Thailand. BANGKOK, ...