ANNOUNCEMENT ON 19TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA19) OF RSPO MEMBERS

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will hold its 19th General Assembly (GA19) on:

Date:   Thursday, 1 December 2022
Time:   3:00PM (GMT+8)
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

In accordance with Article 9 of the RSPO Statutes 2020, RSPO Members are now invited to submit the following:

1. NOMINATIONS (INCLUDING SELF-NOMINATIONS) FOR THE ELECTION OF THE RSPO BOARD OF GOVERNORS (BoG)
   
   Listed below are the BoG seats that are up for election. Members may be re-nominated if they wish to stand.

   Membership Sectors	Principal Members	Alternates
   Growers - Rest of the World	Agroamerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp., Jose Roberto Montenegro Baide	SIPEF, Sander Van den Ende Univanich Palm Oil Public Company Limited, John Clendon Olam Group Limited, Quentin Meunier
   Processors and/or Traders	AAK AB, Timothy Andrew Stephenson	AAK AB, Caroline Westerik-Sikking
   Consumer Goods Manufacturers	The Procter & Gamble Company, Lee Kuan-Chun	Ferrero Trading Lux S.A., Mario Abreu
   Retailers - 1	Retailers’ Palm Oil Group, Julian Walker-Palin	Royal Ahold Delhaize NV, Hugo John Byrnes
   Retailers - 2	Vacant	Vacant
   Banks and Investors - 1	Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Karen Yu	Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Martin Van Vaals
   Banks and Investors - 2	Vacant	Vacant
   Environmental NGOs	WWF International, Elizabeth Frances Clarke	HUTAN – Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme (KOCP), Harjinder Kler
   Social NGOs	Both ENDS, Paul Wolvekamp	Federasi Serikat Buruh Kehutanan, Perkebunan dan Pertanian Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia (Hukatan), Nursanna Marpaung

   
   The following people have replaced those previously elected to the positions during the past year and are up for approval:

   Membership Sectors	Principal Members	Alternates
   Growers - Malaysia	-	MPOA, Surina Ismail

   Only RSPO Ordinary Members are eligible to be nominated as candidates to represent their respective membership sector.
   
   In accordance with Article 11(d) of the RSPO Statutes 2020, the principal nominee of a BoG seat shall name their Alternate who must come from the same membership sector of the principal nominee. For the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate named in a BoG seat nomination shall be elected concurrently with the principal nominee.
   
   All candidates are required to submit a nomination including all retiring BoG members who are available to stand for re-election using the Nomination Form.
   
   All nominations must be submitted no later than 5:00PM (GMT+8), 29 September 2022 (Thursday). Please note that a strict policy will be enforced and late nominations will not be considered.
2. RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA)
   
   Ordinary Members are invited to submit resolutions for consideration by the GA. In order for the GA to meaningfully deliberate and decide on resolutions, these submissions must meet with the requirements described in the Resolution Submission Guide to facilitate proper consideration of resolutions within a fixed time frame.
   
   All resolutions must be submitted using the online Resolution Submission Form no later than 5:00PM (GMT+8), Thursday 29 September 2022. Please note that a strict policy will be enforced and late submissions will not be considered.
   
   Further information related to registration, e-voting and the hybrid GA19 process will be provided in due course. The formal Notice of General Assembly will be issued to members on 3 November 2022.
   
   We would also like to take this opportunity to remind all members to update your membership contact details and ensure settlement of any outstanding membership fees.
   
   For further information, kindly contact the RSPO Secretariat at +603 2201 4646 or email us at [email protected].

RSPO Secretariat
8 September 2022