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Jurisdictional Working Group (JWG)

The RSPO aims to leverage its impact in making sustainable palm oil the norm. Aside from the conventional approach to certification where the focus is on the mill and its supply base, RSPO is looking to upscale this approach to a jurisdictional level. In the context of sustainable oil, this will involve the certification of the production and processing of oil palm products at the jurisdictional level that uses a particular model of jurisdictional landscape development.

Due to the scale and complexity of this approach, the proposed system shall be credible and robust enough to enable the whole jurisdiction to comply with RSPO standards. Hence, the establishment of a Jurisdictional Working Group (JWG) was endorsed by the Board of Governors in March 2018.

The Working Group had it first meeting in May 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, to discuss the action plan including:

  • Providing high-level guidance on all work related to the jurisdictional approach to RSPO certification, focused on the development of an approach centered around local applicability, acceptance by the market, and pragmatic development over time;
  • Ensuring alignment and information exchange with current JA initiatives to identify best and worst practices;
  • Striving for JA pilots to provide feedback, and, as much as possible implement the guidance developed by the WG.

MEMBERS (SUBSTANTIVE) as of July 2021

Dr. Glyn Davies (co-chair)

WWF-Malaysia

Sander van den Ende (co-chair)

SIPEF

Alagendran Maniam

Sime Darby

Audrey Lee

Olam International Limited

John Watts

INOBU

Jon Hixson

YUM’s Brand

Kaixiang, Chin

Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.

Kuan Chun, Lee

Procter & Gamble

Marcus Colchester

Forest Peoples Programme

Paul Wolvekamp

Both ENDS

Sian Choo, Lim

Bumitama Agri Ltd

Sutiyana

FORTASBI

Maria Amparo Alban

FEDAPAL

 

 

MEMBERS (ALTERNATE) as of July 2021

Balu Perumal

Malaysian Nature Society

Rauf Prasodjo

Unilever

Putra Agung

Rainforest Alliance

Rob Nicholls

Musim Mas

Tom Lomax

Forest Peoples Programme

Wahyu W. Wigati

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd