ExcelVite, a leading producer of palm phytonutrients and palm methyl ester, has obtained the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain Certification Standard (MSPO SCCS) certification after an extensive audit by Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM).
 
Implementation of MSPO SCCS is mandatory for all palm oil processing facilities, and the Malaysian government has imposed an implementation deadline of Jan. 1, 2020 to be in line with the government’s commitment on producing certified sustainable palm oil.
 
The certification process for MSPO SCCS is under the purview of the Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC), which is an independent non-profit organization established in December 2014 to develop and operate the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) Certification Scheme. 
 
This certification is an important development in ExcelVite’s Sustainability Initiative as it underscores its commitment toward ensuring that the entire value chain and production of palm oil is sustainable.
 
As part of its commitment to promote the adoption of certified sustainable palm oil, ExcelVite has also recently signed an official Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Malaysia), a national conservation trust committed to having peace between humans and nature, to assist oil palm smallholders involved in their supply chain to achieve Certified Sustainable Palm Oil certification. The palm fruit produced by these certified smallholders will eventually be used in the production of all of ExcelVite’s palm-based products.
 
“We are proud to have become one of the early adopters of the MSPO SCCS in Malaysia,” said YT Chan, quality assurance manager at ExcelVite. “As a Supply Chain Certificate holder, we are committed to implement all the elements and criteria as stipulated in the MSPO SCCS protocol and it is encouraging to learn that our effort in implementing the MSPO SCCS has been positively affirmed.”
 
“I am delighted that we achieved another milestone in our sustainability initiative by being MSPO SCCS-certified,” said WH Leong, CEO of ExcelVite. “Our incoming feedstocks are certified sustainable from these plantations and smallholders. These are the groups that we need to pay attention to and assist when it comes to sustainability.”
 
“The market has a negative perception on oil palm,” said Bryan See, business development manager of ExcelVite. “The fact is that the palm oil itself and the small holders are innocent and caught in between. People with certain agenda are behind this issue. My hope is that this MSPO SCCS certification and our sustainability initiative will bring forth the realization that not all oil palm or palm phytonutrient is created equal,” he said.