Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd

1. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment for all its operations?

The company meets this indicator through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also has a responsible agriculture charter, and human rights charter covering multiple dimensions of sustainability.

2. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?

The company has published a sustainable palm oil policy which applies to all suppliers.

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company has a sustainability team, led by the Chief Sustainability Officer.

4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?

The company has a Sustainability Committee consisting of two Independent Non-Executive Directors and two Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors.

5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?

27% - The company reports that 27% of the senior management team are women.

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

3 (30%) - The company reports that 30% of board members were women in 2022.

7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

[Externally verified] The company is a member of FFA, NYDF, TFA, Pongo Alliance, and the Decent Rural Living Initiative.

8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

The company reports its collaboration with 'Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia' (UKM) to train personnel to reduce the incidence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus (ringing in the ear), which can be a risk in some jobs at operations where there is prolonged exposure to loud noises. It also works actively in partnership with governments and NGOs to lift smallholders to a certifiable standard of sustainability, so that they can make their living in a way that meets NDPE standards. Further, in partnership with the 'Indonesia Heritage Foundation', the company funded an environmental fire prevention awareness programme for students aimed at preventing forest and land fires.

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company published its latest annual report 2022 which also includes sustainability topics.

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

The company submitted CDP questionnaires for forests, climate change, and water security in 2022.

11. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?

This indicator is disabled as the company is not a POIG member.

12. Climate risks assessment available?

The company reports a climate risk assessment using TCFD guidelines. The assessment includes information on potential impacts of climate change in the short, medium, and long term, mitigation actions, and metrics and targets.

13. Lists countries and operations?

Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Singapore, China, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, South Africa, and USA - (Plantations, Mills, Refineries, Crusher).

14. Lists countries sourcing from?

The company reports to source FFB from Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Solomon Islands, Columbia, Guatemala and Honduras.

15. Total land area managed/controlled for oil palm (ha)?

668980 - The company reports a total of 668,980 ha of land is controlled for oil palm in its RSPO ACOP 2022.

16. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

578114 - The company reports the total planted area for oil palm as 578,114 ha.

17. Scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?

43588 - The company reports the scheme smallholders planted area as 43,588 ha in 2022.

18. Unplanted (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?

0 - The company reports that there is no unplanted area in its RSPO ACOP 2022.

19. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?

47278 - The company reports that it has a total of 47,278 ha identified as HCV and conservation set-aside areas in its RSPO ACOP 2022 and 47,308 ha in its annual report 2022.

20. Maps of estates/management units?

The company reports having submitted its updated concession maps to the RSPO in its RSPO ACOP 2022. The company has also published maps of estates on its webpage and GFW oil palm concessions website.

21. Maps of all scheme smallholders?

The company has provided geo-referenced maps for all scheme smallholder estates.

22. Maps of all third-party supplying plantations?

The company has provided geo-referenced maps for all third-party supplying plantations.

23. Number of company-owned mills?

67 - The company reports that it has 67 palm oil mills.

24. Names and locations of company-owned mills?

The company provides the names and coordinates of all company-owned mills on the GFW universal mill list and through its own reporting.

25. Number (or percentage) of company-owned mills that source from company-owned operations and third parties?

The company reports that 41 mills source FFB only from the company's own plantations and 26 mills source from both own plantations and third-parties.

26. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned mills that come from company-owned operations and third-parties?

The company reports that 8,206,774 MT of FFB were sourced from its own operations and 1,866,065 MT of FFB were sourced from other suppliers in 2022.

27. Number of third party supplying mills?

The company provides the list of all third-party supplying mills to its refineries and crushing plants. Data as of 2023.

28. Names and locations of all third-party supplying mills?

The company reports the names and coordinates of all third-party supplying mills on its website. Data as of 2023.

29. Number (or percentage) of third party supplying mills that source from their own plantations and third party plantations?

The company reports that 48.27% of third-party suppliers source from their own plantations, 27.04% source from third parties, and 24.68% source from mixed sources.

30. Reports total volume (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplying mills that come from the supplying mills' own operations and third parties?

The company reports that 131 third-party supplying mills source from own operations only, 427 source from smallholders and third parties, and 184 source from both own operations and third parties.

31. Total volume (or percentage) sourced for refineries that comes from intermediary traders and/or refiners rather than directly from mills?

The company states that 12.87% of supply sourced for refineries comes from intermediary traders and refiners rather than directly from mills.

32. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to mill level?

The company commits to achieve 100% traceability to mill level by the year 2025.

33. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level?

The company reports that it achieved 96.2% overall traceability to the mill. Additional points have been awarded based on RSPO Identity Preserved certification. Information is also externally verified by Control Union.

34. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level?

The company commits to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level by the year 2025.

35. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) supply to own mills traceable to plantation level?

The company reports having achieved 96% overall traceability to the plantation for supply to its mills. Additional points have been awarded based on RSPO Identity Preserved certification.

36. Percentage of supply from third-party mills traceable to plantation level?

The company reports having achieved 40% traceability of supply from third-party mills to the plantation. Additional points have been awarded based on RSPO Identity Preserved certification.

37. Publishes traceability data at refinery level?

[Externally verified] The company reports traceability figures for each of its refineries however this is only to plantation level. Information on traceability to mill level only is externally verified by Control Union.

38. Publishes traceability data at crusher level?

[Externally verified] The company reports traceability figures for each of its crushers to plantation level. Information on traceability to mill level only is externally verified by Control Union.

39. Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?

[Externally verified] 2004 - The company has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 7th September 2004.

40. RSPO-certified within three years of joining the RSPO or by November 2010, for companies joining prior to finalisation of the RSPO certification systems in November 2007?

[Externally verified] 2008 - The company joined the RSPO in 2004 and received its first RSPO certification in 2008.

41. Submitted most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?

The company has submitted its latest RSPO ACOP 2022.

42. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified?

99.38% - The company reports the percentage of area RSPO certified in its RSPO ACOP 2022.

43. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified?

[Externally verified] 100% - All the mills are RSPO certified.

44. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills within 5 years?

2023 - The company commits to achieve 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills by 2023. This is within 5 years.

45. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities within 5 years?

2019 - The company has already achieved 100% RSPO-certification of all palm product processing facilities.

46. Percentage of scheme smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified?

50.2% - The company reports that 50.20% of scheme smallholders are RSPO-certified.

47. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders and outgrowers within 5 years or target already achieved?

2023 - The company commits to achieve 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders and outgrowers by 2023. Target is within 5 years.

48. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent smallholders/outgrowers/third-party FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified?

40.14% - The RSPO ACOP 2022 reports that 40.14% of FFB supply from independent smallholders and third-party FFB suppliers is RSPO-certified.

49. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that is RSPO-certified?

38.94% - The company reports that 38.94% of all palm oil and oil palm products that are handled/traded/processed (tonnes) are RSPO-certified.

50. Sells RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

The RSPO ACOP 2022 states that the company sells 20.83% of RSPO-certified palm oil through segregated or identity-preserved supply chains.

51. Processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

The RSPO ACOP 2022 states that the company processes/trades 32.57% of RSPO-certified palm oil through segregated or identity-preserved supply chains.

52. Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certified (100%)?

[Externally verified] The company reports having achieved 100% ISPO certification for all of its Indonesian operations. Certificates are publicly available.

53. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

[Externally verified] The company reports having achieved 100% MSPO certification for all of its Malaysian operations. This information is externally verified.

54. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAS, RSB)?

[Externally verified] The company is certified under ISCC.

55. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

The company commits to zero conversion of natural ecosystems.

56. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to zero conversion of natural ecosystems.

57. Commitment to zero deforestation?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have been therefore awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to zero deforestation in its own reporting.

58. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to zero deforestation. This commitment has been in place since 2014.

59. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation?

The company commits to no land clearing damaging primary forests or areas required to protect or enhance HCVs since November 2005, and no land clearing damaging HCVs or HCS forest since November 2018, through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also reports no development on HCS and peat areas with a cut-off date of 2020.

60. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation in supplier operations?

The company defines deforestation for suppliers as the removal of HCS and peat areas and specifies any deforestation/conversion past 2020 will not be accepted in supplier operations.

61. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that it partners with Aidenvironment to conduct bi-weekly deforestation monitoring in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.

62. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?

[Externally verified] The company reports that it leverages partnerships and technologies to extend and sharpen its supply chain monitoring capabilities. The company uses the Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation (RADD) monitoring system which the company jointly developed with Wageningen University and Satelligence to detect tropical deforestation. Information on screening, mapping and categorising third party supply relating to deforestation is externally verified by Aidenvironment.

63. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in own operations since cut-off date?

0 - The company reports that 0 ha of illegal deforestation has occurred since 2015.

64. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in supplier operations since cut-off date?

1422 - The company reports that 1,422 ha of deforestation was recorded in its suppliers' operations since the cut-off date.

65. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in own operations since cut-off date?

The company commits to restore ecosystems to their prior condition in cases of conversion within its own operations.

66. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in supplier operations since cut-off date?

The company commits suppliers to restore ecosystems to their prior condition in cases of conversion within their own operations.

67. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

[Externally verified] The company collaborates with other stakeholders on a pilot jurisdictional project in the Malaysian state of Sabah to certify all palm oil output to the standards of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by 2025. However, the information is externally verified by TFA, but only limited examples were reported. The company also reports a restoration program in collaboration with the Pahang forestry department (PFD) and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), whilst this concluded in 2018, the company reports to provided the PFD with expertise, knowledge transfer and resource-sharing on reforestation efforts. The company also reports signing an agreement on multi-agency, human-elephant coexistence projects in Peninsular Malaysia using a large landscape approach, covering 19 estates in Johor and involving approximately 9,000 people.

68. Biodiversity policy?

The company reports a commitment to biodiversity that extend to areas within and beyond its concession areas. No time-bound biodiversity target is reported.

69. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?

The company has published a biodiversity policy which applies to all suppliers, covers multiple dimensions of biodiversity protection and extends beyond HCV/HCS/set-asides.

70. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

71. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports assisting the state government of Sabah to conserve orangutan habitats at the Bukit Piton Forest Reserve. It also mentions its collaboration with other plantation groups to obtain information on Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC). In addition, the company has an ongoing project on conserving Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly.

72. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?

The company commits to no hunting of all species in its operations.

73. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no hunting of all species in their operations.

74. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to conducting High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments in its own reporting.

75. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to conduct HCV assessments.

76. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for planting undertaken prior to January 2015, and associated management and monitoring plans?

[Externally verified] HCV assessments are available for the following: Poliamba Limited Proposed Lamawan Plantation, Poliamba Limited Proposed Lamendauen Plantation and Higaturu Oil Palm.

77. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?

[Externally verified] HCV assessments are available for the following: Proposed New Development at Impu, Proposed New Development at Umi Bridge, Proposed New Development in Tivingau ILG of Lokono Village, Proposed New Plantings by Guadalcanal Plains Oil Palms, New Britain Oil Palm Ltd Higaturu Estate, Higaturu Oil Palms, Markham Valley, New Britain Palm Oil Impu and Sagu Area of Interest, New Developments Proposed by NBPOL Higaturu oil Palms Popondetta, and Tivingau ILG.

78. High Conservation Value (HCV) or combined HCV/HCS management and monitoring plans for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?

[Externally verified] HCV management and monitoring plans are available for the following: Proposed New Development at Impu, Proposed New Development at Umi Bridge, Proposed New Development in Tivingau ILG of Lokono Village, Proposed New Plantings by Guadalcanal Plains Oil Palms, New Britain Oil Palm Ltd Higaturu Estate, Higaturu Oil Palms, Markham Valley, New Britain Palm Oil Impu and Sagu Area of Interest, New Developments Proposed by NBPOL Higaturu oil Palms Popondetta, and Tivingau ILG.

79. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS) in its own reporting.

80. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to only use licensed HCV assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's ALS.

81. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

[Externally verified] All the HCV assessments available on HCVRN are satisfactorily reviewed by the HCV ALS Quality Panel.

82. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also communicates this in its own reporting.

83. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to apply the HCS Approach, as defined by the HCS Approach Toolkit.

84. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

[Externally verified] Integrated HCV-HCS assessments of Higaturu Oil Palms, Markham Valley, and Tivingau ILG are publicly available.

85. Peer review of all High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken since April 2015 by the HCSA Quality Assurance Process?

This indicator is disabled as the company has not undertaken any new planting since January 2016.

86. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to conducting social and environmental impact assessments in its own reporting.

87. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to conduct social and environmental impact assessments.

88. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) available, and associated management and monitoring plans?

[Externally verified] The social and environmental impact assessment of Higaturu oil palm, Poliamba Limited Proposed Lamawan Plantation and Poliamba Limited Proposed Lamendauen Plantation are publicly available on the RSPO NPP database.

89. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to no planting on peat of any depth in its own reporting.

90. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no planting on peat of any depth.

91. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?

32798 - The company reports its existing landbank on peat as 32,798 ha. Data as of 2022.

92. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

The company reports its landbank on peat as 32,798 ha in 2019 and 32,798 ha in 2022 which clearly shows that the area planted on peat is constant.

93. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to best management practices for peat in its own reporting.

94. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to best management practices for soils and peat.

95. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports that it conducts drainability assessments at its existing operations on peat in accordance with RSPO requirements and uses the results to plan the phasing out of oil palm cultivation on these lands. Suitable crops will replace oil palms on these lands to generate a higher water table or rehabilitate natural vegetation. It also engages with local communities to educate them on sustainable management of peat areas to prevent slash-and-burn activities.

96. Commitment to zero burning?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to zero burning in its own reporting.

97. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to zero burning.

98. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports to conduct a drone-pilot training session at PT Bhumireksa Nusasejati in Riau. It currently operates over 30 drones to monitor the majority of its Indonesian sites for hotspots, comprising over 180,785 hectares of land. The company also reports monitoring and managing fire and haze issues using its satellite-based Hotspot Alert Dashboard to track, report on, and respond to hotspots within its concession areas and a five-kilometre (km) radius outside its concession boundaries. the company also reports conducting various awareness programmes including pieces of training, signage, and warnings to educate community members on the dangers of fire.

99. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates?

The company reports the total number of confirmed fires within its concession areas as 59 in 2022.

100. Details/number of hotspots/fires within surrounding landscape/smallholders?

125 - The company reports the total number of confirmed fires outside its concession areas as 125 in 2022.

101. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?

The company commits to reduce GHG emissions intensity (including Scope 1 & 2 emissions) by 50% by the year 2030 (against the 2020 baseline).

102. GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports its GHG emission intensity (including Scope 1 & 2 emissions) in 2022 as 4.05 tCO2 -e/MT CPO/PK produced.

103. GHG emissions from land use change in company's own operations (scope 1)?

The company reports its GHG emissions from land use change as 7,801,359 (tCO2 -e) in 2022.

104. GHG emissions from land use change in supplier operations (scope 3)?

105. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports the GHG emissions intensity in 2021 as 3.73 (tCO2 -e/MT CPO/PK) and in 2022 as 4.05 (tCO2 -e/MT CPO/PK).

106. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

The RSPO requires companies to assess their GHG emissions through the Palm GHG calculator. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also reports that it uses GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard to calculate GHG emissions.

107. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?

The company reports that 14 out of 67 (21%) mills have been installed with biogas capture.

108. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?

The company reports a five-year target of an annual water intensity reduction of 6% against baseline of 1.4m3 /tonne of FFB in 2019.

109. Water use intensity?

The company reports water use intensity (m3/MT FFB) by region as 1.28 in Malaysia, 1.24 in Indonesia, 1.32 in PNG, and the Solomon Islands in 2022. However, consolidated data was not provided.

110. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

The company reports a reduction in average water usage intensity for Malaysia from 1.38 (m3/MT FFB) in 2021 to 1.28 (m3/MT FFB) in 2022, for Indonesia from 1.60 (m3/MT FFB) in 2021 to 1.24 (m3/MT FFB) in 2022. However, water usage intensity for PNG and SI increased from 1.16 (m3/MT FFB) in 2021 to 1.32 (m3/MT FFB) in 2022. Also, the average water usage intensity data is provided country-wise.

111. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?

The company reports the legal thresholds for BOD levels for each location of operations and commits to keep levels with these thresholds.

112. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?

The company has set up the regulatory thresholds for each region and reports that effluent intensity levels remained below these thresholds in 2022 for Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands operations but exceeded for Malaysia.

113. Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME)?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that POME is treated through anaerobic digestion and recycled for use as fertiliser in the group's plantations. The remaining wastewater is then treated before being discharged into waterways in accordance with requirements prescribed by applicable laws and regulations.

114. Treatment of palm oil refinery effluent (PORE)?

The company reports that it treats PORE through a chemical process to remove oil, grease and inorganic substances before further biological treatment prior to its discharge.

115. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to protecting natural waterways through riparian zones in its own reporting.

116. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that it has planted over 1 million trees across 1,200 hectares in riparian zones and steep slope areas within its oil palm operation areas.

117. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to minimising the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers in its own reporting.

118. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to minimise the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

119. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also communicates this in its own reporting.

120. Commitment to no use of paraquat applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to only use paraquat in exceptional circumstances.

121. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits not to use World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides in its own reporting.

122. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to not use World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides.

123. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits not to use chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention in its own reporting.

124. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to not use Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention chemicals.

125. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?

The company provides a list of chemicals used in 2022 on its health and safety webpage.

126. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser use?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that by-products formed in upstream processes are recycled back as fuel and organic fertilisers.

127. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports implementing the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach including housing barn owls at estates to naturally hunt and manage the rat population in oil palm plantations, using fungi to formulate a bio-pesticide that controls the Rhinoceros Beetle pest population, and cultivating beneficial plants at the fringes of palm rows around its estates to attract parasitoid insects which are the natural predators that feed on bagworms.

128. Waste management system in place to avoid negative impacts?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports a waste management system that converts solid organic by-products including empty fruit bunches (EFB), mesocarp fibre, and palm kernel shells into organic fertilisers. The company also has a waste reduction project through which it recycles plastic waste to make t-shirts in Thailand and shopping bags in Indonesia.

129. Commitment to human rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to the Universal Declaration for Human Rights and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in its own reporting.

130. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights.

131. Progress on human rights commitment?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports to conducting an independent assessment of its systems and processes in 2021 to ensure that there are no issues of human rights exploitation and abuse as well as appointed 40 full-time dedicated Site Safety and Sustainability Officers (SSSO) to assist and support the strategic (SOUs) with managing safety and, sustainability initiatives on the ground, with a particular focus on human rights.

132. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to respecting indigenous and local communities' rights in its own reporting.

133. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

134. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to respecting legal and customary land tenure rights in its own reporting.

135. Commitment to respect legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to respect legal and customary land tenure rights.

136. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in its own reporting.

137. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to respect FPIC.

138. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain guidance and requirements on the process to conduct free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also provided a limited detail of the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process on its webpage.

139. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

The company reports to facilitate periodic stakeholder consultations carried out by independent third parties, work with community members (specifically Incorporated Landowner Groups (ILGs)), determine land use, and implement a participatory approach to land-use planning. The company provides the example of development at its Zifasing site located in Markham Valley of Morobe Province where it worked with seven different customary landowning and clan groups from Zifasing and Tararan villages for the planning and negotiations of new planting. This information is between two and five years old.

140. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain requirements for addressing land conflicts. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years.

141. Supports the inclusion of women across palm oil operations, including addressing barriers faced?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that it has established Gender Committees throughout its estates and mills to ensure the development of female leadership and to promote the active participation of women in the workforce.

142. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to mitigating the impact on food security in its own reporting.

143. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that its food strategy aims to address the national agenda on food security through conventional and urban farming.

144. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to providing essential community services and facilities in its own reporting.

145. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports providing employment opportunities at its upstream Malaysia operations for locals seeking work during these challenging times and provided access to medical care as well as reports to providing education for children. The company also reports to building infrastructure and facilities such as roads, community halls and health centres to improve or provide access to basic needs such as clean water, sanitation, and education.

146. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to providing business opportunities for local communities in its own reporting.

147. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to eight Fundamental ILO Conventions in its own reporting.

148. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to only eight Fundamental ILO Conventions.

149. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company has organised a 'Social Dialogue' in Malaysia to encourage discussions between workers and management on matters beyond the scope of collective agreements. The company also has a worker's helpline called 'Suara Kami' which provides a multi-lingual and effective channel for its workers to raise any issues or grievances they may have.

150. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to eliminating gender-related discrimination in employment in its own reporting.

151. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to prevent employment-related discrimination based on gender.

152. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that it has established gender policy and gender committees throughout its estates and mills to ensure the development of female leadership and to promote the active participation of women in the workforce.

153. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

This indicator is disabled as the company has no temporary employees.

154. Percentage or number of women employees?

11747 (20%) - The company reports that 20% of its employees were women in 2022.

155. Commitment to pay a Living Wage?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to paying decent and fair wages in its own reporting.

156. Commitment to pay a Living Wage applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to pay fair wages to all workers. In its ACOP, the company reports that its policy includes a commitment to Decent Living Wage, but no such commitment is reported in said policy (the Human Rights Charter).

157. Progress on commitment to pay a Living Wage?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that its wage structures are also aligned with RSPO guidance on decent living wage provisions.

158. Reporting of salary by gender?

159. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to addressing occupational health and safety in its own reporting.

160. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to address health and safety at work for all workers.

161. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports that it provides safety training to increase awareness on occupational health and safety issues such as ergonomic risks and the use of personal protective equipment.

162. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

8.9 - The company recorded a lost time incident frequency rate (LTIFR) of 8.9 in 2022. Calculated as recordable injuries x 1,000,000/total working hours.

163. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?

5 - The company reports five fatality as a result of work-based accidents in 2022.

164. Commitment to support smallholders?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also reports its own commitment to support smallholders.

165. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports supporting scheme smallholders through two programmes i.e. 'Perusahaan Inti Rakyat Transmigrasi' and 'Kredit Koperasi Primer untuk Anggotanya'. In these programmes, the company is required to serve as a contractor for developing the plantations, training and developing the skills of the plasma farmers, and purchasing the fresh fruit bunches harvested by plasma farmers at prevailing prices determined by the Indonesian Government.

166. Percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?

28305 (100%) - The company reports that a total of 28,305 Indonesian scheme smallholders are covered by one of two programmes, making up 100% of all scheme smallholders that supply to its mills.

167. Programme to support independent smallholders?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports runs extensive smallholder programs in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, helping more than 52,000 small and independent farmers get their plantations certified under both compulsory national schemes and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) voluntary scheme.

168. Percentage of independent smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?

23951 (72%) - The company reports that a total of 23,951 Malaysian independent smallholders and PNG and the Solomon Islands were also covered by a certification program, making up 72% of the independent smallholders that supply to it. The company also reports that it supports more than 52,000 small and independent farmers to get their plantations certified under both compulsory national schemes and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) voluntary scheme.

169. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

The company reports that it has a process to prioritise, assess and engage suppliers on compliance with the company's policy.

170. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

73% - The company reports that 75% of its suppliers are assessed for compliance with NDPE commitment. The company also reports that it held 9 webinars on NDPE requirements in 2022 which were attended by 229 participants from 35 supplier groups. The company used NDPE IRF to assess suppliers. It reports that 74% of suppliers are compliant with no deforestation requirements and 73% are compliant with no development peat.

171. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company reports that if the supplier concerned is unwilling to make NDPE commitments then it is their policy to remove them from its supply chain and purchases will not resume until they meet the conditions again. The company also reports steps for reinstatement of suppliers including timeframe.

172. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with palm oil sourcing commitments?

The company has published action plans on monthly basis for all suppliers to be in compliance with palm oil sourcing commitments. The company has a target of 100% supplier compliance with NDPE requirements by 2025. However, KPIs were not mentioned.

173. Proportion of supply from suppliers that is verified as deforestation- and/or conversion-free (DCF)?

174. Time-bound plan to engage with all high risk mills within 3 years?

The company does not have a clear commitment but it states that it recognises 2% of its suppliers as high-risk mills and prioritised them for engagement on a monthly basis in its sustainability report 2021.

175. Programme to support high risk mills to become compliant with sourcing policies?

The company reports that it engages with its key/high-risk suppliers on a monthly basis to ensure compliance and investigate non-conformances. However, the details of this support are not disclosed. The company reports that in 2021 it created customised action plans that provided four high-risk mill suppliers with guidance and support to meet each requirement of its responsible sourcing guidelines.

176. Regularly engages with a subset of high risk mills?

The company reports that it engages with a subset of high-risk mills on monthly basis.

177. Procedures in place to assess all own and third party supplying palm oil mills for risk level?

The company uses its cross-check platform to locate its own and third-party mills as well as classify the mills as high, medium, or low risk on the basis of land-clearing activities.

178. Regularly assesses and categorises the risk level of all their own and third party supplying mills?

The risk level of all own and third-party supplying mills of the company are assessed every month to ensure compliance and investigate further non-conformances on the basis of their land clearing activities.

179. Regularly reports the risk level of all own and third party supplying mills identified in its supply chain?

The company reports the risk level of all own and third-party supplying mills every month to ensure compliance and investigate further non-conformances on the basis of their land clearing activities.

180. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also commits to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption in its own reporting.

181. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption.

182. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also has an 'Anti-Bribery Management System' in place which is a manifestation of its zero-tolerance policy against all forms of bribery and corruption.

183. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?

The company reports a tax policy including information that the Chief Financial Officer, manages all tax-related activities.

184. Whistleblowing procedure?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain guidance and requirements on whistleblowing procedures. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also has its own whistleblowing policy in place.

185. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?

The company adheres to this criteria through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank (>75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within 5 years. The company also has its own grievance mechanism open to all stakeholders.

186. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?

[Externally verified] The company has published a detailed supplier grievance register which is inclusive of date, issue, complainant category, actions taken, and status.