{"id":6825,"date":"2023-08-16T13:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/changes-to-the-rspo-supply-chain-certification-standard\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:44:30","slug":"changes-to-the-rspo-supply-chain-certification-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/changes-to-the-rspo-supply-chain-certification-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the RSPO supply chain certification standard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6825\" class=\"elementor elementor-6825 elementor-4994\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4296f18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4296f18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-654df83\" data-id=\"654df83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b98205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-vankine-title-v1\" data-id=\"0b98205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vankine-title-v1.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t                    <div class=\"section_title type_one\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"title_whole\">\r\n                                            <h3 class=\"title\"> In February 2020, the new RSPO standards were published, which were updated following a significant review of the standard requirements to improve the RSPO supply chain certification process and associated procedures. The updated standards reinforce the principles of traceability and confidence in the compliance of RSPO raw materials with the same supply chain.   <\/h3>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n            \r\n\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f479013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-vankine-text-editor-v1\" data-id=\"f479013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vankine-text-editor-v1.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t   <div class=\"position-relative position_p_relative\">\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a209c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-vankine-list-items-v1\" data-id=\"a209c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vankine-list-items-v1.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t \r\n    <div class=\"position-relative\">\r\n    <ul class=\"list_box list\">\r\n            <li>\r\n            <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n                                           \r\n                                                                                            <div class=\"icon trans\">\r\n                                        <i aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\r\n                                \t\r\n                        \t\r\n                \r\n                                    <a class=\"links\" href=\"#\"   >\r\n                \nMajor changes in supply chain pattern                <\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n         \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02eaf1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-vankine-text-editor-v1\" data-id=\"02eaf1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vankine-text-editor-v1.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t   <div class=\"position-relative position_p_relative\">\r\n        <p><span lang=\"en-GB\">- A company receiving RSPO certified palm oil products should verify every month that the products are indeed certified to the RSPO standard (by checking the validity of the supplier's certificate or the agent\/distributor's licence via the RSPO website) or using the RSPO platform (Palm Trace) by viewing the corresponding accounting transactions.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"en-GB\">- Participants involved in primary supplies (i.e. buying directly from mills) are required to publish and regularly update, every six months, the list of mills (certified and non-certified). The list must include relevant information on the printing processes, such as name, GPS coordinates, parent company, country and mill identification number according to the International Mill List (UML ID). <\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"en-GB\">- The RSPO certificate is valid for five years and provides the required permission for a company to trade its products through the RSPO IT platform (PalmTrace) provided that a successful audit is completed each year. The certificate is only valid if the licence is active on the RSPO IT (PalmTrace) platform.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"en-GB\">- The entry of accounting movements in the RSPO IT (PalmTrace) platform by the supply chain actors mentioned in point 5.7.1 should be recorded within 3 months.<\/span><\/p><p lang=\"en-GB\"><br \/><br \/><\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"en-GB\">The RSPO SCC Standards 2020 and RSPO SCC Systems 2020 are effective immediately (1\/2\/2020) with a transition period of twelve months. All audits from February 1, 2021 onwards will be conducted in accordance with these standards.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Obtain the new standards:<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/library\/lib_files\/preview\/1045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSPO Supply Chain Standard 2020<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/library\/lib_files\/preview\/1044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSPO Supply Chain Certification System Documents<\/a><\/p><p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/news-and-events\/announcements\/revised-rspo-supply-chain-certification-standard-and-systems-documents-endorsed\">https:\/\/rspo.org\/news-and-events\/announcements\/revised-rspo-supply-chain-certification-standard-and-systems-documents-endorsed<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2020, the new RSPO standards were published&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6829,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825\/revisions\/6829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmcert.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}