Certification by RSPO

RNS Number : 8984P

M. P. Evans Group PLC

31 October 2012

 



M.P. Evans Group PLC ("the Group")

CERTIFICATION BY THE ROUND TABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL ("RSPO")

The board is pleased to announce that three of the Group's oil-palm estates in Sumatra, Pangkatan, Bilah and Sennah, have received official accreditation from RSPO.  Accordingly, the crude palm oil produced by the Pangkatan mill can now be certified as having been derived from a sustainable source.

In Kalimantan, the new palm-oil mill has been operating since the end of 2011 and the RSPO audit process is now under way regarding this project.

31 October 2012

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC	Telephone: [phone]
P E Hadsley-Chaplin - chairman
P A Fletcher - managing director
T R J Price - finance director
Peel Hunt LLP	Telephone: [phone]
Dan Webster
Matthew Armitt
Hudson Sandler	Telephone: [phone]
Charlie Jack
Katie Matthews

 

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