MSPO Certification is a national palm oil certification scheme in Malaysia and is operated by Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC) as the scheme owner. MPOCC is an independent Organization responsible to establish a national palm oil certification scheme to ensure continual practices of sustainable management in the palm oil industry.

The Malaysian Standard on MSPO provides general principles for the implementation, establishment and improvement of the operational practices of a sustainability system incorporated in Malaysia to ensure the sustainable production of palm oil and also provide a fair sustainability certification scheme to enhance market access.

The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) has recently announced that Malaysia’s certification scheme for sustainable palm oil will now be made mandatory. The mandatory timeline for plantation industries that already have the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification is December 31, 2018, while the timeline for those without certification is on June 30, 2019. For smallholders would have to get their certification done by December 31, 2019.