The 13th Annual General Assembly (GA13) of members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, 10 November 2016 at 1500 hours (GMT+7).
A summary of voters and the voting results of GA13 are listed below.
Attendance and E-Voters
| Sector |
Physical |
Proxy |
E-Vote |
Totals |
| Oil Palm Growers |
33 |
4 |
1 |
38 |
| Oil Palm Grower (Rest of the world) |
14 |
3 |
11 |
28 |
| Palm Oil Processors & Traders |
38 |
4 |
19 |
61 |
| Consumer Goods Manufacturers |
18 |
10 |
6 |
34 |
| Retailers |
5 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
| Banks and Investors |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| Environmental and Conservation NGOs |
15 |
2 |
7 |
24 |
| Social or Development Organization (NGOs) |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| TOTALS |
136 |
29 |
49 |
214 |
VOTING RESULTS OF ITEMS AND RESOLUTIONS AT GA13
| Agenda Item/Resolutions |
Voting Results |
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Agenda Item 5:
To receive and adopt the Treasurer’s Report and the RSPO’s Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 2016.
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Approved:
For - 197
Against - 4
Abstain – 13
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Resolution 6a:
To confirm the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the auditors of RSPO for the financial year ending 30 June 2017 |
Approved:
For - 190
Against - 2
Spoilt - 5
Abstain - 17
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Resolution 6b:
Resolution to adopt “Non-discriminatory entitlement and responsibility for RSPO members under a specific sector or membership category
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Approved:
For - 107
Against - 90
Abstain - 17
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Resolution 6c:
Resolution to adopt "no change of key documents for fixed period of time"
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Rejected:
For - 88
Against - 117
Spoilt - 1
Abstain - 8
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Resolution 6d:
Assuring effectively planned, implemented and monitored compensation projects in “remediation and compensation procedure” of the RSPO
|
Approved:
For - 134
Against - 68
Spoilt – 1
Abstain - 11
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Resolution 6e:
Protecting human rights defenders, whistleblowers, complainants and community spokespersons |
Approved:
For - 169
Against - 38
Abstain - 7
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Resolution 6f:
Resolution to review and amendment of the updated New Planting Procedure process as applied to smallholders
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Approved:
For - 159
Against - 35
Abstain - 20
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Resolution 6g:
Temporary exemption from the RSPO New Planting Procedure for Smallholders
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Withdrawn
|
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Resolution 6h:
Suspension of the RSPO Management System Requirements and Guidance for Group Certification of FFB Production.
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Rejected:
For - 71
Against - 115
Spoilt - 1
Abstain - 27
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ELECTION OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS
| Constituents |
elected / VOTING RESULTS |
| Oil Palm Growers: |
|
| Smallholders: FELDA is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and FELDA will serve another term as no other nominations have been received. |
FELDA |
| Rest of the World: Agropalma is retiring and is not available for re-election. Nominations were received from SIPEF and Agrocaribe. Election among the Oil Palm Growers – Rest of the World sub-sector will therefore be held and only members in the sub-sector are eligible to vote. |
Agrocaribe |
| SIPEF |
10 |
| Agrocaribe |
18 |
| Processors & Traders: |
AAK AB |
| AAK AB is retiring and available for re-election. One nomination was received from Industrial Danec S.A.. Industrial Danec withdrew its nomination therefore there will be no election for this sector and AAK AB will serve another term. |
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| Consumer Goods Manufacturers |
Mondelez International Inc. |
| Mondelez International Inc. is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Mondelez International Inc. will serve another term as no other nominations have been received. |
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| Retailers |
Retailer Palm Oil Group |
| Retailers Palm Oil Group is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Retailers Palm Oil Group will serve another term as no other nominations have been received. |
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| Banks & Investors |
Rabobank |
| Rabobank is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Rabobank will serve another term as no other nominations have been received. |
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| Environmental NGOs |
WWF International |
| WWF International is retiring and is available for re-election. One nomination was received from Fauna & Flora International. Election among the Environmental NGOs sector will therefore be held and only members in the sector are eligible to vote. |
WWF International |
17 |
| Fauna & Flora International |
7 |
| Social NGOs |
Both ENDS |
Both ENDS is retiring and available for re-election. There will be no election and Both ENDS will serve another term as no other nominations have been received.
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