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Endorsed by the RSPO Board of Governors and adopted at the 16th Annual General Assembly by RSPO Members on XX Month, 2023
Impact Areas
The RSPO P&C are organised into three impact areas according to the RSPO ToC.
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Prosperity
A sustainable, competitive, and resilient palm oil sector ensures long-term viability of the entire supply chain and shared benefits for both private sector as well as the livelihoods of communities where oil palm is grown.
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People
Human rights protected, respected and remedied. The palm oil sector contributes to reducing poverty and palm oil production is a source of sustainable livelihoods.
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Planet
A sustainable, competitive, and resilient palm oil sector ensures long-term viability of the entire supply chain and shared benefits for both private sector as well as the livelihoods of communities where oil palm is grown.
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To develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil production
Sustainable palm oil production is comprised of legal, economically viable, environmentally appropriate and socially beneficial management and operations.
To ensure the credibility of palm oil sustainability claims, all RSPO members who take legal ownership and produce or handle RSPO certified sustainable oil palm products need to be RSPO certified.
Certification
Standards System
Certication
RSPO certification ensures that all users and consumers are contributing to the production of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO), and thereby reducing the negative social and environmental impact of conventional oil palm cultivation.
At the heart of this process is the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C), a set of stringent standards for sustainable palm oil production that RSPO members must comply with.
Standards System
RSPO remains committed to transparency and accountability. The RSPO provides systems to ensure that RSPO certified members abide by the standards.
These include third-party certification, a system of accreditation for certification bodies, an open and transparent grievance mechanism, supply chain certification to end users, and traceability provided via the PalmTrace system.
RSPO is also always working to improve its systems. This system allows members to market their products as the result of environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management - eventually seeking to market their products as RSPO certified.