Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard

● Take a more active role in shaping government policies toward supporting
sustainable palm oil – from better planning, regulation and enforcement in
producing regions, to trade and tariff systems that prevent consuming regions from
importing unsustainable palm oil.
What can
consumers do?
Brands like to create loyalty and confidence among their customers. That means you
can have an influence over them. It’s vital that consumers voice their concerns and
push brands to act on sourcing credibly-certified sustainable palm oil. Your actions can
help save some of the world’s most vital forests as well as the wildlife and communities
that depend on them.
Consumers should:
● Use this Scorecard and the accompanying website (palmoilscorecard.panda.org)
to see how well the supermarkets, manufacturing brands and food companies you
buy from are doing on palm oil. Look at how much of their palm oil use is already
covered by CSPO and what sorts of promises they are making – do they cover all of
the palm oil they use in all of the countries where they operate?
● Use the options available on the website to contact the brands – thank the best for
having started to make a difference and demand that those that are failing do more.
● Look for the RSPO logo on products you buy – choose products containing CSPO
where you can.
What can
governments do?
Governments have an important role to play in halting deforestation, both in producer
countries and in consumer countries.
What should governments in producer countries do?
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Scorecard on social
media or tweeting
directly to a company or
brand – visit
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org.
● Set a strong legislative and policy framework that halts deforestation before 2020,
while ensuring the proper implementation of existing and future laws.
● Support public-private partnerships aiming to end deforestation.
● Sign and implement the New York Declaration on Forests within its given
timeframe.
● Adhere to the OECD agriculture guidance.
● Be an active advocate globally for deforestation-free and conversion-free
commodities, as one element to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
and the Sustainable Development Goals.
What should governments in consumer countries do?
● Develop and implement effective legislative and policy frameworks ensuring that
only independently-verified sustainable palm oil is entering your markets by 2020
at the latest.
49 WWF PALM OIL BUYERS SCORECARD 2016