# UNITING TO DELIVER DEFORESTATION-FREE SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

> The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil released a position paper responding to the European Commission's forest communication. It argues that voluntary standards need government backing and regulatory action to achieve deforestation-free palm oil.

- Date: 2020-04-28 · published 2020-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53662-uniting-to-deliver-deforestation-free-sustainable-palm-oil-more-critical-than
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Industry calls for EU regulation signal possible future import requirements for palm oil, a longer-run supply-cost consideration rather than an immediate price driver.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-29 | [Palm oil and deforestation: closing the gap between commitments and actions - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72019-palm-oil-and-deforestation-closing-the-gap-between-commitments-and-actions.md) | -5.4% | -7.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-04-26 | [Gap Analysis Between RSPO P&C and EUDR - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36439-gap-analysis-between-rspo-p-and-c-and-eudr-roundtable-on-sustainable-palm-oil.md) | -10.4% | -8.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-11-07 | [Forests Week: A poster child for deforestation, palm oil is slowly moving towards sustainability - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62075-forests-week-a-poster-child-for-deforestation-palm-oil-is-slowly-moving-towards.md) | -4.4% | -5.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-04-20 | [Round tables to inform deforestation-free supply chain policy - STTC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53659-round-tables-to-inform-deforestation-free-supply-chain-policy-sttc.md) | -2.6% | -9.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2016-11-16 | [MEP calls for EU trade to tackle palm oil driven deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73862-mep-calls-for-eu-trade-to-tackle-palm-oil-driven-deforestation.md) | +0.7% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- rspo.org: https://rspo.org/uniting-to-deliver-deforestationfree-sustainable-palm-oil-more-critical-than-ever/

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