RSPO suspends sustainability certification course of for FGV items
RSPO suspends sustainability certification course of for FGV items
Says FGV fails to fulfill directives from its complaints panel
FGV to enchantment RSPO resolution, search clarification
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The worldwide palm oil trade watchdog mentioned it has suspended the sustainability certification course of for some plantations of Malaysia’s FGV Holdings FGVH.KL, after the world’s largest palm oil producer failed to fulfill labour requirements.
The Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday it has additionally re-suspended the certificates of FGV’s Kilang Sawit Serting mill after “unsatisfactory” findings from audits of its palm oil processing crops and provide bases.
The RSPO first suspended certification for Kilang Sawit Serting and its provide bases in 2018 after an investigation discovered indications of compelled labour, “exploitative” labour practices, and lax oversight of contractors that rent the corporate’s international…