Cargill Inc

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

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

Sustainability Director, Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain.

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company publishes regular sustainability updates.

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

TFA 2020, TFT, WBCSD and UNGC.

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, NGOs or academic institutions to improve palm oil sustainability?

The company is a founding member of the Palm Oil Traceability Working Group (TWG), convened by IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative; partnered with WRI's GFW to develop global baseline for tree cover loss; participated in the HCS Convergence Working Group.

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

165364 - Figure includes Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) which was acquired by the company in Dec 2015.

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

104466 - Figure includes Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) which was acquired by the company in Dec 2015.

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

43220 - Figure includes Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) which was acquired by the company in Dec 2015.

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

5000 - Figure includes Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) which was acquired by the company in Dec 2015.

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

12678 - Figure includes Alpha Capital Limited (Poliplant group) which was acquired by the company in Dec 2015. This figure has decreased from 17,558 reported in the company's 2016 ACOPs.

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number and names of company owned mills?

The company's ACOP states it has 9 palm oil mills. The company's Global Mill List gives the names of 10 company owned mills, and its 2017 progress update states it has 11 mills.

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

17. Maps of estates/management units?

The company states that is has submitted concession boundaries to the RSPO and the company declares these represent 100% of its concession sites, but they may not all be available due to ongoing legal issues. Maps will become available on GeoRSPO.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

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

2020

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

2020

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

96% - The company states "At the end of 2017, 96 percent of the palm we sourced (99 percent of the kernel and 96 percent of the palm was traceable to the mill".

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

100% - The company states "Our own plantations and mills in Indonesia are fully traceable".

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

55% - The company states it achieved 55 percent traceability to plantation (32 percent of kernel and 59 percent of palm) at the end of 2017.

24. Commitment to zero deforestation?

The company commits to no deforestation within its palm oil operations, and has a goal to eliminate deforestation across its entire agricultural supply chain, halving it by 2020 and ending it completely by 2030.

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

26. Criteria for defining deforestation?

Old growth forest, primary forests, HCV, HCS, peat.

27. 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

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28. Examples of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?

The company undertook mangrove planting in Jakarta Bay.

29. Implementing a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation?

The company states "Cargill is actively engaged with IDH-The Sustainable Trade Initiative as a member of the Sustainable Landscapes Working Group (formerly the Traceability Working Group)" and is working with Proforest to identify priority landscapes for 2018.

30. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

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

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

33. Examples of species conservation activities?

The company only has one example of species conservation, through the launch of a human-wildlife contact program.

34. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?

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

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

This company does not have an explicit commitment itself, but commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member.

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

The following HCV assessments are publicly available:
West Kalimantan: PT Indo Sawit Kekal
South Sumatra: PT Hindoli Mukut-Penuguan; PT Sumber Terang Agro Lestari.

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

The following HCV assessments are publicly available:
Alpha Capital Limited - PT Andes Sawit Mas; PT Andes Agro Investama (AAI) and PT Andes Sawit Lestari (ASL); Cargill Incorporated - PT Harapan Sawit Lestari; PT Andes Sawit Mas; PT Poliplant Sejahtera and PT Maya Agro Investama.

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

The following HCV management and monitoring plans are available:
Alpha Capital Limited - PT Andes Sawit Mas; PT Andes Agro Investama (AAI) and PT Andes Sawit Lestari (ASL); Cargill Incorporated - PT Harapan Sawit Lestari; PT Andes Sawit Mas; PT Poliplant Sejahtera and PT Maya Agro Investama
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40. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

Three HCV assessments have been reviewed as satisfactory. The HCV assessment for PT Harapan Sawit Lestari has not been quality reviewed by the HCVRN.

41. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?

42. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

This company does not have an explicit commitment itself, but commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member.

44. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

The following SEIA assessments are publicly available:
West Kalimantan: PT Indo Sawit Kekal; PT Harapan Sawit Lestari; Alpha Capital Limited - PT Andes Sawit Mas;
South Sumatra: PT Hindoli Mukut-Penuguan; PT Sumber Terang Agro Lestari.

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

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

47. 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 for soils.

48. Landbank or planted area on peat?

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

The company only states that it sponsored and participated in a workshop on peatland conservation. The workshop was designed to kick off the Smallholder Protocol for Sustainable Management of Peat Areas and Responsible Replanting of Oil Palm.

50. Commitment to zero burning?

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

52. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

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

The company reported in December 2015 45 fires identified on and around its plantations in Indonesia. The data is more than 2 years old.

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

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

2025 - The company had a previous target to "improve greenhouse gas intensity by 5 percent against a fiscal 2015 baseline" by 2020. Their new target is to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2025, against a 2017 baseline. This updated target is not reported in terms of greenhouse gas intensity.

56. GHG emissions from land use change?

57. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

RSPO PalmGHG Calculator.

58. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

The company reported a 3.2% improvement in GHG intensity in its 2017 Annual Report.

59. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?

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

60. Time-bound commitment to improve water use per tonne of FFB Processed?

2020 (5%) - The company has a target to achieve a 5% improvement in water efficiency against a fiscal 2015 baseline by 2020 but it does not have a commitment for its palm oil operations specifically.

61. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?

62. Progress towards commitment on water use?

The company reports a 2.9% improvement in freshwater efficiency improvement in its 2017 Annual Report.

63. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?

64. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

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

67. No use of paraquat?

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

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

70. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

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

73. Commitment to human rights applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

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

The company only commits to respect land tenure rights in relation to FPIC.

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

The company commits to "No exploitation of rights of indigenous peoples and local communities" but does not mention the UNDRIP/ILO.

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

77. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?

78. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?

79. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

80. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

81. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

82. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

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

The company does not refer to the minimum age convention.

84. Total number of employees?

155000 - The company reports 155,000 as the total number of employees for all its operations.

85. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

86. Percentage or number of women employees?

87. Commitment to pay minimum wage?

88. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

89. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

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.

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

3 - The company reports 3 work fatalities in its 2018 Annual Report, but it is unclear how this figure relates to its palm oil operations.

91. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

2004

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

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

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

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

2020

96. 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

97. Year expected to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities?

2020

98. 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 - The company became a member of the RSPO in 2004 and certified its first estate in 2009. Alpha Capital became a member of the RSPO in 2016 and achieved its first certification in 2016.

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

7 (78%)

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

80071 (48.4%)

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

27097 (62.7%) - Area certified divided by total area under scheme smallholders (hectares).

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

The company does not report having independent suppliers in its ACOP, however it states in its recent progress report that it does source from independent smallholders.

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

574939 - The company does not report data on the total volume traded/processed in the year, only the volume RSPO-certified. It reports the percentages of "transformation and certified volumes" of PKO and CPO but it is unclear what this includes and it does not give an overall figure.

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

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

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

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

106. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

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

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

ISCC.

108. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

Plasma smallholders are supported to achieve RSPO certification and compliance with company policies.

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

7200 - The company is supporting 7,200 plasma smallholders in PT Poliplant towards RSPO certification. It has already helped over 14,100 other plasma smallholders achieve RSPO certification.

110. Programme to support independent smallholders?

The company is supporting independent smallholders in Malaysia to achieve RSPO certification. It is also working with independent smallholders in Brazil.

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

The company states that in Malaysia it has helped 175 independent smallholders become RSPO certified, with this number expected to increase to 265 in 2018.

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

Supplier assessments, workshops, Aggregator/Refiner Transformation (ART) plans, site assessments, Deep Level Engagement Working Group (DLEWG), Progress Assistance Tool (PAT).

113. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company states it 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" however no timeframes for action are given.

114. Percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company requirements?

The company details the percentage of the PKO volumes and CPO volumes covered by a supplier engagement program.

115. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

116. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company has an "Ethics Open Line" for reporting any misconduct and sets out how whistleblowers are protected.

117. Own grievance or complaints system?

118. Grievance or complaints system is accessible to internal and external stakeholders?

119. Details of grievances disclosed?