Indonesien har netop været vært for verdens eneste internationale møde for bæredygtig palmeolie-produktion. Non-profit organisationen, RSPO (Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil), som holdt konferencen, melder om positive resultater.
Flere og flere virksomheder tilslutter sig organisationens mål om at transformere verdensmarkedet, så bæredygtig palmeolie bliver normen. Det skriver organisationen i en pressemeddelelse.
JAKARTA, 20 NOVEMBER 2012 – At a recent media briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia, the RSPO, an international multi stakeholder organization for sustainable palm oil, announced that the RT10, the world’s largest sustainable palm oil meeting, was successfully held and concluded in Singapore.
The RT10 was attended by over 800 delegates from 37 countries around the world, an all-time record in terms of most number of countries represented at its annual meeting since its first Round Table in 2003.
RSPO vil sætte en norm om bæredygtigt palmeolie
“Our aim is to finalize the standards review next year so that RSPO members can continue to work closely and vigorously with one another towards our collective goal which is to transform world markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm,” said RSPO Secretary General Darrel Webber.
The RT10 also marked a number of significant achievements since the organization was first established in 2004, amongst which include:
14% of world’s palm oil production is now RSPO certified.
The current estimated annual production capacity of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil is 7.2 million metric tonnes, or approximately 14% of global palm oil production. About 45.5% of the world’s current RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil production capacity comes from Indonesia, followed by 44.7% from Malaysia, and the remaining 9.8% from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Brazil, Colombia and Ivory Coast.
2. As late of 2012, RSPO-certified plam oil plantations cover an area of 1.6 million hectares.
An area this size is approximately equal to 22 times the size of Singapore island, and it continues to grow fast.
Within only 8 years, RSPO membership has reached 1,088 members which is continuously growing.
RSPO members are spread over 50 countries, comprising of 774 Ordinary Members, 209 Supply Chain Associates and 105 Affiliate Members. 14% of the members are from Indonesia, including 54 growers and 14 palm oil companies operating in Indonesia but listed abroad.
RSPO’s commitment to supporting the smallholders achieve sustainability has grown more firm than ever.
At RT10, RSPO presented certificates to 4 groups of independent smallholders from Thailand, as the first independent smallholders that received RSPO certification through group certification. In Indonesia, RSPO is actively conducting programs to ensure that sustainable planting procedures are applied by the independent smallholders, through pilot projects involving local independent smallholders in North Sumatra, Riau and Jambi. These independent smallholders in the three provinces are currently undergoing RSPO certification process.
Since it was launched in 2011, RSPO Trademark has been adopted by RSPO members in 14 countries.
As many as 72 licenses have been granted to various products and companies in these 14 countries, of which 49% for consumer goods manufacturers, 28% for processors and traders, 12% for retailers, 7% for growers and 4% for supply chain associates.
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http://www.rspo.org/news_details.php?nid=134&lang=1
Fakta om RSPO (Round table on Sustainable Palm Oil) :
In response to the urgent and pressing global call for sustainably produced palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. The seat of the association is in Zurich, Switzerland, while the secretariat is currently based in Kuala Lumpur with a satellite office in Jakarta.
RSPO is a not-for-profit association that unites stakeholders from seven sectors of the palm oil industry – oil palm producers, palm oil processors or traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation NGOs and social or developmental NGOs – to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil.
(Kilde: RSPO’s hjemmeside)
