Agropalma Group
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Parent company:APAR Holdings
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Landbank (oil palm)117,850 hectares
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Bloomberg ticker:0214669D BZ Equity
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LEI:No LEI
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RSPO member?Yes
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Website:
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Company assessment: Agropalma Group – July 2015
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RSPO reporting requirements
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1 / 11.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?
Agropalma has been an RSPO member since 2004.
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1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?
Yes.
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1.3.1.. In the company's most recent and up-to-date RSPO ACOP report, does the company refer to itself as an oil palm grower?
Agropalma correctly refer to themselves as an oil palm grower.
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1.3.2.. In the company's most recent and up-to-date RSPO ACOP report, does the company state all the countries and regions in which it operates?
Agropalma correctly states the country in which the company operates.
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1.4.1.. Has the company set any public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
Agropalma's plantation estates have been 100% RSPO certified since 2011.
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-1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
No.
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1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?
100 - Agropalma's plantation estates have been 100% RSPO certified since 2011
Calculation: 39,042 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 39,042 ha (stated planted area) x 100. -
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1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?
Yes.
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1.7.1.. Has the company set any public targets for its third party suppliers to be 100% RSPO-certified?
This indicator has been disabled as Agropalma does not have independent FFB suppliers.
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1.7.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its independent FFB suppliers to be RSPO-certified?
This indicator has been disabled as Agropalma does not have independent FFB suppliers.
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1.8.1.. Has the company set any public targets for scheme smallholders to be 100% RSPO-certified?
2014.
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1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?
No.
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1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?
100 - 100% of Agropalma's scheme smallholders are RSPO certified.
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Landbank and maps
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2.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement detailing its land acquisition criteria?
Yes.
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2.1.2.. Does this statement apply to all of the company's scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
Yes for scheme smallholders, however Agropalma does not have any third party FFB suppliers.
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2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?
39000 - Yes, landbank for oil palm cultivation is 39,000 ha.
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2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?
39042 - Yes, planted area is 39,042 ha.
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2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?
11057 - Yes, scheme smallholder hectarage is 11,057 ha.
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2.2.4.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total area of land managed for conservation that is set aside (i.e. including areas of High Conservation Value)?
64000 - Yes, landbank for conservation is 64,000 ha.
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2.3.1.. Are all of the company's concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
Company concession boundary maps have been submitted but are currently not available to be viewed on the SPOTT mapping tool. This page will be updated once the information has been made available.
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2.3.2.. Are all of the company's scheme smallholders' concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
No scheme smallholder concession maps have been made publicly available by Agropalma and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.
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Environmental management
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3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?
Yes.
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3.1.2.. Does this statement apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
Not explicitly, but Agropalma is a founding member of the Palm Oil Innovations Group (POIG) charter which stipulates that "producers shall independently verify and report on compliance with this charter within 12 months of commitment to the Charter, across their operations, subsidiaries and acquisitions of existing plantation including FFB from 3rd party supplier's".
Note: POIG was initiated after the 2013 review of the RSPO Principles & Criteria, which POIG members believe could have been more innovative, especially on the issues of deforestation, carbon stocks, biodiversity and social relations. All of the POIG members are committed to reinforcing and improving the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria (P&C's). -
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3.2.1.. Does the company have a publicly available commitment to undertake Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) prior to any new planting taking place?
Yes.
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3.2.2.. Does the company make its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process publicly available?
Not explicitly, but Agropalma is a founding member of the Palm Oil Innovations Group (POIG) charter which includes the FPIC process.
Note: POIG was initiated after the 2013 review of the RSPO Principles & Criteria, which POIG members believe could have been more innovative, especially on the issues of deforestation, carbon stocks, biodiversity and social relations. All of the POIG members are committed to reinforcing and improving the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria (P&C's). -
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3.3.1.. Does the company have a publicly available commitment to conduct SEIA (Social and Environmental Impact Assessments) assessments prior to any new planting taking place?
Yes.
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3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No SEIA assessments could be found using the research protocols.
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3.4.1.. Does the company have a publicly available commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments prior to any new planting taking place?
Yes.
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3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No HCV assessments could be found using the research protocols.
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3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?
No HCV management plans could be found using the research protocols.
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3.6.. Does the company have a publicly available Water Management Plan or equivalent for its operations?
Yes.
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3.7.. Does the company have a publicly available Integrated Pest Management Plan for its operations?
Yes.
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3.8.. Does the company have a publicly available commitment to not use WHO Class 1A and 1B pesticides and paraquat, or time-bound plan for phasing out their use?
Yes.
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3.9.. Has the company been mentioned in any relevant media stories and/or reports that make reference to wildlife conflict or deforestation within the company's plantation estates and/or its scheme smallholders' or independent FFB suppliers' plantations?
No relevant media stories could be found using the research protocols.
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Fragile, marginal and peat soils
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4.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict 'no new development on peat' policy?
Yes.
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4.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
Yes, however, Agropalma does not source FFB's from 3rd party suppliers.
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4.2.. What percentage of the company's landbank for oil palm cultivation is located on peat?
0 - 0% of Agropalma's landbank is located on peat soil.
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Zero burning
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5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?
Yes.
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5.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
Yes, however, Agropalma does not source FFB's from 3rd party suppliers.
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5.2.. Has the company been mentioned in any relevant media stories and/or reports that make reference to fires found within the company's plantation estates and/or its scheme smallholders' or independent FFB suppliers' plantations?
No relevant media stories could be found using the research protocols.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
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6.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available time-bound plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?
Yes.
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6.1.2.. Does this time-bound plan apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
Not explicitly mentioned. However, Agropalma is a founder of the Palm Oil Innovations Group (POIG) charter (of which greenhouse gas accountability is stated as a key performance area) which stipulates that "producers shall independently verify and report on compliance with this charter within 12 months of commitment to the Charter, across their operations, subsidiaries and acquisitions of existing plantation including FFB from 3rd party supplier's".
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6.2.. Does the company publicly report on progress made towards achieving its time-bound plan?
Yes.
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6.3.. Does the company publicly report its GHG emissions from land use change associated with new planting?
Yes.
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Traceability
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7.1.. Are all of the company's mill locations publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
Palm oil mill locations have been submitted but are currently not available to be viewed on the SPOTT mapping tool. This page will be updated once the information has been made available.
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7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?
100 - 100% of Agropalma's palm oil mills are RSPO certified
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7.3.. What percentage of the company's total fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) purchased from independent suppliers (not including outgrowers and scheme smallholders) is RSPO-certified?
This indicator has been disabled as Agropalma does not purchase FFBs from independent suppliers.
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7.4.. Does the company have a public commitment to move towards Segregated and/or Identity Preserved certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)?
Yes.
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7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?
Identity Preserved, Segregated.
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Media monitor: Agropalma Group
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September 2024
Norwegian bank withdraws investment in company for violating Indigenous rights in Brazil
March 2024
Von nachhaltig keine Spur: Schwindel mit zertifiziertem Palmöl aus Brasilien (No trace of sustainability: fraud with certified palm oil from Brazil)
February 2024
The struggle for land in the Brazilian Amazon region against palm oil and mining corporations
November 2023
Brazil: Agropalma oil palm plantation security shoots and kills Indigenous man
May 2023
Open letter: Against the “sustainable” destruction of the rainforest and the people who live in it
March 2023
RSPO suspension of Brazil palm oil exporter tied to Mongabay land-grabbing report
December 2022
Major Brazil palm oil exporter accused of fraud, land-grabbing over Quilombola cemeteries
September 2022
Brazils biggest palm oil producers Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels accused of serious human rights violations against communities in the Pará region
August 2022
Organizações cobram posicionamento de empresas do agronegócio sobre Convenção OIT-169 (Organizations demand position from agribusiness companies on the ILO-169 Convention)
March 2022
Agropalma é condenada a pagar quase R$ 1milhão por dano moral coletivo (Agropalma is ordered to pay almost R$ 1 million for collective moral damage)
February 2022
AGROPALMA - ESCLARECIMENTO À SOCIEDADE (AGROPALMA - CLARIFICATION TO SOCIETY)
September 2021
Suspeitos de crimes de grilagem de terras da Agropalma são intimados pela Justiça (Suspects of land grabbing crimes by Agropalma are summoned by the court)
July 2021
PA: Comunidades indígenas e quilombolas denunciam invasão de cemitérios em territórios tradicionais pelo latifúndio (PA: Indigenous communities and quilombolas denounce invasion of cemeteries in traditional territories by large estates)
July 2021
Quilombolas lutam pela terra contra gigante do agronegócio e pedem o fim da violência no Pará (Quilombolas fight for land against agribusiness giant and call for an end to violence in Pará)
June 2021
EXCLUSIVO – Herdeiro de terras acusa governador do Pará e irmão de favorecer Agropalma (1) (EXCLUSIVE – Land heir accuses governor of Pará and brother of favoring Agropalma (1))
May 2021
Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)
March 2021
MPF usa reportagem no UOL em ação contra empresas de óleo de palma (MPF uses UOL report in action against palm oil companies)
December 2019
Entidades do agronegócio evitam comentar saída da Coalizão Brasil Clima (Agribusiness entities avoid commenting on the departure of the Brazil Climate Coalition)
June 2019
La Fundación del Aceite de Palma Sostenible se suma a la plataforma ‘Sustainable Palm Oil Choice' (The Sustainable Palm Oil Foundation joins the 'Sustainable Palm Oil Choice' platform)
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Media monitor: Agropalma Group
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