HAGL Group

1. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment for all its operations?

2. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment applies to all suppliers excluding smallholders?

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

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

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

35% - The company reports that the female managers account for over 35%.

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

2 (29%) - The company reports having seven board members, out of which two are women. However, the gender balance is not directly reported by the company.

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

8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with natural rubber production?

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The sustainability report is published as a part of the annual report.

10. Climate risks assessment available?

11. Lists countries and operations?

Vietnam, Cambodia (plantations). Laos (plantations and processing facility).

12. Total land area managed/controlled for natural rubber (ha)?

13. Total natural rubber planted area (ha)?

31,085 - The company reports the total planted area for natural rubber as 31,085 ha.

14. Scheme smallholders/outgrowers planted area (ha)?

15. Unplanted area (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?

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

17. Maps of estates/management units?

18. Management plans for natural rubber production are available for all estates/management units?

19. Number of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

1 - The company reports it operates a rubber latex processing factory with a capacity of 25,000 tons/year in Laos.

20. Names and coordinates of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

21. Commitment to traceability of the whole supply chain?

22. Member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR)?

23. Submitted self-declaration form for the Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative (SNR-i)?

24. Percentage area (ha) FSC certified?

25. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?

26. Commitment to become 100% certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?

27. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

28. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all sourcing excluding smallholders?

29. Criteria for defining deforestation?

30. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

31. Amount of illegal/non-complaint deforestation recorded in own operations?

32. Commitment to restoration of non-compliant deforestation/conversion?

33. Implementing a landscape or juridictional level approach?

34. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

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

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

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

38. Commitment to protect areas from illegal activities?

39. Commitment not to use genetically modified organisms?

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

41. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments available?

42. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans available?

43. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach?

44. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

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

46. Social and environmental impact assessment (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

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

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

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

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

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

The company only mentions one practice, the Israeli irrigation technique, which it implements to protect soils from erosion and pollution.

52. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices?

53. Evidence of best/sustainable tapping practices?

54. Commitment to zero burning?

55. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

The company only states it provides fire prevention and firefighting training.

56. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates/management units?

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

58. GHG emissions intensity?

59. GHG emissions from land use change?

60. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

61. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

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

63. Water use intensity?

64. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

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

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

67. Treatment of effluents from processing facilities?

The company states it treats wastewater from rubber processing.

68. Proportion of processing facilities with closed-loop water treatment system?

69. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

71. Reducing odours from natural rubber processing facilities?

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

The company promulgates regulations on utilization of chemicals committing to use chemicals as per law, place maximum limit of the use of pesticides and chemical products. However, no commitment to progressively minimise usage could be found.

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

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

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

76. Implementation of commitment to reduce chemical usage?

77. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

The company only mentions IPM and that it provides training on this, no detail is given on how IPM is implemented.

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

79. Commitment to human rights?

80. Commitment to human rights applies to all sourcing excluding smallholders?

81. Commitment to respect Indigenous and local communities' rights?

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

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

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

85. Details on Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?

86. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

87. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

88. Supports the inclusion of women across natural rubber operations, including addressing barriers faced?

89. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

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

91. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

The company commits to provide essential community services and facilities.

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

The company reports multiple examples of providing essential community services and facilities. However, examples are from 2017.

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

The company reports its commitment to provide work opportunities for local communities.

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

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

The company reports its commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment.

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

97. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

20,000 (66.66%) - The company reports that the total number of employees in 2019 was 30,000, 2/3 of whom were seasonal workers and 1/3 permanently employed.

98. Percentage or number of women employees?

40% - The company reports that the total number of female employees accounts for 40%.

99. Commitment to pay at least minimum wage?

The company has a remuneration policy in accordance with current regulations of the host country labour law.

100. Progress on commitment to pay at least minimum wage?

101. Reporting of salary by gender?

102. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

The company commits to address occupational health and safety.

103. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

104. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

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

106. Commitment to support smallholders?

107. Percentage of supply from smallholders?

108. Programme to support scheme smallholders/outgrowers?

109. Percentage of scheme smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?

110. Programme to support independent smallholders?

111. Percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?

112. Process used to engage smallholder suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

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

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

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

116. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

117. Percentage of supply coming from agroforestry?

118. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

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

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

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

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

123. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?