FILE PHOTO: A worker collects palm oil fruit inside a palm oil factory in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Samsul Said/File Photo
SUBANG JAYA: The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will release the third revision of its certification upon completion of a review with stakeholders from next month, said chief executive officer Datuk Darrel Webber on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters in Subsang Jaya, he said the new certification, expected to be launched by November 2018, would include new elements such as labour rights and sustainability.
“Our next standard should be measureable, and will also be smallholders-friendly to attract more of them to join the scheme. We will also be looking into labour rights,” he said on the sidelines of a two-day RSPO Roadshow 2017.
Also present was RSPO director (impact and evaluation) Oi Soo Chin. - Bernama
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