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What is Certified Sustainable Palm Oil CSPO?
CSPO in the palm oil industry stands for "Certified Sustainable Palm Oil." The term is commonly associated with palm oil that has been certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ( RSPO ) which was formed in 2004 to bring a sense of order to an industry that was plagued with allegations of environmental and human rights abuses. Since then, other certification bodies have been created including the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil initiative( ISPO ) and the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil scheme( MSPO ). The current debates on palm oil in the EU may yet see the formation of another set of certification standards for palm oil imports into the EU.
The main problem with palm oil expansions is deforestation as Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia and Indonesia expanded their plantings in the last twenty years. As the year 2020 approaches, there are two commitments towards sustainable palm oil that are noteworthy. The members of the Consumer Goods Forum( private sector global ) and the Amsterdam Palm Oil Declaration ( public sector EU ) have both committed to the wider use of sustainable palm oil by 2020.
Palm oil will be an important vegetable oil to meet the needs of the growing human population for food and fuel. Its expansion in the past has undoubtedly had a major environmental impact on the natural world, especially in Southeast Asia. Its projected expansion into new frontiers like Africa could have a similar negative impact if its not developed sustainably. Indeed, the "sustainability" of palm oil is hard to define as the definition of sustainable palm oil differ in stark contrast between the grower countries and some user countries. A balanced view will be offered here to represent all sides of the argument.
CSPO Watch was created to monitor and provide commentary on the progress of these commitments from the buyers of palm oil to the countries that produce them.
The main problem with palm oil expansions is deforestation as Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia and Indonesia expanded their plantings in the last twenty years. As the year 2020 approaches, there are two commitments towards sustainable palm oil that are noteworthy. The members of the Consumer Goods Forum( private sector global ) and the Amsterdam Palm Oil Declaration ( public sector EU ) have both committed to the wider use of sustainable palm oil by 2020.
Palm oil will be an important vegetable oil to meet the needs of the growing human population for food and fuel. Its expansion in the past has undoubtedly had a major environmental impact on the natural world, especially in Southeast Asia. Its projected expansion into new frontiers like Africa could have a similar negative impact if its not developed sustainably. Indeed, the "sustainability" of palm oil is hard to define as the definition of sustainable palm oil differ in stark contrast between the grower countries and some user countries. A balanced view will be offered here to represent all sides of the argument.
CSPO Watch was created to monitor and provide commentary on the progress of these commitments from the buyers of palm oil to the countries that produce them.
Visit the pages below to find out more about Certified Sustainable Palm Oil, CSPO
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Commitments to use certified palm oil. As we approach the year 2020 which is the deadline set by many companies to remove deforestation from their supplies, notably the members of the Consumer Goods Forum, how exactly are they planning to do this? In the case of consumer goods manufacturers, how will they address deforestation in raw materials aside from palm oil? Stay tuned as we look into these commitments and analyse what they actually mean. See Commitments
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Key developments towards the use of CSPO by 2020
CSPO Watch was launched in late 2017 to track corporate commitments to the use of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) and the overall commitment to remove deforestation from corporate supply chains. See Developments |
Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil ISPO
The Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil scheme, ISPO, is a certification system which is owned by the Indonesian government with implementation under the ISPO. Background information on ISPO can be accessed through this article published by the UNDP which states among other things: See Developments |
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Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil MSPO
The world's second largest producer of palm oil, Malaysia, is working towards certifying all Malaysian palm oil operations as sustainable under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) scheme. The key difference between the MSPO and the RSPO is that the MSPO is legally mandated whereas the RSPO is voluntary. See Developments |
MSPO Certification What It Means
The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil initiative, MSPO, is aiming to have 100% of Malaysia's palm oil certified under this national policy by the end of 2019. Certification is being carried out by the independent body, the Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC) which has been tasked with the challenge to certify all of Malaysia's 5.8 million hectares of palm oil. See Developments |
Our Review of the MSPO
The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification is calling for public comments on its standards. In an on-going drive towards global acceptance of the certification scheme, the governing body, Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC) has created a public input period from August 01,2019 to September 30, 2019. Information from the MPOCC’s website on the review reads as: Read review |