J.A. WATTIE Tbk

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

The company mentions having a sustainability policy in its sustainability report. However, no policy could be found publicly available.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company has established a sustainability team structure. Asep D from the company's environment division is the coordinator of this team.

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

Ryan N (Director of operations/legal) is the chairman of the Sustainability Structure Team.

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

0% - The company reports zero females as part of its general managers in 2021.

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

0% - The company reports a total of four directors, out of which none are female.

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 company's latest sustainability report was published in 2021.

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

The company's latest sustainability report is prepared in accordance with GRI Standards: Core Options.

11. Climate risks assessment available?

12. Lists countries and operations?

Plantations and processing facilities (Indonesia).

13. Lists countries sourcing from?

The company reports all supply is from Indonesia.

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

39334 - The company reports the total land area managed for natural rubber as 39,334 ha. Data as of 2021.

15. Total natural rubber planted area (ha)?

15171 - The company reports the total natural rubber planted area as 15,171 ha. Data as of 2021.

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

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

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

19. Maps of estates/management units?

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

21. Monitoring of management plan implementation available for all estates/management units?

22. Maps of scheme/outgrower smallholders?

23. Names and locations of all third-party supplying industrial estates/management units?

24. List of jurisdictions where sourcing from smallholders?

All supply is from Indonesia but no jurisdictions are reported.

25. Number of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

9 - The company has nine rubber sheet and three rubber crumb factories.

26. Names and locations of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

The company reports the names and addresses of company owned natural rubber processing facilities. However, addresses of only some facilities generated locations when searched on google maps.

27. Number (or percentage) of company-owned processing facilities that source from company-owned operations and third parties?

28. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned processing facilities that come from company's own operations and third-parties?

The company reports the volume of natural rubber sourced from the company's own plantations (6,676 tons/year) and from rubber smallholders (9,306 tons/year) in 2021.

29. Number of third party supplying processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

30. Names and locations of all third party supplying processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

31. Number (or percentage) of third party supplying processing facilities that source from their own plantations and third party plantations?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

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

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

33. Total volume (or percentage) sourced for manufacturing that comes from intermediary traders rather than directly from processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate manufacturing facilities.

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

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

35. Percentage of supply traceable to processing facility level?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

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

37. Percentage of supply from own processing facilities traceable to industrial plantation level?

38. Percentage of supply from third-party processing facilities traceable to industrial plantation level?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

39. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to jurisdictional level for smallholders?

40. Percentage of supply from own processing facilities traceable to smallholder at jurisdictional level?

41. Percentage of supply from third party processing facilities traceable to smallholders at jurisdictional level?

This indicator is disabled as the company reports that it does not have any third-party processing facility suppliers.

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

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

44. Percentage area (ha) FSC certified?

45. Time-bound plan for achieving FSC FM certification of estates/management units?

46. Percentage of scheme/outgrower smallholders (ha) FSC-certified?

47. Time-bound plan for achieving FSC certification of scheme/outgrower smallholders?

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

49. Percentage of all natural rubber products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that is FSC-certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does manufacture or trade rubber products.

50. Percentage area (ha) PEFC certified (excluding FSC certified area)?

51. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?

The company only reports its subsidiary- PT Indo Java Rubber Planting Company (IJ), which owns a rubber factory has received PROPER with the blue category for the environmental management performance implemented.

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

53. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

The company only reports it is committed to maintaining the balance of the ecosystem by protecting High Conservation Value (HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas. A clear commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems is not reported.

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

55. Commitment to zero deforestation?

56. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?

57. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

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

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

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

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

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

63. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion?

64. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion applies to all suppliers?

65. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

66. Biodiversity policy?

67. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?

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

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

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

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

72. Commitment to protect areas from illegal activities?

73. Commitment to protect forest areas from illegal activities applies to all suppliers?

74. Evidence of protecting forest areas from illegal activities?

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

The company commits to conduct HCV assessments.

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

77. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments available for all new plantings since 1st April 2019?

78. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans available for all new plantings since 1st April 2019?

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

The company commits to protect High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas but does not mention the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach.

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

81. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

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

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

The company only commits to obtaining an AMDAL (Environmental Impact Analysis).

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

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

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

The company only commits to no planting on peat. The depth of peat is not specified.

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

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

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

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

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

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

93. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices?

94. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices applies to all suppliers?

95. Evidence of best/sustainable tapping practices?

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 information on fire monitoring and management. However, the information reported is not externally verified.

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

The company reports that during 2021, there was no incident of forest and land fires in the company's operational area.

100. Details/number of hotspots/fires in suppliers operations/jurisdictions?

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

102. GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports GHG emissions intensity as 0.021 ton CO2eq/ ton production in 2021. However, the intensity reported only covers the company's palm oil subsidiary- KJW, rubber subsidiaries- IJ and PK, and its headquarters in Jakarta. No figures for natural rubber could be found.

103. GHG emissions from land use change?

104. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports progress on GHG emissions intensity and the intensity has improved in 2021 (0.021 ton CO2eq/ ton production) as compared to 2020 (0.033 ton CO2eq/ ton production). However, the intensity reported only covers the company's palm oil subsidiary- KJW, rubber subsidiaries- IJ and PK, and its headquarters in Jakarta. Figures for natural rubber operations could not be found.

105. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

The company reports it uses the methodology of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for calculating GHG emissions in the rubber segment.

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

107. Water use intensity?

No figures covering natural rubber operations were found.

108. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

No figures covering natural rubber operations were found.

109. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD or COD)?

110. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD or COD)?

The company only states in 2021 all wastewater met the quality standards required by national laws and regulations. However, it does not specify what those standards are.

111. Treatment of effluents from processing facilities?

112. Treatment of effluents from manufacturing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate manufacturing facilities.

113. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

115. Reducing odours from natural rubber processing or manufacuring facilities?

The company only mentions it conducts monthly quality tests for air emissions every six months. However, it is not clear if this is in relation to natural rubber processing facilities.

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

The company only reports to minimise the use of insecticides and replace it with natural control by utilizing natural predators from insect pests.

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

118. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

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

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

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

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

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

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

125. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser usage?

126. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

127. Commitment to human rights?

The company commits to respecting human rights following the norms contained in the International Bill of Human Rights.

128. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

129. Progress on human rights commitment ?

In 2021, the company did not receive any reports and complaints related to human rights violations. Details on 'socilaisation' of human rights policies are limited in detail. Information is not externally verified.

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

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

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

The company only reports that any negotiations regarding compensation for the loss of legal or customary rights must undergo a systematic procedure without prejudice to the rights of other users, with free, prior, informed consent. A clear commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights is not reported.

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

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

The company commits to respect FPIC.

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

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

137. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

138. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

The company only reports that it provides a channel for submitting complaints or conflicts through letters, electronic mail, facsimile, telephone, and verbal or direct visits from interested parties to the administration. The company also involves third parties such as Muspika (Sub-district Leadership Forum) or related agencies following their interests to obtain an agreement if the complaint or conflict resolution process encounters a dead end. However, it is unclear if this process covers land conflicts and the details of the process are not reported.

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

140. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

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

142. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

The company commits to provide essential community services and facilities.

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

The company mentions providing facilities and services generally but does not provide specific examples.

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

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

The company commits to the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The company only reports that in 2021, the company did not receive any reports and complaints related to employment-related issues, such as sexual harassment, violence, intimidation, and discrimination. However, no details are provided on the process used by the company to eliminate gender-related discrimination with regard to employment.

151. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

5190 - The company reports the number of contract employees for its head office and subsidiaries. Data as of 2021.

152. Percentage or number of women employees?

The company reports 1,622 females in 2021.

153. Commitment to pay a living wage?

The company only mentions that it refers to the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMR) applicable in each region operational in providing compensation for services employees.

154. Commitment to pay a living wage applies to all suppliers?

155. Progress on commitment to pay a living wage?

156. Reporting of salary by gender?

157. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

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

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

159. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

The company only mentions providing personal protective equipment (PPE), and organise training. However, no other details are reported by the company.

160. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

The company reports that the work accident rate in 2019 is 0.01% of all the company's operational activities. However, it is unclear how this metric is calculated. This information is over two years old now.

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

0 - The company reports zero fatalities in 2021.

162. Commitment to support smallholders?

163. Percentage of supply from smallholders?

164. Programme to support scheme smallholders/outgrowers?

The company provides guidance, supplies seeds, production facilities, and buys products from rubber farmer groups around the company's plantations. However, the information reported is not externally verified.

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

166. Programme to support independent smallholders?

167. Percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?

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

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

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

The company reports that to anticipate potential negative impacts on the social and environmental impacts, it sends compliance surveys to its suppliers. However, limited details are provided on the process.

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

172. Suspension or exclusion criteria for non-smallholder suppliers?

173. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with natural rubber sourcing commitments?

174. Proportion of direct and indirect supply from third-parties that comes from natural rubber plantations which are compliant with natural rubber sourcing policies?

175. Percentage of supply coming from agroforestry?

176. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

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

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

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

The company reports it conducts socialization on anti-corruption policies and mentions that throughout 2021, there were no cases or indications of corruption that occurred in the company's operational activities. However, the information is not externally verified.

179. Disclosure of the company’s management approach to tax and payments to governments?

180. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company has a whistleblowing system in place.

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

The company reports to have a complaints mechanism for consumers and employees, however, limited details are reported.

182. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?

The company reports that in 2021, the company did not receive any violation complaints from internal or external parties. It is not clear what information would be included if complaints were reported.