Vision and Mission of RSPO

Vision: RSPO assures palm oil contributes to a better world

Mission: To advance the production, procurement and use of sustainable oil palm products through:

  • the development, implementation and verification of credible global standards and,

  • the engagement of stakeholders along the supply chain

 

New Governance

The Roundtable's organization was originally based on an informal cooperation between a number of business partners and WWF. An Organizing Committee was formed in January 2003 to organize the inaugural Roundtable meeting in Kuala Lumpur and to make preparations for the formal establishment of the RSPO. With the registration of RSPO as an association under Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code on 8 April 2004, a new governance structure has been adopted, as shown below. Management and conduct of the RSPO will be governed by its Statutes and By-Laws. During the RSPO 3rd General Assembly of Members on 22 November 2006, RSPO members also adopted a Code of Conduct.

Download the official press statement [26 KB]

Download the RSPO antitrust guidelines [16 KB]

Download the RSPO Code of Conduct for members [17 KB]

 

Organisational Chart

 

Executive Board

Under article 9 of RSPO's Statutes, RSPO shall be managed by an Executive Board comprised of sixteen members, designated by the General Assembly for a period of two years. The Executive Board members can be re-elected. The allocation of seats for the various sectors of membership is as follows:

Sector

Number of seats

Oil palm growers

4*

Palm oil processors and/or traders

2

Consumer goods manufacturers

2

Retailers

2

Banks/investors

2

Environmental/nature conservation NGOs

2

Social/development NGOs

2

*One representative each for Malaysia, Indonesia, the smallholder sector and the "Rest of the World"

 

RSPO Executive Board

The first RSPO Executive Board was elected at the inaugural General Assembly held on 6 October 2004. The present Executive Board below was elected during the 3rd General Assembly (GA3) held on 22 November 2006:

President

Unilever [view profile]

Jan Kees Vis [view profile]

Vice-President I

WWF Switzerland [view profile]

Matthias Diemer [view profile]

Vice-President II

Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) [view profile]

Derom Bangun [view profile]

Vice-President III

Malaysian Palm Oil Association [view profile]

Mamat Salleh [view profile]

Vice-President IV

New Britain Palm Oil Ltd [view profile]

Simon Lord [view profile]

Treasurer

Aarhus Karlshamn UK [view profile]

Ian McIntosh [view profile]

Members

Federation of Migros Cooperatives [view profile]

Umberto Villars [view profile]

IOI Group (Malaysia/Netherlands) [view profile] /

Don Grubba [view profile]

Cadbury Schweppes plc

Tony Lass [view profile]

The Body Shop International [view profile]

Rikke Netterstrom [view profile]

WWF-Indonesia [view profile]

Fitrian Ardiansyah [view profile]

Oxfam GB [view profile]

Johan Verburg [view profile]

Sawit Watch [view profile]

Rudy Lumuru [view profile]

HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad [view profile]

Simon Harris [view profile]

Co-operative Insurance Society [view profile]

Samantha Lacey [view profile]

FELDA [view profile]

Mohd Nor Kailany [view profile]


 

Secretariat

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Secretariat commenced operations on 3 May 2004 at the Mont Kiara Business Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The Secretariat comprises of RSPO's Secretary-General, Mr Andrew Ng [view profile], Ms Aeimelia Kalsom [view profile] and Mr Lim Si-Siew [view profile]. Our Indonesia Liaison Officer is Ms Desi Kusumadewi [view profile].

The Secretariat is responsible for:

  • Organization of RSPO Executive Board Meetings

  • Organization and coordination of Roundtable meetings and General Assemblies

  • Service to members

  • RSPO project support

  • Coordination of Technical Groups (TG)

  • Communications

  • Networking with other organizations/institutions

  • Financial management

  • Recruitment of new members

How to reach us:

RSPO Secretariat
Mont Kiara Business Centre
Suite D-03-01, Plaza Mont Kiara
2, Jalan Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel  : +603-6411 8803
Fax : +603-6411 8828

www.rspo.org
  rspo@rspo.org

 

RSPO Indonesia Liaison Office
c/o Komisi Minyak Sawit Indonesia
Departemen Pertanian
Direktorat Jenderal Perkebunan
Gedung C Lt. 5 Ruang 504
Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 Ragunan
Jakarta 12550, Indonesia

Tel : +62 21 782 7460 / 921 1003
Fax : +62 21 782 7460

www.rspo.org/RILO.htm

 

Finance

Budget for RSPO Secretariat (July 2004-June 2005)

Estimated Income and Expenditure

Item

Estimated Expenses

Ringgit (RM)

INCOME  

Ordinary membership fees: 50 members @ € 2,000 (RM 9,600)

480,000.00

Affiliate membership fees: 13 members @ € 250 (RM 1,200)

15,600.00

Total Income

495,600.00

EXPENDITURE

 

Capital Expenditure

10,000.00

Operating Expenditure

 

Management expenses

330,000.00

Secretariat office expenses

56,900.00

Meeting expenses

4,600.00

Traveling expenses

42,200.00

Support of RSPO projects

7,000.00

Website maintenance

3,935.00

Contingencies

5,000.00

Total expenditure

459.635.00

CREDITORS

 

Amount owing to Unilever € 13,512

(deficit from previous OC)

64,858.00

Total Expenditure + Creditors

524,493.00

Surplus of income over expenditure

35,965.00

Deficit of expenditure + creditors over income

-28,893.00

Note: Budget prepared on 22 October 2004 and € = RM 4.80

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Downloads

 

RSPO Antitrust Guidelines

[16 KB]

 

Media Statement - 2 June 2006

[16 KB]

 

Press Statement - 8 May 2004

[26 KB]

 

RSPO Statutes

[32 KB]

 

RSPO By-Laws

[56 KB]

 
RSPO Code of Conduct
[17 KB]
 


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