Bewani Oil Palm Plantations Limited
Palm oil assessment- Latest update: November 2023
- Next scheduled: November 2024
ESG scores:
The following scores are based on the totals of all environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators. Some indicators apply to more than one E, S or G issue.
Supply chain scores:
The following scores are based on ESG indicators relevant to specific segments of the palm oil supply chain.
Some indicators apply to multiple segments. Please refer to the scoring criteria for further details.
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Landbank (oil palm)100,000 hectares
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Bloomberg ticker:Private
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LEI:No LEI
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RSPO member?No
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Activities:Oil palm cultivation, milling, palm kernel crushing
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Locations:Papua New Guinea (Sandaun Province)
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Headquarters:Papua New Guinea
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Website:
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Company assessment: Bewani Oil Palm Plantations Limited – November 2023
Assessment date:
- Organisation: 1.5 / 37 4.1%
- Policy: 2.5 / 78 3.2%
- Practice: 0 / 71 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 71 0%
- External: 0 / 71 0%
- Certified: 0 / 71 0%
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Sustainability policy and leadership0 / 9 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 4 0%
- Policy: 0 / 2 0%
- Practice: 0 / 3 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 3 0%
- External: 0 / 3 0%
- Certified: 0 / 3 0%
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0 / 1
1. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment for all its operations?
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0 / 1
2. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
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4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?
This indicator has been disabled as the company is not publicly listed and does not have a board.
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0 / 1
5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?
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6. Percentage or number of women board members?
This indicator has been disabled as the company is not publicly listed and does not have a board.
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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 palm oil production?
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0 / 1
8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?
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0 / 1
9. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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0 / 1
10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?
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11. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?
This indicator is disabled as the company is not a POIG member.
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0 / 1
12. Climate risks assessment available?
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Landbank, maps and traceability1.5 / 27 5.6%
- Organisation: 1.5 / 18 8.3%
- Policy: 0 / 2 0%
- Practice: 0 / 7 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 7 0%
- External: 0 / 7 0%
- Certified: 0 / 7 0%
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13. Lists countries and operations?
Plantation - Vanimo Green District, Sandaun Province, and Papua New Guinea. However, the company does not disclose its mills' locations.
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0 / 1
14. Lists countries sourcing from?
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15. Total land area managed/controlled for oil palm (ha)?
100000 - The company reports the total land area for oil palm plantations is more than 100,000 ha. However, this information is undated.
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0 / 1
16. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?
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0 / 1
17. Scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?
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0 / 1
18. Unplanted (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?
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0 / 1
19. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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0 / 1
20. Maps of estates/management units?
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0 / 1
21. Maps of all scheme smallholders?
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0 / 1
22. Maps of all third-party supplying plantations?
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23. Number of company-owned mills?
1 - The GFW reports that the company has only one mill. However, the company has reported a target to set up a total of four oil mills by 2035.
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24. Names and locations of company-owned mills?
The GFW reports that the company has only one mill. However, the company has reported a target to set up a total of four oil mills by 2035.
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0 / 1
25. Number (or percentage) of company-owned mills that source from company-owned operations and third parties?
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0 / 1
26. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned mills that come from company-owned operations and third-parties?
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0 / 1
27. Number of third party supplying mills?
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0 / 1
28. Names and locations of all third-party supplying mills?
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0 / 1
29. Number (or percentage) of third party supplying mills that source from their own plantations and third party plantations?
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0 / 1
30. Reports total volume (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplying mills that come from the supplying mills' own operations and third parties?
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31. Total volume (or percentage) sourced for refineries that comes from intermediary traders and/or refiners rather than directly from mills?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.
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0 / 1
32. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to mill level?
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0 / 2
33. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level?
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0 / 1
34. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level?
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0 / 2
35. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) supply to own mills traceable to plantation level?
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0 / 2
36. Percentage of supply from third-party mills traceable to plantation level?
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37. Publishes traceability data at refinery level?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.
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0 / 1
38. Publishes traceability data at crusher level?
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Certification standards0 / 14 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 1 0%
- Policy: 0 / 3 0%
- Practice: 0 / 10 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 10 0%
- External: 0 / 10 0%
- Certified: 0 / 10 0%
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0 / 1
39. Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
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0 / 1
40. 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?
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0 / 1
41. Submitted most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 1
42. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified?
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0 / 1
43. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified?
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0 / 1
44. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills within 5 years?
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0 / 1
45. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities within 5 years?
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0 / 1
46. Percentage of scheme smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified?
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0 / 1
47. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders and outgrowers within 5 years or target already achieved?
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0 / 1
48. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent smallholders/outgrowers/third-party FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified?
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0 / 1
49. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that is RSPO-certified?
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0 / 1
50. Sells RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?
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0 / 1
51. Processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?
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52. Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certified (100%)?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in Indonesia.
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53. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in Malaysia.
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0 / 1
54. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAS, RSB)?
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Deforestation and biodiversity0 / 20 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 2 0%
- Policy: 0 / 12 0%
- Practice: 0 / 6 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 6 0%
- External: 0 / 6 0%
- Certified: 0 / 6 0%
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0 / 1
55. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?
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0 / 1
56. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
57. Commitment to zero deforestation?
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0 / 1
58. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
59. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation?
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0 / 1
60. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation in supplier operations?
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0 / 1
61. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?
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0 / 1
62. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?
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0 / 1
63. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in own operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
64. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in supplier operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
65. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in own operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
66. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in supplier operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
67. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?
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0 / 1
68. Biodiversity policy?
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0 / 1
69. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
70. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 1
71. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?
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0 / 1
72. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments0 / 15 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 0 0%
- Policy: 0 / 8 0%
- Practice: 0 / 7 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 7 0%
- External: 0 / 7 0%
- Certified: 0 / 7 0%
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
75. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
76. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for planting undertaken prior to January 2015, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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0 / 1
77. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?
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0 / 1
78. High Conservation Value (HCV) or combined HCV/HCS management and monitoring plans for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?
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0 / 1
79. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?
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0 / 1
80. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS) applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
81. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?
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0 / 1
82. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?
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0 / 1
83. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
84. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?
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0 / 1
85. Peer review of all High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken since April 2015 by the HCSA Quality Assurance Process?
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0 / 1
86. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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0 / 1
87. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
88. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) available, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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Peat, fire and GHG emissions1 / 20 5%
- Organisation: 0 / 5 0%
- Policy: 1 / 8 12.5%
- Practice: 0 / 7 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 7 0%
- External: 0 / 7 0%
- Certified: 0 / 7 0%
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0 / 1
89. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
90. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
91. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?
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0 / 1
92. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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93. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
The company discloses that it adopts good agricultural practices with zero-burning techniques in the land preparation stage. However, the commitment to best management practices for soils and peat is not found.
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0 / 1
94. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
95. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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96. Commitment to zero burning?
The company commits to zero burning.
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0 / 1
97. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
98. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?
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0 / 1
99. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates?
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0 / 1
100. Details/number of hotspots/fires within surrounding landscape/smallholders?
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0 / 1
101. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
102. GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
103. GHG emissions from land use change in company's own operations (scope 1)?
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104. GHG emissions from land use change in supplier operations (scope 3)?
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0 / 1
105. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
106. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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0 / 1
107. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?
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Water, chemical and pest management0 / 24 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 2 0%
- Policy: 0 / 11 0%
- Practice: 0 / 11 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 11 0%
- External: 0 / 11 0%
- Certified: 0 / 11 0%
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0 / 1
108. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?
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0 / 1
109. Water use intensity?
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0 / 1
110. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?
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0 / 1
111. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
112. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 2
113. Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
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114. Treatment of palm oil refinery effluent (PORE)?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.
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0 / 1
115. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 2
116. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
117. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
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0 / 1
118. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
119. Commitment to no use of paraquat?
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0 / 1
120. Commitment to no use of paraquat applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
121. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
122. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
123. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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0 / 1
124. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
125. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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0 / 2
126. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser use?
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0 / 2
127. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
128. Waste management system in place to avoid negative impacts?
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Community, land and labour rights1.5 / 35 4.3%
- Organisation: 0 / 5 0%
- Policy: 1.5 / 21 7.1%
- Practice: 0 / 9 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 9 0%
- External: 0 / 9 0%
- Certified: 0 / 9 0%
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0 / 1
129. Commitment to human rights?
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0 / 1
130. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
131. Progress on human rights commitment?
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0 / 1
132. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights?
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0 / 1
133. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
134. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
135. Commitment to respect legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
136. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
137. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
138. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
139. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?
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0 / 1
140. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
141. Supports the inclusion of women across palm oil operations, including addressing barriers faced?
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0 / 1
142. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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0 / 1
143. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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144. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
The company commits to provide essential community services and facilities.
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0 / 1
145. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
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146. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?
The company provides an unclear commitment to economic and employment opportunities for local communities.
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0 / 1
147. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
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0 / 1
148. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
149. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?
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0 / 1
150. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
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0 / 1
151. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
152. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
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0 / 1
153. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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0 / 1
154. Percentage or number of women employees?
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0 / 1
155. Commitment to pay a Living Wage?
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0 / 1
156. Commitment to pay a Living Wage applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
157. Progress on commitment to pay a Living Wage?
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0 / 1
158. Reporting of salary by gender?
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0 / 1
159. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
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0 / 1
160. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
161. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?
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0 / 1
162. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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0 / 1
163. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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Smallholders and suppliers0 / 15 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 0 0%
- Policy: 0 / 6 0%
- Practice: 0 / 9 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 9 0%
- External: 0 / 9 0%
- Certified: 0 / 9 0%
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0 / 1
164. Commitment to support smallholders?
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0 / 1
165. Programme to support scheme smallholders?
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0 / 1
166. Percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
167. Programme to support independent smallholders?
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0 / 1
168. Percentage of independent smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?
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0 / 1
169. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
170. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
171. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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0 / 1
172. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with palm oil sourcing commitments?
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173. Proportion of supply from suppliers that is verified as deforestation- and/or conversion-free (DCF)?
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0 / 1
174. Time-bound plan to engage with all high risk mills within 3 years?
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0 / 1
175. Programme to support high risk mills to become compliant with sourcing policies?
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0 / 1
176. Regularly engages with a subset of high risk mills?
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0 / 1
177. Procedures in place to assess all own and third party supplying palm oil mills for risk level?
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0 / 1
178. Regularly assesses and categorises the risk level of all their own and third party supplying mills?
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0 / 1
179. Regularly reports the risk level of all own and third party supplying mills identified in its supply chain?
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Governance and grievances0 / 7 0%
- Organisation: 0 / 0 0%
- Policy: 0 / 5 0%
- Practice: 0 / 2 0%
- Self-reported: 0 / 2 0%
- External: 0 / 2 0%
- Certified: 0 / 2 0%
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180. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
The company states that integrity is the basic principle of its management to ensure all stakeholders including the native people are protected with trust and integrity. However, the commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption could not be found.
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0 / 1
181. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
182. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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0 / 1
183. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?
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0 / 1
184. Whistleblowing procedure?
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185. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?
The company reports that it has a Project Relations Department (PRD) through which concerns, queries, and general discussions can take place. However, no further details were provided.
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0 / 1
186. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?
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Media monitor: Bewani Oil Palm Plantations Limited
SPOTT monitors global media sources for coverage of assessed companies. The media monitor gathers reports about specific activities related to the assessment indicator categories. ZSL does not assess or score the validity of media coverage, but users can explore the media monitor to provide context on implementation, and infer risks associated with reported operations on the ground. The media monitor undergoes a full update at the time of publishing an assessment round, with ad-hoc updates throughout the year. This is not an exhaustive list of all media reports relevant to the company.
September 2019
This BBC Documentary Exposes The Beauty Industry's Big Environmental Secret
August 2019
The Chain: Main Southeast Asian Deforesters of 2019 Supplying NDPE Market
March 2019
The Chain: Bewani Oil Palm Plantation Divestment Increases Risks of Continued Deforestation in Palm Oil Supply Chains
February 2019
The Chain: NDPE Uptake Impacts List of Top 10 Deforesters in SE Asia
December 2018
USD 11B in Loans to Palm Oil Industry: ESG Issues May Create Indirect Risks for Bank Investors
November 2018
Shadow and prestanomi societies: how to make sustainable palm oil unsustainable
August 2018
The Chain: Bewani Oil Palm Mill in PNG May Supply the Palm Oil Leakage Market
July 2018
Palm oil firms use ‘shadow companies' to hide deforestation links: report
June 2018
Shadow Companies Present Palm Oil Investor Risks and Undermine NDPE Efforts
April 2014
Australian banks financing companies accused of land grabs, illegal logging and child labour: Oxfam
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Media monitor: Bewani Oil Palm Plantations Limited
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