23/01/2009 (AgriMarket.Info) - Wilmar International Limited, Asia’s leading agribusiness group, announced on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, that its wholly-owned Business Unit, PPB Oil Palms Berhad, has been awarded the certification for sustainable palm oil production, in accordance with the rigorous standards of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Three of its mills have been awarded the RSPO certification, which collectively produce approximately 123,000 metric tones of sustainable crude palm oil annually from their supply base of four plantations of more than 19,400 hectares of Sabah, East Malaysia.

The RSPO certification is a voluntary system aimed at promoting sustainable palm oil development, taking into account economic, environmental and social aspects of palm oil production in a balanced way.

The award is a testament of Wilmar’s strong commitment towards sustainable palm oil production, based on sound management and active engagement with the different stakeholders in the palm oil supply chain. Wilmar hopes to achieve certification for all its mill operations within the next four years.

Wilmar is a parent company of Ukrainian “Delta Wilmar CIS” Ltd. (Yuzhniy, Odessa region), the first tropical oil processing and transshipment complex in CIS region.