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  19/07/2018 | Ingredients

Sustainable palm oil body reinstates Nestlé’s membership

Three weeks after Nestlé was suspended from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for breaching its code of conduct, the food giant has been reinstated after submitting its action plan to achieve 100 % RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil by 2023. The reinstatement of Nestlé’s certificates and membership status came in a joint announcement from the Swiss food giant and the palm oil industry watchdog. Nestlé was initially suspended for failing to submit a report going through exactly how it would ensure the use of certified sustainable palm oil, an annual requirement of being an RSPO member.

According to both parties, the RSPO and Nestlé share the vision of transforming the palm oil industry for a sustainable future and they also believe that achieving this requires the entire industry to work towards greater transparency, inclusiveness, direct supply chain engagement and capacity building throughout the supply chain.

Currently, just 19 % of palm oil is globally certified by the RSPO which has 3,872 members. RSPO-certified palm oil comes from Indonesia (51 %), Malaysia (42 %), Papua New Guinea (5 %), Brazil (1 %) and Colombia (1 %).

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