Palm oil is the highest-yielding vegetable oil in the world and can be used in a variety of ways. Oil palms produce an average of 3.25 tonnes per hectare (t/ha), making them the leader in vegetable oil production. The natural properties of the oil fruit make foods heat-stable and the fat serves as a carrier of flavours and vitamins.
Why should palm oil be RSPO-certified?
In addition to its use as cooking oil, palm oil is contained in many other products. If palm oil cultivation is not carried out sustainably, this has far-reaching negative consequences for people, the environment and wildlife. The non-profit organisation ‘Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’ (RSPO) was therefore founded in 2004 on the initiative of the WWF.
What is the RSPO?
The members of the non-profit organisation RSPO are stakeholders along the entire supply chain, such as oil producers, processors and NGOs. Currently, 4,038 companies have been certified according to the RSPO standard.
‘At the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), we have a simple goal: a sustainable palm oil industry.’
If you decide in favour of sustainable palm oil certification, you integrate eco-social goals into your production. In doing so, you send an important signal to your customers in favour of sustainable palm oil production and benefit from it: customers are becoming increasingly conscious consumers, as the study ‘Analysis of the palm oil sector in Germany in 2019’ by Forum Nachhaltiges Palmöl (FONAP) e.V. shows.
With RSPO certification
you fulfil customer requirements
Gain credibility through an independent audit
Improve your reputation by promoting the RSPO goals
We have been working with GUTcert since 2014. All questions regarding RSPO certification will be answered quickly and precisely by competent contact persons.
We will be happy to provide you with a customised offer or answer any questions you may have. As a subsidiary of the AFNOR Group, we offer our services worldwide.
Audit preparation before the audit begins
During the entire RSPO certification process, your contact persons in the Supply Chain Certification team will be available to you.
List of outsourced activities (if applicable)
RSPO membership number (initial certification)
RSPO Palm Trace Number (initial certification)
Main audit
We will find the right auditors for you for the RSPO certification process.
You will receive an audit plan in advance of the main audit. The audit is carried out on site and supplemented with a tour of the company. After the opening meeting, the processes and procedures are audited in accordance with the requirements of the RSPO SCC standard.
Issue of certificate
Once the RSPO certification process has been successfully completed and all non-conformities have been closed, the certificate can be issued.
In addition to the certificate, you also receive a Palm Trace licence, which is reviewed every year in the review audit.
After five years (1 certification audit, 4 review audits) the cycle is completed and recertification must be arranged. We will be happy to provide you with a quote for this.
1st - 4th verification audit
Four annual verification audits for compliance with the RSPO SCC requirements by a GUTcert auditor on site
Annual renewal of the PalmTrace licence by GUTcert
Continuous optimisation of RSPO processes by the company
Recertification
Recertification audit before the end of the 5-year certification period
Why RSPO certification with GUTcert?
Together for more sustainability: We are here for you!
We offer a professionally competent and comprehensible RSPO audit certified by the ASI and DAkkS.
Our experienced and highly qualified auditors will successfully support you in the RSPO certification process.
Our team of experts is always on hand to answer your questions and problems and to support you in preparing for and conducting the audit.
Um die Zertifizierung und Rückverfolgbarkeit von nachhaltigem Palmöl zu optimieren, wird zum Jahresende die bisherige Online-Plattform „Palmtrace“ ersetzt.
Für Interessierte und Einsteiger – lernen Sie in unserem Webinar die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Zertifizierung von nachhaltigem Palmöl nach dem RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard kennen.
Für Interessierte und Einsteiger – lernen Sie in unserem Webinar die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Zertifizierung von nachhaltigem Palmöl nach dem RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard kennen.
RSPO Rules on Market Communications and Claims Version 2022 werden verpflichtend
Im Oktober des letzten Jahres hat der RSPO die neue Version der „RSPO Rules on Market Communications and Claims“ veröffentlicht. Am 2. Oktober 2023 endet die 12-monatige Übergangsphase.
