SYNOPSIS

The backbone of the Head of Certification at Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) scheme is the certification in upstream and downstream activity of member organisations. This ensures that the chain of custody is intact and that end users can be guaranteed the use of sustainable oil palm products. The consequences of being certified is an annual audit in which the members are audited against the agreed standards. The standard for the plantations and oil mills vary from environmental, technical, human rights to management settings and are defined in the Principles and Criteria (P&C) of RSPO.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Jan started his career in Unilever and worked in the oils and fats industry even since. He worked in the Netherlands, United States, UK and Russia. After working in South Africa, Jan decided to settle in Malaysia.

Jan joined RSPO as Supply Chain Manager in 2013 and was appointed as the Head of Certification in 2015.  In his current role, he oversees all aspects of certification in RSPO and responsible for training activities by the RSPO endorsed trainers. Jan was a member of the original RSPO Criteria Working Group and later a member of the P&C Review Task Force. Prior to joining RSPO, he was the vice-president of Soyuz Corporation based in Kaliningrad, Russia.