RSPO P&C Review: Draft Revised RSPO Principles and Criteria for Public Consultation:

Important information about this document:

Approved in October 2007, the RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production are currently under review. Following three meetings of the appointed RSPO P&C Review Taskforce, this document contains the text of a draft revision of the RSPO Principles and Criteria for public consultation.

The public consultation period will run from 1 October – 30 November 2012. During this period, comments should be submitted to Proforest, the facilitators for the review process, at jenny@proforest.net

It would be extremely helpful to the process if submitted comments can clearly reference the specific Principles, Criteria, Indicators, and/or Guidance that they relate to.

Following this public consultation period, the RSPO Review Taskforce will convene for a final meeting to consider the comments submitted and finalise a revised version of the Principles and Criteria, to be submitted to the Executive Board. The revised Principles and Criteria will then need to be adopted by RSPO members at a General Assembly.

Note that, in addition to the public consultation period, comments on these draft revisions to the Principles and Criteria will be actively sought at RT10, with the opportunity for discussion.

Attachment:
1. Revised RSPO Principles and Criteria Draft for Public Consultation_clean.pdf
2. Revised RSPO Principles and Criteria Draft for Public Consultation_tracked changes.pdf 
3. Agreed timeline for RSPO P&C Revision 2012-2013

Outcomes of the Second Public Consultation:
1. Phase 2 - Principle-Specific Comments

2. Overall/ general comments by stakeholders

1 .  Overview - Review of the Generic Principles and Criteria of the RSPO

• P&C Review Steering Group - December 2011
• Phase 1
• Phase 2
• Guidance for your contribution
• Contact details for submissions
  

  2.  TimeLine