RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector

The document argues that the RSPO serves as a greenwashing tool for the industrial palm oil industry, failing to address a production model based on land grabbing, deforestation, and labor exploitation. It asserts that voluntary certification cannot replace state regulation and calls for a moratorium on plantation expansion and a reduction in palm oil demand.

• The RSPO has failed to transform the industrial palm oil sector into a sustainable one, instead acting as a mechanism for the industry to greenwash corporate destruction and human rights abuses while continuing to expand profits and forest loss.
• The industrial palm oil production model is characterized by large-scale monocultures, the use of agrotoxins, precarious labor conditions, and the violent seizure of land from local communities.
• The RSPO's certification principles are viewed as fundamentally flawed because they do not challenge the industry's reliance on exclusive control of vast land areas or its growth paradigm of expansion.
• Despite RSPO's claims regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and its complaint mechanisms, the document asserts that projects often proceed without community consent and that the complaint process is biased against communities, particularly in land legacy conflicts.
• Corporate control of the certified palm oil market remains dominant; in 2016, 99.6% of production was corporate-controlled and 88% of all certified palm oil originated from corporate plantations.

APA

admin (2018). RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/rspo-14-years-of-failure-to-eliminate-violence-and-destruction-from-the-industrial-palm-oil-sector/

Chicago

admin. RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector. Friends of the Earth International, 2018. https://www.foei.org/rspo-14-years-of-failure-to-eliminate-violence-and-destruction-from-the-industrial-palm-oil-sector/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=12 November 2018 |url=https://www.foei.org/rspo-14-years-of-failure-to-eliminate-violence-and-destruction-from-the-industrial-palm-oil-sector/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2018rspo, author = {admin}, title = {{RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2018}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/rspo-14-years-of-failure-to-eliminate-violence-and-destruction-from-the-industrial-palm-oil-sector/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }