May 21, 2025

📢 Be Part of the Change: 2nd Public Consultation on Draft SRP Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation version 3.0 Now Open!

The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is pleased to invite stakeholders and the public to participate in the 2^nd Public Consultation on the draft of SRP Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation v3.0.

This updated draft is the result of:

• Valuable feedback from the 1^st Public Consultation (PC)
• Stakeholder consultations with producers, industry experts, and civil society
• Results from field testing in Indonesia
• Recommendations from social experts to strengthen social responsibility and labor protections

Your voice is vital in ensuring that the updated Standard is practical, inclusive, and aligned with both global and local sustainability goals.

📆 Consultation Period

Open: 21 May 2025
Close: 19 June 2025
Duration: 30 days

📥 How to Participate

We welcome your input!
Please review the draft and submit your feedback using the form below by 19 June 2025.
👉 Feedback form

🔍 What’s New in Version 3.0?

• Increased requirements: Expanded from 41 to 44 requirements, including:
  • Requirement 4: Innovative Climate Change Mitigation Technology – rewards for Producers implementing innovations to mitigate climate change
  • Requirement 29: Safe Use of Mechanization
  • Requirement 41: Working Conditions
• New mandatory foundations as pre-requisite requirements:
  • Risk Assessment
  • Grievance Mechanism
  • Remediation
• Differentiated Compliance Paths: Tailored pathways for smallholders and large producers to support inclusive adoption.
• Progress Recognition for Aspiring Producers: Introduction of “Aspiring Producers” who are on the path toward full sustainability compliance. Qualifying producers will receive a Progress Recognition Statement in the first two years.
• Strengthened Social and Environmental Safeguards: Enhanced focus on biodiversity protection, climate action, and labor conditions.
• Annexes Updates: Introduction of new annexes:
  • Annex C: Pesticide risk assessment checklist
  • Annex D: Guidance on climate change innovation requirements

📚 Resources for Review

To assist your review, the following resources are available (click on the document title to access):

1. Table of Changes from Version 2.2 to Version 3.0 (2nd PC Draft)
2. Draft SRP Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation Version 3.0 (2nd PC Draft)
3. Annex C: Risk Assessment Checklist for Pesticide Management (revised after 1st PC)
4. Annex D: Guideline on Innovation Requirement for Climate Change Mitigation
5. SRP Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation (Version 2.2)

🗣 Why Your Feedback Matters

Your input helps ensure the Standard remains:

• Evidence-based and grounded in real-world experience
• Practical and implementable across diverse production systems
• Inclusive, reflecting the voices of all stakeholders
• Globally aligned and locally relevant

The consultation is open to all – including farmers, policymakers, researchers, private sector actors, NGOs, and civil society.

📧 Questions?

Please contact us at:
📩 assurance@sustainablerice.org
Subject line: SRP Standard v3.0 Public Consultation