FELCRA Bhd
Natural rubber assessment- Latest update: March 2025
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Landbank30,505 hectares
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Bloomberg ticker:1471Z MK Equity
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Website:
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Company assessment: FELCRA Bhd – March 2021
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Sustainability policy and leadership
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1. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment for all its operations?
The company has separate policies on environmental and social issues that apply to all operations.
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0 / 12. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment applies to all suppliers excluding smallholders?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
Chief Sustainability Officer, however, the information is undated.
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0 / 1
4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?
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0 / 1
6. Percentage or number of women board members?
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0 / 1
7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with natural rubber production?
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0 / 1
8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with natural rubber production?
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0 / 1
9. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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0 / 1
10. Climate risks assessment available?
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Landbank, maps and traceability
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11. Lists countries and operations?
Malaysia.
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12. Total land area managed/controlled for natural rubber (ha)?
40045 - Information is undated.
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0 / 1
13. Total natural rubber planted area (ha)?
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14. Scheme smallholders/outgrowers planted area (ha)?
42460 - Information is more than five years old.
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0 / 1
15. Unplanted area (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?
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0 / 1
16. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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0 / 1
17. Maps of estates/management units?
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0 / 1
18. Management plans for natural rubber production are available for all estates/management units?
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0 / 1
19. Number of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?
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0 / 1
20. Names and coordinates of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?
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0 / 1
21. Commitment to traceability of the whole supply chain?
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Certification standards/Sustainability initiatives
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0 / 1
22. Member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR)?
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0 / 1
23. Submitted self-declaration form for the Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative (SNR-i)?
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0 / 1
24. Percentage area (ha) FSC certified?
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0 / 1
25. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?
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0 / 1
26. Commitment to become 100% certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?
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Deforestation and biodiversity
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0 / 1
27. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems?
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0 / 1
28. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all sourcing excluding smallholders?
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0 / 1
29. Criteria for defining deforestation?
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0 / 1
30. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?
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0 / 1
31. Amount of illegal/non-complaint deforestation recorded in own operations?
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0 / 1
32. Commitment to restoration of non-compliant deforestation/conversion?
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0 / 1
33. Implementing a landscape or juridictional level approach?
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34. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?
The company reports its commitment to biodiversity conservation in its environmental and biodiversity policy.
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0 / 1
35. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 1
36. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?
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0 / 1
37. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
38. Commitment to protect areas from illegal activities?
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0 / 1
39. Commitment not to use genetically modified organisms?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments
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0 / 1
40. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
41. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments available?
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0 / 1
42. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans available?
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0 / 1
43. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach?
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0 / 1
44. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?
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0 / 1
45. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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0 / 1
46. Social and environmental impact assessment (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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Soils, fire and GHG emissions
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0 / 1
47. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
48. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?
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0 / 1
49. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
50. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
51. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
52. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices?
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0 / 1
53. Evidence of best/sustainable tapping practices?
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0 / 1
54. Commitment to zero burning?
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0 / 1
55. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?
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0 / 1
56. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates/management units?
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0 / 1
57. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
58. GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
59. GHG emissions from land use change?
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0 / 1
60. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
61. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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Water, chemical and pest management
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0 / 1
62. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?
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0 / 1
63. Water use intensity?
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0 / 1
64. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?
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0 / 1
65. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
66. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
67. Treatment of effluents from processing facilities?
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0 / 1
68. Proportion of processing facilities with closed-loop water treatment system?
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0 / 1
69. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
70. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
71. Reducing odours from natural rubber processing facilities?
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0 / 1
72. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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0 / 1
75. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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0 / 1
76. Implementation of commitment to reduce chemical usage?
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0 / 1
77. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
78. Waste management system in place to avoid negative impacts?
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Community, land and labour rights
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79. Commitment to human rights?
The company commits to human rights only in relation to its employees.
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0 / 1
80. Commitment to human rights applies to all sourcing excluding smallholders?
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0 / 1
81. Commitment to respect Indigenous and local communities' rights?
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0 / 1
82. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
83. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
84. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers excluding smallholders?
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0 / 1
85. Details on Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
86. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?
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0 / 1
87. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
88. Supports the inclusion of women across natural rubber operations, including addressing barriers faced?
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0 / 1
89. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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90. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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91. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
The company reports that it carries out social responsibilities to the participating community as well as the rural population and states that social obligations are a key prerequisite in its corporatization agreement with the government.
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92. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
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93. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?
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94. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
The company reports its commitment to four out of the eight fundamental ILO conventions.
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95. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
The company has a commitment to not engage in or support discrimination with regards to gender, however, it is not clear if this applies to employment or not.
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0 / 1
96. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
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0 / 1
97. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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98. Percentage or number of women employees?
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0 / 1
99. Commitment to pay at least minimum wage?
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100. Progress on commitment to pay at least minimum wage?
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101. Reporting of salary by gender?
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102. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
The company reports its commitment to address occupational health and safety through its occupational health and safety policy.
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0 / 1
103. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?
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104. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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105. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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Smallholders and suppliers
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106. Commitment to support smallholders?
The company reports its commitment to support smallholders on its website.
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0 / 1
107. Percentage of supply from smallholders?
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108. Programme to support scheme smallholders/outgrowers?
The company reports information on program to support smallholders in its annual report 2013.
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0 / 1
109. Percentage of scheme smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?
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110. Programme to support independent smallholders?
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111. Percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?
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112. Process used to engage smallholder suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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113. Number or percentage of smallholder suppliers engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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114. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage non-smallholder suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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115. Number or percentage of non-smallholder suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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116. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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117. Percentage of supply coming from agroforestry?
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Governance and grievances
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118. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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119. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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120. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?
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121. Whistleblowing procedure?
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122. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?
The company is government-owned and has a link on its own website to the government complaints channel.
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123. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?
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SPOTT scores are based on the presence of external evidence made available by the company or third-parties.
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November 2018
Environmental and biodiversity policy (Polisi alam sekitar dan biodiversiti)
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November 2018
Occupational safety and health policy (Polisi Keselamapan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan)
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November 2018
Social policy (Polisi Sosial)
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No date
Operational location - FELCRA Berhad - WEBPAGE
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No date
FELCRA Berhad - WEBPAGE
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2013
Annual Report
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No date
Public Complaints Management System (SISPAA) - WEBPAGE
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Media monitor: FELCRA Bhd
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