Overview

Join us for an introduction to RSPO and its sustainability framework for the palm oil sector. The session covers its key standards, including principles and criteria (P&C), independent smallholder standard (ISH), and supply chain certification standard (SCCS), and how they drive responsible production and supply chain integrity.

Speakers

Ong Cheng Boon, Manager, Human Rights and Social Standards (HRSS)

Cheng is the decent work programme manager at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), where she leads efforts to adapt wage calculation methodologies to the RSPO-certified palm oil context, an integral first step in its revised living wage strategy.

Prior to RSPO, Cheng worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on relief and livelihood programmes, and with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on social protection and employment programmes. She holds a PhD in public policy analysis from the University of Maastricht.

A native of Malaysia and from a family of oil palm smallholders, she brings both professional expertise and personal commitment to advancing sustainable and inclusive practices in the palm oil industry.

Ashton Lim Suelee, Manager, Climate Change 

Ashton is the manager of climate change (GHG) at the RSPO Secretariat, where she leads work on GHG accounting, PalmGHG development, and climate-related standards implementation.

She has nearly nine years of experience across consulting, corporate, and industry roles, specialising in sustainability, ESG strategy, GHG accounting, and stakeholder engagement. Originally from Kuching, Sarawak, Ashton holds a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental science and technology from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Palm Oil Processing Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.