Have your say on the SPOTT 2025 Palm Oil Indicator Framework
We invite you to provide feedback on the SPOTT Palm Oil indicator framework as we prepare for the 2025 assessments.
Each year we review the indicator framework to ensure it is in line with best practice and provide more detail/clarity on how information is scored. The consultation period starts today and lasts until Monday 19 May, please read the framework and provide feedback on indicators.
Key updates in the 2025 assessment
To ensure SPOTT continues to align with best practice reporting standards, we have introduced three key updates this year:
- New cross-commodity zero deforestation indicators for companies operating across multiple forest-risk commodities (indicators #60 and #61)
- New indicators on target dates to achieve zero deforestation (indicators #62 and #63)
- Separate reporting of absolute and intensity GHG emissions in line with SBTi FLAG guidance (indicators #104 – #111)
Please note that all new indicators will be assessed but not scored in the first year. Several existing indicators have also been revised, either in response to previous feedback or to improve alignment with SPOTT’s frameworks for Timber and Pulp and Natural Rubber, as well as with relevant external guidance.
How to submit your feedback
We welcome your feedback on any indicators. Please download the indicator framework and add your comments in the ‘Reviewer comments’ column (Column P). New indicators and those with revised scoring criteria are highlighted in Column H, with further context provided in Column I. Please return the attached Indicator Framework document with your feedback by Monday 19 May to imogen.fanning@zsl.org.
2025 SPOTT Palm Oil Assessments Provisional Assessment Timeline
- June-August 2025 – Analysts score company reporting and create a draft SPOTT assessment for each company
- August-September 2025 – Assessed companies are consulted on their draft assessments
- November 2025 – The finalised assessments are published on the SPOTT website