The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has delayed plans to adopt resolutions related to sustainable palm oil sourcing and certification due to low turnout at its recent general assembly, a spokeswoman for the group said Thursday.

"The final results will be announced in a week when we receive ballots on individual resolutions by eligible members who could not attend the general assembly," the spokeswoman said by phone from the northern Malaysian state of Sabah.

The resolutions included plans by buyers and producers to commit to timetables for sustainable production and sourcing of palm oil and refined products as well as a proposal by Indonesian growers to allow producers to carry forward unsold stocks of certified sustainable palm products starting next year.

The RSPO, which includes palm oil producers, environmental groups and big palm oil buyers such as McDonald's Corp. (MCD) and Unilever NV (UN), seeks to mandate sustainable practices in the palm oil industry, which has frequently been the subject of allegations of environmental wrongdoing.

-By Shie-Lynn Lim, Dow Jones Newswires; +603 2026 1233; shie-lynn.lim@dowjones.com

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