Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT

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

Sustainability Policy.

2. Policy or commitment applies to direct and third-party suppliers?

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

Director of Sustainability and Public Relations.

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

2016

5. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to improve sustainability in relation to palm oil?

6. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

7. Activities with government and/or NGOs to improve palm oil sustainability?

The company engages with NGOs and government agencies regarding implementation of its sustainability policy and with local government to establish the Fire Care Community and on peat management.

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

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

297011 - Includes nucleus (233,382 ha) and plasma (63,629 ha).

10. Plasma/scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?

63629

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

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

26300 - Figures are undated.

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

31

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

There is one mill location available through Global Forest Watch.

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

17. Maps of estates/management units?

Concession boundaries are available through Global Forest Watch - there are 7 concessions under Astra Agro Lestari and 32 concessions under the parent company, Astra International. However, it is unclear if this represents all the company's concessions.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

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

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

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

21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (above 80%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

22. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level (is above 75%)?

23. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level (is above 75%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

24. Commitment to address deforestation?

25. Commitment to zero deforestation?

26. Deforestation commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

27. Criteria for defining deforestation?

HCV, HCS.

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

29. Commitment to set aside areas for conservation?

30. Evidence of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?

31. A landscape-level approach?

32. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

33. Commitment to not endanger species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

The company states "The species prioritized to conserve is any species decided as an icon or an umbrella species in a protected area within the Company's plantation" and makes reference to the IUCN Red List.

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

The company does not allow illegal hunting in conservation areas, but it does not state a general commitment to no hunting.

35. Commitment not to operate within internationally and nationally designated protected areas?

The company states its plantations are "generally located far from" protected areas and hence it does not have any significant impact on conservation zones designated by the government, but it does not commit to not operate within protected areas.

36. Evidence of species conservation activities?

The company conducts biodiversity monitoring and research projects, restoration projects, has set up an eco-tourism program as well as providing education to surrounding communities on conservation.

37. Commitment to High Conservation Value (HCV) approach?

38. HCV commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

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

The company's sustainability policy states "We will ensure that HCV studies are completed by credible service providers. We will work with the broader stakeholder community to identify and engage appropriate experts whenever competent and credible HCV assessors are not readily available".

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

41. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted since January 2015?

42. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all estates planted since January 2015?

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

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

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

This indicator is disabled as according to the company's 2016 Annual Report it has only done replanting since January 2016.

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

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

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

49. Peat commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

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

The company commits to best management practices for existing plantations on peat, but does not have a commitment to soils.

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

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

The company only details best management practices for peat.

53. Commitment to zero burning?

54. Zero burning commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

55. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

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

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

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

The company commits to reduce GHG emissions but commitment is not time-bound.

59. GHG commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

60. GHG emissions?

The company states "in 2016 the GHG release
by each subsidiary was on average 3.81 tons of CO2 / ha.".

61. GHG emissions from land use change?

62. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

The company states: "Computation utilized calculation published by the Secretariat of the ISPO commission by referring to the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) and IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) methods.".

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

The company reports a 15% reduction of carbon emissions since 2015.

64. Percentage of mills with methane capture (is above 75%)?

65. Time-bound commitment to improve water use?

The company "strives to reduce water use" but this commitment is not time-bound.

66. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality?

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

The company reports on reduced water use but commitment is not time-bound.

68. Progress towards commitment on water quality?

69. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

70. Evidence of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME)?

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

The company states it "limits pesticide use" but no further details are given. No mention on minimising fertilizer use.

72. No use of paraquat?

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

74. No use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?

75. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

77. Commitment to human rights, referencing the UN Declaration of Human Rights or UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?

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

The company states "We will respect individual, communal and customary rights of indigenous and local communities, and commit to ensuring legal compliance as well as best practices in FPIC are implemented, prior to commencing any new operations".

79. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights, referencing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO 169?

The company states it respects indigenous and local community rights but no reference to UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (no. 169) is given.

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

81. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?

82. Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process?

83. Process for addressing land conflicts?

84. Commitment to ensure food security for local communities?

85. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

86. Reference to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

87. Total number of employees?

35400

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

The company states it "ensures that wages are paid pursuant to the government regulations".

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

92. Lost time accident rate?

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

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

Provision of PPE for workers in risk areas but no training on pesticides given.

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

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

97. Listed all countries and regions in which operates in most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?

98. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of estates?

99. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?

100. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all supply chains?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

101. 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?

102. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified (is above 75%)?

103. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified (is above 75%)?

104. Percentage of scheme/associated smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified (is above 75%)?

105. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified (is above 75%)?

106. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that are RSPO-certified (is above 75%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

107. Sells or processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

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

21 subsidiaries received ISPO certificates in 2016.

109. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified (100%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

110. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAN, RSB, etc.)?

111. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

112. Details of support programme for scheme smallholders?

Financial support, crop yield and productivity, training on palm oil cultivation, sustainable plantation practices, transmigration, providing fertilizer.

113. Number or percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?

The company made partnerships with more than 50,000 oil palm farmers within their PIR-TRANS, PIR-KKPA, PIR-BUN models.

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

PIR-BUN Swadaya scheme for independent farmers.

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

Extension services, technical assistance.

116. Number or percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?

15000

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

118. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

119. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged?

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

The company has a Code of Ethics, but does not mention prohibition of corruption.

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

The company's 2015 sustainability policy states "In consultation with key stakeholders, we will develop and maintain transparent and effective processes for the responsible handling of complaints and conflicts including fair representation, and ensure rightful compensation where rights have been violate". No further information could be found.

123. Grievance system accessible to internal stakeholders (i.e. employees)?

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?