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Termination & Suspension of RSPO Membership

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has taken action against RSPO member companies / organizations for not submitting the Annual Communications of Progress (ACOP).

During the recently concluded exercise, companies / organizations that did not submit their ACOP reports faced the following action:

  • Termination: Non-submission of ACOP reports for three (3) consecutive years

  • Suspension: Non-submission of ACOP reports for two (2) consecutive years

Companies / organizations that have had their RSPO membership terminated will have all membership privileges revoked. This includes their RSPO Trademark License, their certificates and / or trade of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO), which will cease to be valid with immediate effect (16 February 2015).

Terminated Members

Company Membership sector Country
Brossard Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
SOFIVO Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Traou Mad SAS Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Foundation Environmental or Nature Conservation Organisations (Non Governmental Organisations) Indonesia
PT Jaya Mandiri Sukses Oil Palm Growers Indonesia
EFKO Food Ingredients LLC Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Russia
Equatorial Trading Ltd Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders South Africa
Essent Energy Trading BV Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Netherlands
Jin Wei (M) Sdn Bhd Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Malaysia
Nexsol (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Malaysia
Oleo-fats, Incorporated Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Philippines
Pavlos N Pettas S.A. Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Greece
PT Hap Chuan Trading Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Indonesia
Refinadora Nacional de Aceites Y Grasas S.A. Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Colombia
STORIMPEX Unternehmensgruppe Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Germany

 

Companies / organizations that have had their RSPO membership suspended will have all membership privileges revoked with immediate effect. However, there will be a grace period of 30 days before their certificates, trade and Trademark License will cease to be valid.

 

Suspended Members

Company Membership Sector Country
Aachener Printen- und Schkoladenfabrik Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co KG Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
AOR N.V. Consumer Goods Manufacturers Belgium
ARTENAY CEREALS Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Big Sister Foods Pty Ltd Consumer Goods Manufacturers Australia
Borggreve KG Zwieback und Keksfabrik Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Federation of Dutch Grocery and Food Industry Consumer Goods Manufacturers Netherlands
fit GmbH Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
H. & E. Reinert Westfälische Privat-Fleischerei GmbH Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Hain Celestial Group, Inc Consumer Goods Manufacturers United States
Herza Schokolade GmbH & Co. KG Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Honeytop Speciality Foods Consumer Goods Manufacturers United Kingdom
La Boulangere Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
McCain Foods Europe BV Consumer Goods Manufacturers Netherlands
Mulder Natural Foods Consumer Goods Manufacturers Belgium
Nataïs Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Nordgetreide GmbH & Co. KG Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Pierre Schmidt Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Plusfood BV Consumer Goods Manufacturers Netherlands
Regals De Bretagne (part of CBE group) Consumer Goods Manufacturers France
Rieber & Søn Holland BV Consumer Goods Manufacturers Netherlands
Rübezahl Schokoladen GmbH Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Samworth Brothers Consumer Goods Manufacturers United Kingdom
Sealake Industries Consumer Goods Manufacturers South Africa
Sels Oel + Fett GmbH & Co.KG Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Seventh Generation, Inc Consumer Goods Manufacturers United States
SnackPartners GmbH Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
Sun Products Corporation Consumer Goods Manufacturers United States
Tiger Tim Products Ltd Consumer Goods Manufacturers United Kingdom
Wewalka GmbH Nfg.KG Consumer Goods Manufacturers Austria
Wilhelm Reuss GmbH & Co. KG Lebensmittelwerk Consumer Goods Manufacturers Germany
PanEco Foundation Environmental or Nature Conservation Organisations (NGO) Switzerland
Asian Plantation Ltd Growers Singapore
Community Enterprise Group For Sustainable Palm Oil Production Growers Thailand
GEOFF PALM LIMITED Growers Malaysia
Taiping Sawit Enterprise Growers Malaysia
Artistic Support Sdn Bhd Processors & Traders Malaysia
Assar Refinery Services Sdn Bhd Processors & Traders Malaysia
BAY FISHING CORPORATION LIMITED Processors & Traders Bangladesh
Britz Networks Sdn. Bhd. Processors & Traders Malaysia
CELYS - Part of ALVA SAS Group Processors & Traders France
Emami Biotech Limited Processors & Traders India
Gabungan Industri Minyak Nabati Indonesia Processors & Traders Indonesia
GEMINI EDIBLES & FATS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Processors & Traders India
Grains & Fourrages S.A. Processors & Traders Switzerland
Lao Thong Seng Co. Ltd. Processors & Traders Thailand
Liaoning Huaxing Group Chemical Corp. Processors & Traders China
Marvesa Holding N.V. Processors & Traders Netherlands
Medilux oil & Fats Sdn Bhd Processors & Traders Malaysia
New Biodiesel Co., Ltd Processors & Traders Thailand
Olympic Oils Limited Processors & Traders United Kingdom
Pacific Rim Plantations Services Pte Ltd Processors & Traders Singapore
PT Dua Kuda Indonesia Processors & Traders Indonesia
PT Global Interinti Industry Processors & Traders Indonesia
PT Kimia Farma (Persero) Tbk - Plant Semarang Processors & Traders Indonesia
PT Trenergy Biomasse Indonesia Processors & Traders Indonesia
PT Visichem Intiprima Processors & Traders Indonesia
Soyuz Corporation Processors & Traders Russia
SUBRAHMANYESWARA AGRO PRODUCTS PVT LTD Processors & Traders India
Viterra Inc Processors & Traders Canada
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific Social or Development Organisations (NGO) Malaysia
OLPESA Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Peru