4th Oleochemicals Outlook,

23-24 Aug, 2016 - Bali, INDONESIA

Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort

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RSPO suspends certification of Malaysian palm oil company, IOI

Posted on : 18 May, 2016

 

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) has made the strongest intervention in its 12-year history, by suspending the sustainable certification of one of its founding members, Malaysian company IOI. The entire IOI Group and its trading division IOI Loders Croklaan, which supplies palm oil to more than 300 companies, will be affected by the decision.

 

Greenpeace first reported IOI’s alleged destruction of orangutan habitat and peatland forest in 2008. Since then, the company has been in the spotlight for deforestation and repeated fire outbreaks. In 2014, after facing allegations from the NGO Finnwatch over labour issues on its Malaysian plantations, they responded they had “taken measures to improve the working conditions on its estates”. The following year, sustainability consultants Aidenvironment submitted a formal complaint to RSPO for deforestation in IOI concessions.

 

In April, after IOI had published two actions plans but didn’t follow through with them, the RSPO suspended its sustainable certification. IOI’s initial response to all but one of the complaints against them was that they were “unproven and unsubstantiated”. They now state that they have taken “corrective actions to review and enhance its sustainability practices”, and assure they have made improvements and are committed to a comprehensive action plan.

 

Following news of the suspension, Unilever – also a founder of the RSPO and one of the world’s largest end-users of palm oil – cancelled its contracts with IOI. Kellogg, Mars, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s, Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, Yum Brands and Nestlé have also announced they would stop sourcing from IOI.

 

Learn more about sustainability measures in the oleo value chain at CMT’s  4th Oleochemicals Outlook on 23-24 August in Bali.

 

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