Palm oil
Palm oil produced in large scale is associated with serious consequences for people and environment. The requirement secures traceability of the palm oil.
Criterion ID
11292
Criterion level
Core
Criterion type
Award criteria
Criterion text
To be awarded points or price deduction in the evaluation of the bid, the supplier shall confirm in the bid that palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm oil derivatives or palm kernel oil derivatives are produced according to:
- Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)1 or similar system, or
- Council Regulation (EC) nr 834/207 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing
Exemption:
Ingoing raw materials in the product < 1 %.
1Accepted traceability systems are: Mass Balance, Segregated and Identity Preserved. Identity preserved: palm oil from a identified certified source kept separate from other palm oil in the supply chain. Segregated: palm oil from different certified sources, kept separate from other palm oil in the supplier chain Mass balance: palm oil from certified sources mixed with other palm oil from the supply chain.
- Ecolabels fulfilling the requirement, for example:
License in accordance with Good Environmental Choice criteria for cosmetic products, version 2018:1
- Supplier declaration from the rawmaterial suppler that palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm oil derivatives or palm kernel oil derivatives are certified according to the requirement.
- Other verification ensuring that the requirement is fulfilled.
If the requirement is verified with an ecolabel, check that there is a valid license for the product in question. This can be controlled here: Good Environmental choice.
Check suppler declaration to ensure that any palm oil is certified according to the requirement. Note that palm oil may be present in the product and states as for example vegetable oil, if so ask the supplier if the vegetable oil consists palm oil.
The requirements for chemical-technical products are mainly set for the properties of products and the substances contained, and only in exceptional cases are requirements set for limiting individual specified substances. The intention with this approach is to stimulate technical development so that the environmental and health characteristics of chemical-technical products are continuously improved. Another important idea behind the criteria is to combine the lifecycle perspective with a risk perspective, in other words, focusing on aspects where there is significant risk of substances contained impacting on health or the environment. In some cases, specific relevant exceptions from the requirements are stated.
- Criterion Id
- 11292
- Criterion level
- Core
- Criterion type
- Award criteria
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Current KravID: 11292
Version date: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM