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?

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is widely considered the strongest certification scheme for the commodity, which is grown largely on plantations hacked out of tropical forests that are ...

Neste Oil is the world`s first company to be awarded an RSPO-RED Supply Chain certificate under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil`s (RSPO) new, more demanding certification system. The ...

One of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) objectives is to help tackle poverty in palm producing communities. But does certification help alleviate farmer poverty? The RSPO has emerged as ...

The leading eco-certifier for the palm oil trade, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), is facing scrutiny for a new standard that non-government organisations say could weaken protections ...

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) grouping is putting in place a mechanism to channel a portion of its revenue towards the certification of oil palm estates owned by independent ...

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Friends of the Earth Africa, FoEA, has concluded that the certification of industrial oil palm plantation companies by Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, RSPO, is a false solution to the climate ...

Oil palm plantations certified as sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil had less deforestation than non-certified plantations, according to a new analysis. Certification’s effect on ...

RSPO 2022 Impact Report charts continued sustainability efforts by the palm oil industry towards mitigating climate change, improving smallholder livelihoods and ending exploitation of workers, among ...

In Kuala Lumpur, the haze is back. It's dry season, which puts this whole region of south-east Asia on alert for forest fires. This year, the outbreaks are more serious than usual. Blazing fires ...