Following the announcement made in July 2018 on the applicability of the Hak Guna Usaha (HGU) in the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) Certification, the RSPO Board of Governors (BoG) in their March 2020 meeting had agreed on the following:
- For Initial Certification (IC), the Unit of Certification (UoC) must have HGU and IUP (Izin Usaha Perkebunan) permits or other acceptable legal alternatives, as defined in the National Interpretation.
- For Recertification (RC) audits, the UoC can continue with their certification provided that adequate genuine evidence that the company is taking actions to move towards obtaining the HGU is available and it must comply with all the requirements at the time.
- Surveillance audits on UoC can continue as announced earlier.
These requirements are effective from the date of this announcement. The BoG will review the application of this decision and provide further guidance in the future. For more information, please contact [email protected]
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RSPO Update: Pernyataan tentang Hak Guna Usaha (HGU)
Setelah pengumuman yang dibuat pada bulan Juli 2018 tentang keberlakuan HGU dalam Sertifikasi P&C RSPO, Dewan Gubernur RSPO (BoG) dalam pertemuan mereka di bulan Maret 2020 telah menyetujui hal-hal berikut:
- Untuk Sertifikasi Awal (Initial Certification), Unit Sertifikasi harus memiliki HGU dan IUP atau alternatif hukum lain yang dapat diterima sebagaimana didefinisikan dalam Interpretasi Nasional; dan
- Untuk audit Sertifikasi Ulang (Recertification), Unit Sertifikasi dapat melanjutkan sertifikasi mereka selama tersedia bukti nyata yang memadai bahwa perusahaan telah mengambil langkah untuk mendapatkan HGU dan harus mematuhi semua persyaratan pada saat itu.
- Audit pengawasan (Surveillance Audit) dapat dilanjutkan sebagaimana tercantum dalam pengumuman sebelumnya
Persyaratan ini berlaku sejak tanggal diumumkan dan BoG akan meninjau penerapan keputusan ini dan memberikan panduan lebih lanjut di masa mendatang. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, silahkan hubungi [email protected]
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