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.
JWG Terms of Reference & Meeting Minutes
MEMBERS (SUBSTANTIVE) as of July 2021
Dr. Glyn Davies (co-chair)
WWF-Malaysia
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Sander van den Ende (co-chair)
SIPEF
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Alagendran Maniam
Sime Darby
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Audrey Lee
Olam International Limited
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John Watts
INOBU
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Jon Hixson
YUM’s Brand
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Kaixiang, Chin
Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.
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Kuan Chun, Lee
Procter & Gamble
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Marcus Colchester
Forest Peoples Programme
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Paul Wolvekamp
Both ENDS
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Sian Choo, Lim
Bumitama Agri Ltd
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Sutiyana
FORTASBI
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Maria Amparo Alban
FEDAPAL
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MEMBERS (ALTERNATE) as of July 2021
Balu Perumal
Malaysian Nature Society
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Rauf Prasodjo
Unilever
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Putra Agung
Rainforest Alliance
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Rob Nicholls
Musim Mas
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Tom Lomax
Forest Peoples Programme
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Wahyu W. Wigati
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd
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