Malaysian government to launch RSPO rival for palm oil certification

The Malaysian government is developing its own certification system for palm oil production, potentially creating another rival to the certification system run by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), reports Malaysia's Business Times.

Speaking in Australia, Malaysian Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said the government is in the "preliminary stage" of developing a sustainability standard for palm oil production to counter tighter standards being pushed by the RSPO.