Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk PT

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

The company reports a sustainable palm oil policy covering all palm oil operations.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company reports having a sustainability team but it is not clear which position has high-level responsibility.

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

The company reports that the board has responsibility for sustainability.

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

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

1 (14.29%) - One of seven board members is a women. Gender is not directly reported but deduced from pictures and profiles.

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

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

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company has published its 2022 sustainability report.

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

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?

13. Lists countries and operations?

All of the company's operations (plantations, mills, refineries) are in Indonesia.

14. Lists countries sourcing from?

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

79820 - The company reports that its total landbank for oil palm is 79,820 ha, as of March 2023.

16. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

66709 - The company reports 66,709 ha as of March 2023.

17. Scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?

13111 - The company reports 13,111 ha of smallholder area as of March 2023.

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

15513 - The company reports an unplanted area of 15,513 ha, it is not clear if this is designated for future planting.

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

599.6 - The company reports 599.6 ha of HCV area. It is unclear if this covers all conservation set-aside.

20. Maps of estates/management units?

The company provides a static map highlighting the locations of all estates. However, no geo-referenced maps or coordinates are available.

21. Maps of all scheme smallholders?

22. Maps of all third-party supplying plantations?

23. Number of company-owned mills?

3 - The company reports three CPO mills in its Annual Report 2022.

24. Names and locations of company-owned mills?

Names, coordinates and referenced maps of three mills are available on GFW.

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

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

27. Number of third party supplying mills?

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

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

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

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

33. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level?

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

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

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

37. Publishes traceability data at refinery level?

38. Publishes traceability data at crusher level?

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

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?

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

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

43. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified?

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. Sells 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?

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

[Externally verified] The company reports around 75% of the total estates in South Sumatra and Lampung, along with 85% of CPO Mills have been by ISPO certified. Some certificates are available.

53. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in Malaysia.

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

55. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

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

57. Commitment to zero deforestation?

The company reports that it limits clearing of HCV areas, but does not commit to no deforestation.

58. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

67. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

68. Biodiversity policy?

69. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?

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

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

The company reports monitoring natural vegetation and natural flora within HCV areas. However, limited details are provided of conservation management.

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

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

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

The company reports the preservation of identified HCV areas but not a clear commitment to conduct HCV assessments.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

84. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The company provides unclear commitment to best management practices for soil and peat.

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

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

The company reports land management practices using legume cover crops to reduce soil erosion and enhancing soil chemicals by fixing atmospheric nitrogen along with terraces and hooves support slopes. No information on peat management was provided.

96. Commitment to zero burning?

The company commits to zero burning.

97. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?

98. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

The company reports fire monitoring and management is conducted with firefighting teams, targeting high-risk areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Only one type of activity is mentioned.

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

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

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

102. GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports its absolute GHG emissions as 40.72815 tonnes CO2e in 2022. This is not an intensity figure. The figure it is for all operations, not just palm oil, and does not clearly cover both scope 1 and 2 emissions.

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

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

105. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

Company reports absolute GHG emission but they have not improved. From 29,340.38 tonnes Co2e in 2021 to 40,728.15 in 2022. This is not intensity figures. The figures are for all operations, not just palm oil, and do not clearly cover both scope 1 and 2 emissions.

106. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

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

The company reports that it invest in methane capture, but it is not clear if any of its mills have these facilities.

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

109. Water use intensity?

825600 - The company reports the water usage for 2022 as 825,600 MT tonnes. This is not an intensity figure and is for all of the company's operations, not just palm oil.

110. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

The company reports a reduction in water usage from 826,800 MT tonnes in 2021 and 825,600 in 2022. This is not an intensity figure and is for all of the company's operations, not just palm oil.

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

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

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

The company reports utilising POME to capture methane gas but does not report treating POME.

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

The company self reports the treatment of water waste and does not explicitly mention PORE.

115. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

The company reports that it maintains a riparian reserve to minimise erosion, but does not report a clear commitment.

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

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

The company reports that it reduced the use pesticides and chemical fertilisers but does not make a clear commitment.

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

119. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

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

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

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

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

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

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

126. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser use?

The company reports the conversion of organic waste into fertilisers as an alternative to inorganic fertilisers.

127. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

The company reports using the IPM approach to control pests, including utilising natural predators and planting cover crops to improve soil fertility.

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

The company reports having a waste management system for solid and liquid wastes and follow the reduce, reuse, and recycle principles.

129. Commitment to human rights?

130. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

131. Progress on human rights commitment?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

139. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

140. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

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

142. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

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

144. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

The company commits to contributing to and supporting the local community but does not commit to provide essential community services and facilities.

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

The company reports that it supports SMEs but does not provide details of this support, it also reports to provide direct donations to local schools.

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

The company reports that it has a Plasma's Cooperation of Village Unit (KUD) for work partnerships with local communities, but does not report a clear commitment.

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

The company commits to no: forced labour, child labour, minimum age, no discrimination and remuneration regardless of gender but does not refer to all ILO conventions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

153. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

10000 - The company has reported the total number of non-permanent members in the company, this is an estimated figure.

154. Percentage or number of women employees?

155. Commitment to pay a Living Wage?

The company reports that the standard wage aligns with the limit of the Provincial/ Regency Minimum Wage. It does not commit to pay a Living Wage.

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

157. Progress on commitment to pay a Living Wage?

158. Reporting of salary by gender?

159. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

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

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

161. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

The company reports that it provides PPE to employees but does not report about providing training.

162. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

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

164. Commitment to support smallholders?

The company commits to improving the quality of life of smallholders, but does not specify the type of smallholders.

165. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

The company reports assisting plasma smallholders to obtain bank loans through its Koperasi Unit Desa (Plasma's Cooperation of Village Unit KUD).

166. Percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?

167. Programme to support independent smallholders?

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

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

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

171. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

180. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

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

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

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

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

184. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company reports that it has a whistleblowing procedure, but does not provide a clear description of steps. The company discloses how whistleblowers are protected.

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

The company reports that it prohibits retaliation against individuals for reporting violations, cooperating with investigations, or participating in the complaint process, but no further details on how stakeholders report grievances are reported.

186. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?