Chumporn Palm Oil Industry Public Company Limited (CPI) participates in Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by adhering to eight business operation principles;
1. Ethical and transparency: driving ethical business practices with transparency, building trust with stakeholders to establish sound and stable relationships.2. Act legally and respect rights: use legal requirements as a fundamental principle of control actions.
3. Increase production efficiency, effectiveness, positive impacts, and flexibility. Carry out the operation according to the plan, procedures, and systems for continuous improvement.
4. Respect communities and human rights and deliver benefits: respect community rights, give equal opportunity to all, maximize the benefits of participation and ensure remedies are compensated when necessary.
5. Support smallholder groups: include smallholder farmers in the RSPO supply chain and improve smallholder livelihoods through fair and transparent partnerships.
6. Respect workers’ rights and conditions: protect workers’ rights and ensure safe and suitable working conditions.
7. Protect, conserve and strengthen the ecosystem and environment: protect the environment, conserve biodiversity, and manage natural resources sustainably. Each principle has its own criteria, indicators, and guidelines to apply for a certification for sustainable palm oil production.
Additional Information : www.rspo.org