Cargill Inc

1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?

Cargill Incorporated has been an RSPO member since 2004.

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

Yes.

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?

Yes.

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?

Yes.

1.4.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first plantation estate: a) By November 2010, for companies joining prior to finalisation of the RSPO certification systems in November 2007? b) Within three years of joining the RSPO or of acquiring plantation operations as an RSPO member?

Yes. Cargill joined the RSPO in 2004 certified their first plantation estate in 2008.

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

No.

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

96.1 - 96.1% of Cargill's plantation estate is RSPO certified

Calculation: 61,819.81 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 64,357.2 ha (stated planted area) x 100 (includes Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

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

Yes.

1.7.1.. Have the first of the company's independent FFB suppliers achieved RSPO certification?

No information could be found using the research protocols. A time-bound plan for certification of their third party suppliers has been set, but states a retrospective date of 2014.

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

No.

1.8.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first scheme smallholders?

Yes. Cargill's first scheme smallholders achieved RSPO certification in 2010. Cargill have a time-bound plan to complete certification of their existing scheme smallholders by 2014, which was achieved in December. However, this does not include Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014.

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

No.

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

52.8 - 52.8% of Cargill's plantation estate is RSPO certified

Calculation: 18,513 ha (certified scheme smallholder hectarage) divided by 35,056 ha (total scheme smallholder hectarage) x 100 (data found was more than 1 year old and includes Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

1.10.. Does the company have any open complaints filed through the RSPO complaints system?

No.

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.

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.

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

64357.20 - 64,357.20 ha (this figure does include Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

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

54802.6 - 54,802.6 ha (this figure does include Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

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

35056 - 35,056 ha (data found was more than 1 year old and includes Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

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)?

6020.06 - 6,020.06 ha (this figure does include Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

2.3.1.. Are all of the company's concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

2.3.2.. Are all of the company's scheme smallholders' concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.

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.

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

Yes.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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

There is public availability of some SEIA assessments:

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

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

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.

3.4.2.. Has the company publicly committed to only using licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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 HCV assessments:

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

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

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 HCV management plans:

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

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

3.5.. Has the company publicly committed to applying a High Carbon Stock (HCS) methodology to all of its landholdings and not developing on HCS areas?

Yes.

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.

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.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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.

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

Yes.

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

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.

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.

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

Yes.

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.

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

Yes.

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.

6.4.. Has the company made a public commitment to report and to reduce effects from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

6.5.. Has the company made a public commitment to eliminate methane emissions from all of its palm oil mills?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

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

83.33 - 83.33% of Cargill's palm oil mills are RSPO certified

Calculation: 5 palm oil mills RSPO certified divided by 6 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100 (includes Cargill's acquisition of PT Poliplant Sejahtera in December 2014).

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?

5.75 - 5.75% of Cargill's fresh fruit bunches purchased from independent FFB suppliers (not including outgrowers and scheme smallholders) is RSPO certified

Calculation: 243 tonnes (tonnes of outside RSPO certified FFB that are not company, scheme smallholders or contracted outgrowers) is RSPO certified divided by 4,228 tonnes (tonnes of outside FFB purchased from sources that are not company, scheme smallholders or contracted outgrowers)

Data found was more than 1 year old.

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.

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

Book & Claim, Mass Balance, Segregated.