ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA

Date: 23rd & 24th November 2021

Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

Platform: Zoom

(link will be given to registered participants)

Register link: https://bit.ly/WebinarConservation01

E-certificate will be provided to all the registered participants

During the revision process, MPOCC as the scheme owner of the MSPO Certification Scheme was requested to develop a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Guidelines for the upcoming Revised MSPO Standards. The aim of the SIA guidelines was to identify the SIA requirements for different actors to comply with the parts of the MSPO Standard. Draft 1 of the SIA Guidelines was developed and subsequently reviewed by the SIA Committee which consisted of 5 experts from the palm oil industry. Their inputs were then incorporated into Draft 2 of the SIA guidelines which will be circulated for public comment

This circular is intended to provide further clarification on the verification of the MSPO Logo usage by the Certificate Holders during MSPO Certification Audits by all the Accredited Certification Bodies (ACBs) and Non-Accredited Certification Bodies (CBs). The additional requirements stipulated in this circular shall be applied referring to the existing MSPO Scheme requirements as follows

Referring to the latest announcement by the Government on the interstate travel approval for fully vaccinated individual “Pergerakan rentas negeri – dibenarkan bagi yang lengkap vaksin” on the 11th October 2021, the Accredited Certification Bodies (ACBs) and Certification Bodies (CBs) shall in their best position strive to ensure that an on-site audit by the Audit Team be conducted.