RTRS and GMP+ sign responsible soy certification agreement

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

22-Jan-2013 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 19:23 GMT

The Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) and Netherlands-based certification agency GMP+ International have signed a cooperation agreement in order to speed uptake of certified responsible soy and simplify the certification process.

RTRS hails one million tonnes of certified responsible soy

15-Jan-2013

The Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) has reached a milestone of one million tonnes certified under the scheme during its second year of certification.

Dutch companies to double use of sustainable soy from 2011 levels

05-Dec-2012

Dutch food companies and trade organisations have signed agreements with Brazilian growers to double the supply of RTRS-certified soy to the Netherlands from 2011 levels, according to the Foundation for Responsible Soy Transition.

‘Name and shame’ irresponsible palm oil producers, says Singapore ambassador-at-large

02-Nov-2012

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Palm oil producers who use fire to clear land for plantations should be named and shamed, urged Professor Tommy Koh, ambassador-at-large for Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs and keynote speaker at the RSPO meeting in Singapore this week.