Announcement: Generic Checklist for audits against RSPO P&C 2013

(Only applicable to Certification Bodies that are accredited for RSPO P&C)

The RSPO Secretariat is pleased to announce that a generic audit checklist with the title of “Generic Checklist for Audits against RSPO P&C 2013”  has been developed in order to support and provide guidance to auditors in assessing compliance of each requirement.

There are in this document:

Section 1 – Template for Records

Section 2 – P&C Checklist

Section 3 – Checklist for Supply Chain Audit of the Mill

Section 4 – Checklist on elements stipulated in the RSPO System Document

Certification Bodies (CBs) that are accredited for RSPO P&C are strongly encourage to adopt this document for any new audits as well as annual surveillance audits (ASAs) and incorporate the additional requirements of the NIs into the checklist. .

The “Generic Checklist for Audits against RSPO P&C 2013” is available HERE.

For further clarification, please contact Salahudin Yaacob, Technical Director of RSPO  ([email protected]); Jan Van Driel, Head of Certification of RSPO ([email protected]) or Eileen Chiang, Certification Executive of RSPO ([email protected]).