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Bumitama Agri Ltd

Palm oil assessment
  • Latest update: November 2024
  • Next scheduled: November 2025

  • Parent company:
    Harita Group
  • Landbank (oil palm)
    238,644 hectares
  • Market cap:
    1,065,700,000 USD
  • Thomson Reuters ticker:
    BUMI.SI
  • Bloomberg ticker:
    BAL SP Equity
  • LEI:
  • RSPO member?
    Yes
  • Website:
  • Media Monitor
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Company assessment: Bumitama Agri Ltd – July 2015

Assessment date:

Total: 32.7% 18 / 55
  • RSPO reporting requirements RSPO reporting requirements
    5 / 15 33.3%
    • Y
      1 / 1

      1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?

      Bumitama Agri Limited, whose membership was previously under subsidiary PT Bumitama Gunajaya Agro, has been an RSPO member since 2007.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?

      Yes.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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?

      Bumitama correctly refer to themselves as an oil palm grower.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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?

      Bumitama correctly states the country in which the company operates.

    • N
      0 / 1

      1.4.1.. Has the company set any public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?

      2020.

    • N
      -

      1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?

      No.

    • P
      1 / 4

      1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?

      23.29 -
      23.29% of Bumitama's planted area is RSPO certified

      Calculation: 26,600 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 114,198 ha (planted area) x 100
      .

    • N
      -

      1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?

      Link to Bumitama's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments.

    • N
      0 / 1

      1.7.1.. Has the company set any public targets for its third party suppliers to be 100% RSPO-certified?

      2020.

    • N
      -

      1.7.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its independent FFB suppliers to be RSPO-certified?

      No.

    • N
      0 / 1

      1.8.1.. Has the company set any public targets for scheme smallholders to be 100% RSPO-certified?

      2020.

    • N
      -

      1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?

      No.

    • N
      0 / 4

      1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?

      0 -
      0% of Bumitama's scheme smallholder plantations are RSPO certified

      Calculation: 0 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 40,306 ha (scheme smallholder hectarage) x 100
      .

  • Landbank and maps Landbank and maps
    5 / 8 62.5%
    • N
      0 / 1

      2.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement detailing its land acquisition criteria?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      2.1.2.. Does this statement apply to all of the company's scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?

      199000 - Yes, landbank for oil palm cultivation is 199,000 ha.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?

      114198 - Yes, planted area is 114,198 ha.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?

      40306 - Yes, scheme smallholder hectarage is 40,306 ha.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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)?

      12244 - Yes, landbank for conservation is 12,244 ha.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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.

    • N
      0 / 1

      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 Bumitama Agri and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.

  • Environmental management Environmental management
    5 / 12 41.7%
    • Y
      1 / 1

      3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?

      Yes.

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.1.2.. Does this statement apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?

      The statement applies to scheme smallholders, but currently not to third party suppliers.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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.

    • Y
      1 / 1

      3.2.2.. Does the company make its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process publicly available?


      The following Bumitama subsidiaries which have a publicly available FPIC process are as follows:

      PT Ladang Sawit Mas

      PT Karya Makmur Langgeng

      PT Agro Manunggal Sawitindo

      PT Lestari Gemilang Intisawit

      PT Nabatindo Karya Utama

      PT Andalan Sukses Makmur

      PT Karya Makmur Bahagia

      PT Windu Nabatindo Lestari

      PT Gunajaya Karya Gemilang

      PT Gunajaya Ketapang Sentosa
      .

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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.

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?


      There is public availability of some of Bumitama Agri's SEIA assessments:

      **West Kalimantan:** PT Ladang Sawit Mas, PT Karya Makmur Langgeng, PT Agro Manunggal Sawitindo, PT Lestari Gemilang Intisawit, PT Gunajaya Karya Gemilang, PT Gunajaya Ketapang Sentosa, no further SEIA assessments could be found

      **Central Kalimantan:** PT Nabatindo Karya Utama, PT Andalan Sukses Makmur, PT Karya Makmur Bahagia, PT Windu Nabatindo Lestari, no further SEIA assessments could be found

      **Sumatra:** No SEIA assessments could be found
      .

    • Y
      1 / 1

      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.

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?


      There is public availability of some of Bumitama Agri's HCV assessments:

      **West Kalimantan:** PT Ladang Sawit Mas, PT Karya Makmur Langgeng, PT Agro Manunggal Sawitindo, PT Lestari Gemilang Intisawit, PT Gunajaya Karya Gemilang, PT Gunajaya Ketapang Sentosa, no further HCV assessments could be found

      **Central Kalimantan:** PT Nabatindo Karya Utama, PT Andalan Sukses Makmur, PT Karya Makmur Bahagia, PT Windu Nabatindo Lestari, no further HCV assessments could be found

      **Sumatra:** No HCV assessments could be found
      .

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?


      There is public availability of some of Bumitama Agri's HCV management plans:

      **West Kalimantan:** PT Ladang Sawit Mas, PT Karya Makmur Langgeng, PT Agro Manunggal Sawitindo, PT Lestari Gemilang Intisawit, PT Gunajaya Karya Gemilang, PT Gunajaya Ketapang Sentosa, no further HCV management plans could be found

      **Central Kalimantan:** PT Nabatindo Karya Utama, PT Andalan Sukses Makmur, PT Karya Makmur Bahagia, PT Windu Nabatindo Lestari, no further HCV management plans could be found

      **Sumatra:** No HCV management plans could be found
      .

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.6.. Does the company have a publicly available Water Management Plan or equivalent for its operations?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      3.7.. Does the company have a publicly available Integrated Pest Management Plan for its operations?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      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?

      Bumitama has a commitment to eliminate the use of paraquat in all plantations and plasma schemes by 2016. However, no similar statement could be found using the research protocols relating to the phasing out of WHO Class 1A & 1B pesticides.

    • N
      -

      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?

      Please find the relevant media stories listed in the media monitor below.

  • Fragile, marginal and peat soils Fragile, marginal and peat soils
    1 / 2 50%
    • Y
      1 / 1

      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.

    • N
      0 / 1

      4.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?

      The statement applies to scheme smallholders, but currently not to third party suppliers.

    • N
      -

      4.2.. What percentage of the company's landbank for oil palm cultivation is located on peat?

      1.35 - At least 1.35% of Bumitama's landbank is located on peat (NB. this figure only relates to PT Andalan Sukses Makmur)

      Calculation: 2,682 ha (stated landbank on peat soil) divided by 199,000 ha (landbank for oil palm cultivation) x 100.

  • Zero burning Zero burning
    1 / 2 50%
    • Y
      1 / 1

      5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?

      Yes.

    • N
      0 / 1

      5.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?

      The statement applies to scheme smallholders, but currently not to third party suppliers.

    • N
      -

      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?

      Please find the relevant media stories listed in the media monitor below.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas emissions
    0 / 4 0%
    • N
      0 / 1

      6.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available time-bound plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?

      2015 - No. However, GHG emissions measurements are expected to be completed in 2015 using the RSPO PalmGHG reporting tool.

    • N
      0 / 1

      6.1.2.. Does this time-bound plan apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      6.2.. Does the company publicly report on progress made towards achieving its time-bound plan?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      6.3.. Does the company publicly report its GHG emissions from land use change associated with new planting?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

  • Traceability Traceability
    1 / 12 8.3%
    • N
      0 / 1

      7.1.. Are all of the company's mill locations publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

      No palm oil mill locations have been made publicly available by Bumitama Agri and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.

    • P
      1 / 4

      7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?

      20 -
      20% of Bumitama's palm oil mills are RSPO certified

      Calculation: 2 palm oil mills RSPO certified divided by 10 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100
      .

    • N
      0 / 4

      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?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 1

      7.4.. Does the company have a public commitment to move towards Segregated and/or Identity Preserved certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)?

      No information could be found using the research protocols.

    • N
      0 / 2

      7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?

      Mass Balance, Book & Claim.

Media monitor: Bumitama Agri Ltd

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