24th December, 2012
TAWAU: The Sabah State Government wants to see more palm oil sector players in the state, including small estates, subscribing to the production of sustainably produced palm oil under the ambit of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said by following theRSPO, the scope of palm oil related activities and palm oil related industrial sectors could truly attest to the Malaysian-produced certified sustainable palm oil.
“Global demand, in particular from the European Union and the United States, demands sustainably produced palm oil…I hope East Malaysia Planters’ Association (EMPA) members are responsive to the sustainability requirements, and are making progress in producing certified sustainabale palm oil,” he said.
Musa stressed this in his speech text delivered by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin at the EMPA Annual Dinner here on Saturday night.
The RSPO was formed in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders.
RSPO is a not-for-profit, market-led association that represents stakeholders from seven sectors of the palm oil industry – oil palm producers, palm oil processors or traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation NGOs and social or developmental NGOs – to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil.
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