Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and its partners carried out a series of six investigations on the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in RSPO-member companies in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia. This detailed information from the field is being used to assess if FPIC is being applied adequately by companies, to expose any malpractice of palm oil companies, and to argue for a strengthening of the RSPO procedures and standards where necessary. The main findings show that many companies are still not taking the requisite steps to recognise customary rights and are running highly abbreviated processes to secure consents. Even where companies seek to acquire lands through just means, current statutory laws and administrative procedures with respect to land rights, land acquisition, legal personality and representation, make it hard or even impossible for companies to comply, thus exposing the gulf that exists between the law and the RSPO standard. The findings are being used as the basis of recommendations in the ongoing RSPO Principles & Criteria Review, and will be published as an authoritative book in November 2012.