MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

It is an honour to be meeting with the RSPO global partnership once again in Kuala Lumpur for the 22nd General Assembly (GA22). Since gathering last year, RSPO has charted meaningful progress, aligned with our vision to make palm oil sustainable. Our collaboration across borders has been critical to building solutions for a more sustainable and inclusive sector.

Our strong momentum continues year after year, as we deepen our engagement with key markets and emerging regions. As of July 2025, RSPO membership reached a new milestone, counting 6,188 members across 105 countries and territories. The adoption of the 2024 Principles and Criteria (P&C) and Independent Smallholder (ISH) Standards, as well as the ongoing review of the companion Supply Chain Certification Standard, affirm our shared dedication to keep raising the bar to ensure that sustainable palm oil production, sourcing and trade remains environmentally and socially responsible.

During the year, we stepped up in our digital transformation journey with the launch of prisma by RSPO, the latest generation of RSPO's evolving IT systems. prisma was designed to support RSPO Members in strengthening market and regulatory compliance through enhanced data credibility, transparency, and end-to-end traceability – responding to the emerging legislative frameworks around the world.

Looking to the future – recognising that the sustainable palm sector is at a turning point as expectations around transparency and trust continue to grow, we are also driven by a renewed sense of urgency to deliver meaningful change. Following RT2025, one of the key items on our agenda at this year’s Assembly is a resolution to amend the RSPO Statutes in line with the implementation of RSPO’s new governance structure. This represents a landmark in our ongoing commitment to good governance, following an extensive review process initiated in 2023. This resolution could potentially reshape the way RSPO is governed, ensuring our organisation remains responsive to real-world challenges and representative of our diverse global membership.

I encourage each of you to reflect on RSPO’s journey so far – our milestones as much as our critical challenges – and act purposefully and in synergy, to ensure that what we’ve built over the past two decades only becomes stronger with each passing year.

I remain grateful and inspired by the dedication of our global kinship, and wish for a successful GA22!

Joseph JD D’Cruz
Chief Executive Officer, RSPO

MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS

Dear Fellow RSPO Members,

It is a genuine honour to welcome you all once again to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as we gather for the 22nd RSPO General Assembly. It was in Kuala Lumpur where we first set out on our sustainability journey two decades ago, and it is here where we set our sights towards the future as the RSPO grows with each passing year. We now count over 6,200 members globally, surpassing a new milestone that underscores the growing influence of our global partnership.

Continuous improvement is central to RSPO’s mission. As we continue to expand, it is vital that we hold a mirror to ourselves and carefully examine which areas of our operational structure need strengthening and which of those require greater clarity.

On the table at this year’s GA are two new resolutions that have been the outcome of the recently concluded governance review, a meticulous and thorough process carried out over two years, which has distinguished clearer roles among the different branches of RSPO’s governance. Following this review, consensus was reached on proposed Statute changes that will introduce a new Executive Committee (ExCo) to the RSPO’s governance structure. Driven by much-needed governance-level expertise, this proposed Committee will provide oversight in key areas of our work, including finance, human resources, digital transformation, and technology. We firmly believe that this initiative will help strengthen RSPO’s operational efficiency and effectiveness, while adopting a future-focused governance model anchored in global best practices.

We continue to work to ensure that RSPO remains resilient, agile, and well-positioned to meet the evolving expectations of our members and stakeholders worldwide. We are deeply grateful for your continued support and commitment, and we look forward to shaping this next chapter of our global partnership together.

Anne Rosenbarger and José Roberto Montenegro Baide
Co-Chairpersons, RSPO GA22