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Press Release: GPSNR General Assembly 2021

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In new industry agreement, Global Natural Rubber companies will report annually on their sustainability progress

 

Singapore, 15 December 2021: Members of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) convened their annual General Assembly, which saw the approval of a set of detailed sustainability reporting parameters that all members will be required to complete annually from 2022 onwards. This will standardize sustainability reporting in the natural rubber industry, as many GPSNR member companies have already included strong sustainability commitments  in their natural rubber production and procurement policies.  

As GPSNR member companies account for about 50% of global natural rubber volume, their ability to transparently report on the same sustainability standards will aid a structural change in the industry to ensure harmonised sustainability reporting becomes the norm. 

“This is a tremendous milestone for the Platform and for the natural rubber industry. In our third annual General Assembly, we have moved further towards developing a model that helps our members ensure that their products and services are delivered in alignment with GPSNR’s principles, and can be monitored for continuous improvement. The reporting requirements have been agreed upon by upstream and downstream industry stakeholders as well as civil society players to ensure accountability. This serves as a testament to our model of driving sustainability, equity and fairness through multi stakeholder collaborations.’’ said GPSNR Director Stefano Savi. 

GPSNR’s third virtual General Assembly drew more than 120 attendees, including members of the Platform, partners and invited guests. In addition to voting on resolutions like the reporting requirements, GPSNR members also elected representatives to the 2021-2022 Executive Committee, which comprises representatives from each of the membership categories. 

Access the reporting requirements here. 

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About GPSNR: 

GPSNR is an international membership driven platform set up to define sustainability for the natural rubber value chain. It brings together various stakeholders to a common ground based on fairness, equity and environmental sustainability. More on sustainablenaturalrubber.org

For more information, please contact:

Bani Bains

Communications Manager

Email: bani.bains@gpsnr.org

Ph: +65 97268165

 

GPSNR Staff December 15, 2021

PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Feedback on National Risk Assessments

As part of the ongoing development of the assurance model, the Secretariat has commissioned national risk assessments that will support members in the implementation of GPSNR’s assurance system. We are now opening a public consultation to solicit feedback on these risk assessments.

Please note that the risk assessments provided through this consultation are initial drafts prepared by an external consultant and their contents do not reflect the view of GPSNR or symbolize an endorsement by any of its members. This public consultation will gather feedback to improve the drafts for subsequent review within GPSNR.

The risk assessments are available for review here. Please note that the validation sheets contain identical content to the risk assessment forms.

We invite members and stakeholders to provide their feedback on the relevant countries using the feedback sheets available here. Kindly ensure that all feedback is submitted by the 28th of August.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@gpsnr.org. We appreciate your input.


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GPSNR Secretariat July 24, 2024
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