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Solvay Obtains RSPO Mass Balance Certification For Its Halifax, UK Site
2016-04-11 05:58:00| chemicalonline Home Page
Solvay announces the certification of its Halifax, UK manufacturing site in accordance to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) guidelines
Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO
2016-03-25 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The green image of one of Malaysias largest conglomerates suffered a major blow on Friday with its suspension from the worlds largest association for ethical palm oil production, the RSPO. IOI Group was one of the founding members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, but it has been suspended over its operations in the Ketapang area of Indonesian Borneo, where three of its subsidiaries are alleged to have violated a raft of RSPO standards meant to prevent rainforest destruction and social...
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RSPO pledges reform after NGO exposes shoddy palm oil audits
2015-11-20 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The general assembly of the worlds biggest sustainable palm oil organization passed a resolution on Thursday acknowledging serious problems with its certification processes and the need to reform them. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oils corporate and NGO members voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the resolution, titled Ensuring Quality, Oversight and Credibility of RSPO Assessments, at the RSPOs annual summit in Kuala Lumpur. The resolution was submitted by London-based nonprofit...
Fires smoulder and floods soak Sumatra as RSPO calls for palm oil reform
2015-11-19 19:06:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Recent rain has brought a marked improvement to air pollution levels in most parts of the archipelago but localized spikes in wildfires continue to threaten air quality. The International Red Cross is implementing a three-month emergency response plan through January next year. An RSPO official calls on palm oil companies to make public all concession maps and plans for development on those concessions. The Indonesian military said on Thursday conditions in South Sumatra had improved but...
Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with mistakes and fraud, report finds
2015-11-16 18:06:11| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new report casts doubt on the credibility of the RSPO's network of auditors, a vital component of the organization's certification process. Some auditors crop up repeatedly in problematic cases. The study was conducted by London-based NGO the Environmental Investigation Agency and Malaysian NGO Grassroots. The worlds biggest sustainable palm oil organization has been accused of ignoring serious flaws within its certification process that have allowed some of the largest oil palm companies...
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