On October 25, the Palm Oil Sustainable Development Roundtable (RSPO) certification body entered Grea to conduct audit work starting from October 25, and the audit work is expected to last for 3 days.

News Extension: What is RSPO certification?

1. Introduction

The RSPO is a global organization that unites multi-stakeholder community to advocate for sustainable palm oil. RSPO members and participants come from diverse backgrounds, including oil palm plantations, oil palm product manufacturers and retailers, environmental and social non-governmental organizations, covering multiple countries and regions that produce and use oil palm products. The main goal of RSPO is to “foster sustainable palm oil development and use through supply chain collaboration and dialogue among stakeholder groups”.

Why do RSPO certification be required?

Avoiding the environmental and social damage caused by the production process of commodities has become an urgent problem and is increasingly attracting global attention. For buyers, RSPO certification ensures that the production standards of their purchased palm oil products are sustainable.

How does RSPO certification work?

In order to ensure the credibility of the palm oil sustainability statement, all RSPO members who own, produce, and buy and sell RSPO certified sustainable palm oil products in accordance with the law must undergo RSPO certification. The core of this process is the RSPO Principles and Standards (P&C)

2. Supply chain requirements for sustainable palm oil products

Oil palm products may go through many production and logistics links between growers and products. Any batch of palm tree and palm kernel oil can be traded with one of four supply chain mechanisms approved by RSPO:

1. Plantation Identity Protection System (IP)

2. Separation system of certification and non-certification (SG)

3. Certified and non-certified hybrid system (MB)

4.Book and Claim Certificate Transaction (BC)

3. How to obtain certification RSPO certification?

① Choose the role of the company in the supply chain

②Select the company's supply chain system

③Become a member of the RSPO

④ Obtain certification

⑤ Purchase palm oil from qualified suppliers

⑥Apply for the use of certified palm oil

4. Benefits Available from RSPO Certification

RSPO certified palm oil production accounts for 19% of global palm oil production. (2020)

RSPO members account for a large proportion of palm oil produced and sold in the global market.

Major social and environmental NGOs have turned their attention to the process of increasing transparency and credibility.

Since all members must accept each other's RSPO certification, the role of authentication status among RSPO members is quite common.

Buyers with social responsibility and environmental awareness are willing to buy products produced responsibly at higher prices. Some of them even resolutely abandon uncertified products and only purchase them in a traceable supply chain. In short, as a responsible palm oil producer and supplier certified by RSPO, the certified factory itself will be the ultimate beneficiary.