AWARD CATEGORIES
Human Rights And Labour Initiative Award
Protecting workers’ rights in oil palm plantations directly and positively contributes to RSPO’s shared impact goal of increasing sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction. This award will go to a company that has gone above and beyond the scope of RSPO’s Principles and Criteria in their commitment to labour rights. Applications for this award category will be considered for RSPO grower members with ongoing and/or completed projects with measurable impacts.
Conservation Leadership Award
This award will go to a company that has exceeded RSPO’s Principles and Criteria requirements for environmental and social stewardship. The recipient will have also demonstrated outstanding efforts in conserving, protecting, and enhancing High Conservation Value (HCV), High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas, and rare, threatened, and endangered (RTE) species. Applications will be considered for RSPO grower members with ongoing and/or completed projects with measurable impacts.
Smallholder Impact Programme Award
Smallholder inclusion is a key element of RSPO’s Participatory Approach for the Smallholder Strategy in RSPO’s Theory of Change. This award will go to an independent smallholder group that has demonstrated knowledge, capacity, and conservation efforts through certification, thus leading to improved livelihoods. Applications will be considered for RSPO certified independent smallholder groups with ongoing and/or completed projects with measurable impacts.
Community Impact Award
Managing the relationship between oil palm growers and local communities in producing regions is crucial. This award will go to a company that has demonstrated outstanding effort and initiative in protecting and improving the livelihoods, equality, and social well-being of local communities, ensuring the core sustainability commitments of RSPO are met. Applications will be considered from Ordinary members with ongoing and/or completed projects with measurable impacts.
Outstanding Achievement Award
This award will go to a company that represents our shared vision of market transformation, has shown strong commitment to promoting, producing, and/or purchasing RSPO certified sustainable palm oil, and has demonstrated outstanding efforts in realising one or more of RSPO’s goals for People, Planet, and Prosperity. Applications will be considered from Ordinary members with ongoing and/or completed projects, activities, and sustainability policies with measurable impacts.
