Sustainability Language

Standards & schemes · Certification scheme

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

RSPO

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What is it?

Certification scheme issued or operated by RSPO.

Regulatory recognitionFour supply-chain models — claim language must match model

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Which version is current?

Profile version 2. Official information last verified 22 August 2026.

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Who and what does it cover?

Geography
Global (production concentrated SE Asia)
Sectors
Palm oil
Scope
Plantation / product
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What does it require?

Certification for palm oil production (P&C standard) with four distinct supply-chain models; EUDR due diligence applies regardless of certification.

What it does not demonstrateThe scheme does not by itself prove that a particular product, site or organisation holds a current certificate; its scope and validity must be checked.

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How is conformity assessed?

Third-party audits (accredited CBs)

Grievance mechanismRSPO complaints system

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Who makes the decision?

RSPO

Assurance arrangementThird-party audits (accredited CBs)

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Chain of custody

Identity Preserved / Segregated / Mass Balance / Book & Claim

ISEAL membershipISEAL member

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Conditional relationships

Claims it may support

A relationship does not mean that the standard proves or validates every use of a claim.

Sustainable palm oilMay support · Requires a current valid certificate within the scheme's scope; certification supports but does not by itself prove the claim — wording must reflect certified scope and assurance level.see standards.last_verified
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Legal context

Laws referencing it

EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)EU · Referenced by law · Editor to confirm the provision and purpose of the reference.
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Dictionary

Dictionary concepts

No reviewed dictionary cross-link is published.

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Version record

What has changed

  1. Version 2Initial profile published after recorded site-owner/editor review of the complete standards batch.
  2. Version 1Initial private editorial draft imported from the reviewed standards handover.
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Last verified 22 August 2026. This neutral profile is informational and does not recommend, rank or endorse the standard.