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?

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 ...

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 ...

The certification for palm oil provided by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is one of the food industry’s most prominent sustainability certifications. According to the RSPO, it had ...

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 ...

A delegation of leading North American consumer goods and food companies, including GoodLight Candles, Counter [Beauty], Empire Company Limited, Dunkin', and Yum! Brands, as well as non-profit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...