The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) held the 2019 Excellence Award ceremony to recognize and honor RSPO members for their outstanding contributions across key impact areas, not only in meeting the initiative stringent standards but in leading the way towards the shared vision of making sustainable palm oil the norm.
The RSPO General Secretary presented the Community Impact 2019 Excellence Award to Gustavo Bolaños -Agroaceite COO- for the implementation of the “Human Development Center” project, which reflects the company’s comprehensive vision to provide access to high-quality education & health coverage.
The RSPO General Secretary presented the Community
Impact 2019 Excellence Award to Gustavo Bolaños –
Agroaceite COO- for the implementation of the “Human
Development Center” project, which reflects the company’s
comprehensive vision to provide access to high-quality
education & health coverage.
The 2019 Excellence Award was presented during the seventeenth Annual RSPO Conference -RT17- held in Bangkok, Thailand, by a jury that was composed of an independent multidisciplinary team, leaders, and experts in the palm oil and sustainability sector.
The Human Development Center of Agroaceite is comprised of a Medical Clinic, conducted in partnership with the University of Colorado, which opened in 2014 and has impacted more than 27,000 patients. The Medical Clinic also runs community programs, in which 3,343 children and 1,977 women have participated to reduce maternal and infant mortality and improve the nutritional status of the area.
The Human Development Center also has a school for children of workers, to raise the academic level in the area; it has obtained regional recognition for the pedagogical methodology applied and the academic performance of the students.
The project is based on the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the
United Nations General Assembly through resolution 70/1: To transform our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the Human Development Center Agroaceite contributes to:
