Rspo Principles And Criteria
The rspo p c cover the most significant environmental and social impacts of palm oil production and the immediate inputs to production such as seed chemicals and water and social impacts related to on farm labour and community relations.
Rspo principles and criteria. Rspo high forest cover countries consultancy report. First adopted in 2005 the p c defines what sustainable palm oil is and outlines a number of criteria that sit under the three key pillars of sustainability. Number of views 625. To account for unique national laws and the complexity of the palm oil supply chain the p c undergoes revision every five years and varies internationally.
1st public consultation revised p c. 2nd public consultation rspo principles criteria review. The review process followed iseal best practices including two public consultations and four physical taskforce meetings and resulted in the production of the revised rspo principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production rspo p c 2013. The new p c includes no deforestation stipulations although there remain some exceptions which could see forest clearance still occurring.
The rspo principles and criteria rspo p c is applicable for palm oil production worldwide. The rspo principles and criteria p c are a set of stringent standards for sustainable palm oil production which rspo members must comply with. The roundtable on sustainable palm oil rspo has released its proposed new principles and criteria p c due for adoption next month. Principles criteria review.
Rspo principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production. In line with iseal alliance best practices the p c are reviewed every five years and subsequently submitted for ratification by the general assembly of rspo. Now in its third cycle the p c 2018 was recently ratified and adopted at the 15th annual. 22 september 2005 2 acknowledgement the roundtable on sustainable palm oil rspo would like to thank the following without whom the process and workings of the criteria process and criteria working group cwg would not have been possible.
The rspo principles criteria p c are a set of environmental and social standards which rspo member companies must comply with in order to produce certified sustainable palm oil cspo. Taskforce tor and meeting procedures. Of the principles and criteria for its members and in achieving the vision and mission of the rspo. Number of views 531.
The rspo principles and criteria and create the national interpretation with the objective of generating an agriculture that is ecologically adequate economically viable socially just and culturally appropriate. 2nd public consultation rspo principles criteria review and rspo smallholder standard. What are the major additions of rspo next to the core rspo principles criteria p c. What are the types of rspo certification.