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March 31, 2025

SRP Welcomes New Board Member

31 March 2025 – The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Hans Castelijn, Managing Director of Van Sillevoldt Rijst B.V./Euricom to its Board. With extensive experience in the food industry and a deep commitment to sustainability, Hans brings a wealth of expertise in supply chain innovation, stakeholder engagement, and strategic leadership to SRP’s mission of transforming the global rice sector.

As a pioneer SRP member since 2015, VSR/Euricom has championed transparency, collaboration, and reducing the carbon footprint in rice production. Guided by the ethos “Rice—it’s in our nature,” Hans envisions a future where consumers and farmers share responsibility for sustainable practices. His appointment strengthens SRP’s commitment to advancing sustainability and improving livelihoods in the global rice sector.

“We are delighted to welcome Hans Castelijn to the SRP Board,” said Dr. Wyn Ellis, SRP Executive Director. “Hans brings a lifetime of commercial value chain experience; his perspective will be invaluable to building momentum on our transformative journey towards a sustainable global rice sector. VSR/Euricom is one of SRP’s largest food production and trading groups with a deep historical commitment to rice farming; VSR/Euricom is also a longstanding SRP member and pioneer of SRP-Verified rice. We congratulate VSR/Euricom on its vision and look forward to working together with Hans to advance the interests of rice smallholders globally.

“At this time, we would also like to recognize the invaluable contributions of Dr. Robert (Bob) Zeigler as an outgoing SRP Board member whose term has now come to a close. Bob’s strategic vision and experience as a distinguished rice scientist are globally recognized and he has played a key role in shaping SRP’s governance during his tenure. I extend our sincere thanks to Bob on behalf of both the Board and Secretariat team for his dedication to SRP’s success.”

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About the Sustainable Rice Platform

The Sustainable Rice Platform e.V. (SRP) is a global multi‐stakeholder alliance comprising over 100 institutional members from the public, private, research, civil society and the financial sector. SRP works with its members and partners towards transforming the global rice sector by improving smallholder livelihoods, reducing the social, environmental and climate footprint of rice production, and by offering the global rice market an assured supply of sustainably produced rice.

SRP promotes resource-use efficiency and climate change resilience in rice systems (both on-farm and throughout value chains) and pursues voluntary market transformation initiatives by developing sustainable production standards, indicators, incentive mechanisms, and outreach mechanisms to boost wide-scale adoption of climate-smart, sustainable best practices among small farmers.

For more information on the Sustainable Rice Platform contact info@sustainablerice.org or visit www.sustainablerice.org

Contact:
Tun Boonyakongrat, SRP Communications and Membership Officer
Email: tun.boonyakongrat@sustainablerice.org