Cargill Inc

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

The company has a Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

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

Member of TFA 2020, TFT, TWG, WBSCD and reports under CDP.

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?

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

169032 - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

100193 - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

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

44598 - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016." The company also states on an undated webpage that smallholders own 42,000 ha.

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

6683.72 - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

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

17558 - Sum of HCV areas and other conservation areas of both Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

9 - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016." 9 mills are also reported in its 2016 Sustainable Palm Oil Progress Update.

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

Mill locations have been made available to WRI GFW. However, ZSL is currently unable to ascertain if the maps disclosed constitute 100% of the company's palm oil mills.

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

Cargill details the number of third party mills in different regions of the world, but not the names of these suppliers.

17. Maps of estates/management units?

Concession boundaries have been made available to the RSPO and the company declares these represent 100% of their concession sites, but not all may not be publicly available due to ongoing legal issues.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

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

2015 - The company achieved full traceability to the mill in 'key markets' in 2015, but are only 93% traceable to mill when considering all markets.

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

2020

21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (is 100%)?

93% - The company has a target to achieve 100% traceability to mill by 2015, but has not yet met it for all mills, although states it achieved the goal of full traceability to the mill in key markets.

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

The company does not report traceability figures for its own mills separately to traceability of its supplying mills.

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

39%

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?

Old growth forest, primary forests, HCV, HCS.

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

The company partnered with World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch to build a decision-support system and spatial monitoring platform to help track progress and real-time challenges associated with deforestation commitments.

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?

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

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

The company only mentions protected areas in relation to risk monitoring of mills.

36. Evidence of species conservation activities?

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

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

The company's HCV commitment applies to suppliers, but it is unclear if it applies to scheme smallholders.

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

The company is an RSPO member and commits to use the HCVRN ALS under the RSPO NPP, but does not state this commitment explicitly itself.

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

The following HCV assessments are available:

West Kalimantan: PT Indo Sawit Kekal
South Sumatra: PT Hindoli Mukut-Penuguan; PT Sumber Terang Agro Lestari.

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

Cargill has one HCV assessment for new planting and two other HCV assessments since January 2015.

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

Cargill has one HCV assessment for new planting and two other HCV assessments since January 2015.

43. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2016 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

All three HCV assessments have been reviewed as satisfactory.

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

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

The company is an RSPO member and commits to use the SEIAs under the RSPO NPP, but does not state this commitment explicitly itself.

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

The following SEIA assessments are available:

West Kalimantan: PT Indo Sawit Kekal; PT Harapan Sawit Lestari

South Sumatra: PT Hindoli Mukut-Penuguan; PT Sumber Terang Agro Lestari.

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

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

The company's commitment applies to suppliers but it is unclear if it applies to smallholders.

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

The company commits to the RSPO standards for BMPs for peat, however they do not mention best management practices for 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?

The company's commitment applies to suppliers but it is unclear if it applies to smallholders.

55. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

The company conducts regular fire prevention programs and ensures adequate firefighting vehicles and personnel on standby at each of its locations, and is piloting technology to locate fire hot spots.

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

Cargill reported in December 2015 45 fires identified on and around its plantations in Indonesia.

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

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

2020 (5%)

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

60. GHG emissions?

61. GHG emissions from land use change?

62. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

ISCC 205 GHG Emissions Calculation Methodology and GHG Audit.

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

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

The company is currently working on completing methane capture facilities at two of its mills by 2020.

65. Commitment to manage water use and water quality?

66. Time-bound commitments to improve water use and water quality?

2020 (5%) - The company has set a 2020 target to improve freshwater efficiency by 5% against a fiscal 2015 baseline, but has not set a time-bound commitment on water quality.

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

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 only states it has identified the need for safer storage and management of dangerous chemicals.

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?

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

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?

The company does not refer to the minimum age convention.

87. Total number of employees?

150000 - The company reports 150,000 as the total number of employees for all its operations.

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

92. Lost time accident rate?

1.34 - The company states a Reportable Injury Frequency Rate (RIFR) of 1.34 in 2016, but it is unclear how this figure relates to its palm oil operations.

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

9 - The company reports 9 work fatalities in 2016, but it is unclear how this figure relates to its palm oil operations.

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

2004

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)?

Cargill states all the countries and regions in which it operates as a palm oil grower: Indonesia (West Kalimantan and South Sumatra).

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

2020 - Time-bound plan has been extended from 2016 to 2020.

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?

2020

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

2020

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?

2009

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

7 (78%) - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

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

53468.5 (34%) - Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016".

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

522390 (75.2%) - Total FFB volume that is supplied by scheme smallholders divided by FFB volume supplied by scheme smallholders that is certified (tonnes). Sum of Cargill and Alpha Capital Limited reported figures. Cargill states it in ACOP 2016 that "Cargill acquired Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) in Dec 2015. Alpha Capital progress shall be reported under separate RSPO membership in the ACOP report for 2016.".

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

17094 (100%) - Total FFB volume that is supplied by independent smallholders divided by FFB volume supplied by independent smallholders that is certified (tonnes).

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

685576 - The company does not report data on the total volume traded/processed in the year, only the volume RSPO-certified.

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

Book & Claim; Mass Balance; Segregated; Identity Preserved.

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

PT Hindoli has been ISPO certified, but it is unclear if Cargill's other plantations are certified.

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.)?

Some of Cargill's plantations are ISCC certified.

111. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

112. Details of support programme for scheme smallholders?

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

The company reports some figures, but it is unclear how many smallholders were involved in total.

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

The company has an independent oil palm smallholder sustainability support program in Malaysia and Colombia.

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

In Malaysia , we have certified 175 independent smallholders for RSPO in Air Kuning Perak, as part of the Wild Asia Group Scheme (WAGS) .In Colombia , we signed off on a project that will support the RSPO certification of 487 independent smallholders We also support smallholders through the development of best practice guidelines to guide replanting and alternative livelihood development on peat areas.

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

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?

The company states they will "Evaluate, and will suspend, business with suppliers who are confirmed, through a credible source, audit or verification, to be in violation of our forest policy, and unwilling to remediate non-compliance issues or concerns".

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

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company has an "Ethics Open Line" for reporting any misconduct.

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

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

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?

Grievances are only accessible through a dashboard which requires a log-in.