PUBLIC CONSULTATION: GPSNR’s Assurance Model

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To develop and implement an assurance system that will support GPSNR in demonstrating its long-term positive impact on the natural rubber industry and help GPSNR members companies validate their sustainability claims and commitments, GPSNR is conducting a 60 day public consultation from 1 May to 30 June 2024 on the three of the four mandatory elements of its Assurance Model. This includes the Assurance Assessment Checklist, Assurance Protocol, and Remediation Protocol. The Assurance Assessment Checklist captures the themes and minimum requirements that were previously discussed during the platform’s in-person meetings in February 2024. The Members Journey Model (MJM) can be found here, the MJM has already been developed and is being put forward for vote at the upcoming Extraordinary General Assembly. The Members Journey Model outlines the development path that members are expected to take once they join GPSNR.




GPSNR Assurance Model Structure (pending Extraordinary General Assembly vote)

 

After the consultation, the GPSNR Secretariat will review the comments from this public consultation, feedback from the GPSNR in-person meetings in June, and the learnings from the Assurance Model pilots which will be ongoing till July 31st and make necessary changes. A second 30-day consultation will be conducted after the documents have been revised in Q3 of 2024.

 

Any feedback on the documents should be added to this file by 30 June 2024.

 

Document Name

Link 

Feedback Link 

Assurance Assessment Checklist 

Linked here

See here

Assurance Protocol 

Linked here

Remediation Protocol 

Linked here

Public Consultation on GPSNR AM Structure

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GPSNR Working Groups Update: October 2021

It’s been a busy month, to say the least! If you haven’t had the chance to take stock of everything that has happened, here is the update: 

Strategy and Objectives Working Group

After conducting 2 sessions of the Theory of Change (ToC) Workshop last  month, the Strategy and Objectives working group will soon finalise the ToC document and potentially identify new strategies for GPSNR. They are also working on developing a Request for Proposals for the Economic Risk Study. If you are interested in working on this RFP, please let Aidan know (aidan@gpsnr.org)

Smallholder Representation Working Group

After three successful smallholder onboarding workshops for smallholders from Indonesia, India and Cambodia over the last two months, the working group is formally incorporating new smallholders from the three countries as GPSNR members. 28 new smallholders from Indonesia have already been accepted as members. The group will also be conducting onboarding workshops for Sri Lanka, Thailand and Ivory Coast, and is facilitating smallholder EC nominations ahead of the 2021 General Assembly on 14th December.

Policy Toolbox Working Group

As the General Assembly of 2021 comes closer, the group has met numerous times in October to finalize the Reporting Requirements. . 

Capacity Building Working Group

After finalising the agroforestry position paper via the Agroforestry Task Force, the Capacity Building Working Group is busy finalising the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), a system to monitor impacts of capacity building activities, implementation plans for Ivory Coast and Indonesia as well as developing key deliverables and milestones for the Thailand national sub working group. 

Traceability and Transparency Working Group

This working group is conducting member consultations on the recently developed Traceability Benchmark, and will provide recommendations on the same to the EC based on traceability studies from last year. At the same time, they are developing a TOR for a new working group on risk assessment.

Shared Responsibility Working Group

The group has discussed and explored solutions to identified root causes for each focus area of shared responsibility. It is also continuing to draft activities and a framework for Shared Responsibility for integration into other processes such as the Implementation Guidance, which will include consultations with GPSNR members and WGs to ensure alignment on Shared Responsibility for the platform. 

GPSNR Staff October 26, 2021

Legality Studies for Thailand and Indonesia

GPSNR has completed a pair of legality studies that describe the relevant laws and regulations of Thailand and Indonesia that are relevant to smallholder rubber farmers. This work was produced by the European Forest Institute (EFI) with the financial support of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR). These documents were produced in close collaboration with local legal and rubber industry experts contracted by EFI. 

The legality matrix in these studies considers the applicable legislation for smallholders and also outlines typical compliance issues related to land and land-use rights, environmental protection, third parties’ rights, labor rights, human rights, and child labor. In addition, the documents also highlight the key obligations that farmers need to fulfill to ensure compliance with all relevant laws.

If you are a GPSNR member, you can access these by logging on the Members Portal here. 

If you are not a member and would like to access the studies, please write to us at info@gpsnr.org.

 

GPSNR Secretariat September 13, 2024

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