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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. The seat of the association is in Zurich, Switzerland, while the secretariat is currently based in Kuala Lumpur with a satellite office in Jakarta. The organization claims more than "2000 members from over 75 countries" as of 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milestones - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕 RSPO is an association under Swiss Law composed of various organizations from different 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) for the purpose of developing and implementing global standards for sustainable palm oil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Category - RSPO Members - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕 RSPO is inspired by the idea of the "roundtable" in which all members have equal rights. There are different types of membership with different membership fees: Ordinary Member, Ordinary Member (small grower), Affiliate Member, and Supply Chain Associate. Affiliate Members and Supply Chain Associates do not have voting rights in the General Assembly but Ordinary Members, and Ordinary Members who qualify as small growers do. Affiliate Members include groups such as academic organizations or individual supporters while Supply Chain Associates are organizations dealing with less than a total of 500 metric tonnes of palm oil or palm oil derivatives per year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Types of Membership - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How to Apply - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕 The organization holds an annual meeting to bring together the various stakeholders to negotiate and discuss various issues affecting the industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CHAPTER III – General Assembly meetings - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil )〕 ==Criticisms== The formation of the RSPO has not been without criticism from various sectors, especially the environmental NGOs. The main issues flagged include: the impact of palm oil plantation expansion on the orangutan population; destruction of tropical forest for the new oil palm plantation schemes in South-East Asia; and the burning and draining of large tracts of peat swamp forest in Kalimantan, Indonesia. The fact that RSPO members are allowed to clear cut pristine forest areas, when there would be large areas of Imperata grasslands (alang alang) available in e.g. Indonesia raises doubts about the commitment on sustainability, see e.g. Bumitama Agri's CSR (Corporate social responsibility) on logging practices. In 2013, the 11th annual RSPO meeting was crashed by palm oil workers and others, and Indonesian and international labour-rights groups have documented a litany of abuses, including forced labour and child labour. A 2013 study uncovered "flagrant disregard for human rights at some of the very plantations the RSPO certifies as 'sustainable. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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