Bangkok--23 Aug--Grayling Thailand
Univanich employees and representatives of the Univanich-PlaiPraya Community Enterprise Group recently celebrated an export milestone at Laemphong Port in Krabi. They were celebrating the company’s first shipment of certified sustainable palm oil - under the strict sustainability standards set by the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) — to customers in Hamburg, Germany.
The export milestone is also significant for the 160 members of the Community Enterprise Group which was recently recognized as one of the world’s first groups of independent small farmers to achieve RSPO certification of their palm oil production.
This inaugural shipment of 1,000 tonnes of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) is expected to be the first of many to Europe, and other international markets, which offer premium prices for certified sustainability. Univanich Commercial Manager, SkulrathSiriphannonsaid the next consignment of 2,000 tonnes CSPO will also be shipped to customers in Hamburg in late August.