…[M]embers of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) voted with a vast majority to raise the bar for their certification standard, the RSPO Principles & Criteria (P&C)…[s]takeholders are already arguing over the merits of the revision: Greenpeace calls the revision ‘Too little too late, while the Malaysian Star reports that growers are disappointed with the RSPO, and WWF takes a more positive view...[T]he revised P&C go far beyond incremental changes, and introduces…significant additions: The first…is carbon…The second significant…addition is business ethics…[s]takeholders are already arguing over the merits of the revision: Greenpeace calls the revision ‘Too little too late, while the Malaysian Star reports that growers are disappointed with the RSPO, and WWF takes a more positive view...A third addition…is the inclusion of an explicit reference to Human Rights and the UN Guiding Principles...It remains to be seen whether this adds anything substantial to the existing criteria which already include the most material human rights issues on customary right, Free Prior Informed consent and ILO-style core labour standards...[M]y assessment is that the Taskforce which developed the RSPO P&C has indeed found a compromise which is robust enough to keep the standard credible in the marketplace, whilst not creating to vast barriers for growers to stay on track to certification. [also mentions Golden Agri Resources, REA Holdings, NBPOL]