Palm oil
RSPO
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative dedicated to sustainable palm oil.
Its members and participants represent a broad range of sectors, including plantation companies, processors and traders, consumer goods manufacturers, palm oil retailers, financial institutions, environmental NGOs, and social NGOs from countries around the world that produce or use palm oil. The following four supply chain models are possible:
IP (Identity Preserved)
This palm oil is one hundred per cent certified and therefore comes entirely from a sustainable source whose identity can be precisely determined. It does not come into contact with conventional palm oil along the entire supply chain.
SG (Segregated)
This is a type of mixture is made of sustainable, certified palm oil from different sources. In this case, too, there are no points of contact between certified and conventional palm oil.
MB (Mass Balance)
Conventional palm oil is mixed with sustainable palm oil from certified sources.
Book & Claim / Credits from RSPO
In this case, certificates are traded in the form of Book & Claim or in the form of RSPO credits. In this way, even conventional palm oil can give the impression that it is certified.
As part of our RSPO membership (ZHG has been a member since 2022; licence number: 9-483-22-100-00), we want to make global progress in these aspects.
What we do
Due to the current lack of suitable alternatives to palm oil and palm kernel oil and fats, we will continue to rely on these raw materials. For this reason, we have placed our focus on RSPO-certified palm oil. We have been a member of the RSPO since 2022, and since the beginning of 2026, 100% of the palm oil used in our food products has been certified according to the RSPO Segregated (SG) supply chain model.