Carotino Group

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

The company has a set of sustainability policies including an environmental policy (within its sustainability brochure) and a social and human rights policy.

2. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?

This indicator is disabled as the company is not publicly listed.

5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

This indicator is disabled as the company is not publicly listed.

7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

11. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?

This indicator is disabled as the company is not a POIG member.

12. Climate risks assessment available?

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

40639

14. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

40334

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

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from plasma/scheme smallholders.

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

305

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

0

18. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

19. Maps of estates/management units?

The company uploaded its estates location concession maps with its ACOP 2018 and declared that the map data submission represented 100% of its concession sites (both RSPO certified and uncertified).

20. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from plasma/scheme smallholders.

21. Names and locations of all third-party supplying plantations?

22. Number of company-owned mills?

4

23. Names and coordinates of company-owned mills?

The company publishes the names of its four mills, but only three of them have their locations publicly available on GFW: no coordinate, address or geo-referenced map could be found for the Takon Palm Oil Mill.

24. Number (or percentage) of company-owned mills that source from company-owned plantations and/or third-party plantations?

25. Total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned mills that come from company-owned plantations and/or third-party plantations?

26. Number of supplier mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

27. Names and coordinates of all third-party supplying mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

28. Number (or percentage) of third-party supplier mills that source from their own plantations and/or third-party plantations?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

29. Total volumes (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplier mills that come from their own plantations and/or third-party plantations?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

30. 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 states that it only sources directly from its own mills.

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

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

32. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

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

34. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level?

One of the company’s three mills is RSPO Identity Preserved certified, however, the percentage of FFB supply that this mills represents cannot be calculated using publicly available information.

35. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from supplier mills.

36. Publishes traceability data at refinery level?

The company states that its refinery only sources from its plantations and mills.

37. Publishes traceability data at crusher level?

This indicator is disabled as the company's reporting broadly suggests that it does not own crushing facilities. Please note that ZSL has been unable to confirm this.

38. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

39. Commitment to zero deforestation or zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?

40. Criteria for defining deforestation?

The company mentions HCV and HCS in its reporting and commits to protecting HCV and HCS forest based on the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

41. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

42. Amount of illegal/non-compliant deforestation recorded in own operations?

43. Amount of illegal/non-compliant deforestation recorded in supplier operations?

44. Commitment to restoration of non-compliant deforestation/conversion?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

45. Commitment to restoration of non-compliant deforestation/conversion applies to all suppliers?

46. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

47. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

48. Commitment to biodiversity conservation applies to all suppliers?

49. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

50. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

52. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

54. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?

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

The company states on its website that HCV assessments are only available upon request.

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

The company states on its website that HCV assessments are only available upon request.

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

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

59. 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?

60. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

62. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?

63. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

65. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?

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

The company states on its website that environmental and social assessments are only available upon request.

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

68. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?

69. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

The company states that it has no landbank on peat.

70. Landbank or planted area on peat?

0 - The company states that it has no landbank on peat.

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the companys RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years. In addition, it publishes a commitment for soils only, including examples of practices.

72. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?

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

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

74. Commitment to zero burning?

75. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?

76. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

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

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

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

80. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

RSPO PalmGHG Calculator.

81. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

GHG emissions intensity figures are only available for 2018.

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

83. GHG emissions intensity?

3.11 tCO2/ha and 6.33 tCO2/tCPO.

84. GHG emissions from land use change?

85. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?

86. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

87. Water use intensity?

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

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

90. Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) and/or palm oil refinery effluent (PORE)?

The company mentions treatment of POME but not PORE.

91. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

92. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years. In addition, the company published a commitment that applies to pesticides only.

94. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?

95. Implementation of commitment to reduce chemical usage?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

97. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

98. Commitment to no use of paraquat applies to all suppliers?

99. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

100. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?

101. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

102. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?

103. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

104. Commitment to human rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

105. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

106. Progress on human rights commitment?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years. In addition, the company published a commitment to respect legal land titles.

108. Commitment to legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?

109. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain requirements for addressing land conflicts. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

110. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

111. Commitment to indigenous and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?

112. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

114. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?

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

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain guidance and requirements on the process to conduct free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

116. Commitment to support the inclusion of women across palm oil operations, including addressing barriers faced?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

117. Commitment to support the inclusion of women across palm oil operations, including addressing barriers faced, applies to all suppliers?

118. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

119. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security applies to all suppliers?

120. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

121. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

122. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

123. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years. In addition, the company published a commitment to comply with labour laws but does not specify whether it applies to all employees.

124. Commitment to respect all workers' rights applies to all suppliers?

125. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

126. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

The company makes this commitment through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

127. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?

128. Commitment to eliminate gender-related discrimination with regards to employment and occupation?

129. Commitment to eliminate gender-related discrimination with regards to employment and occupation applies to all suppliers?

130. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

131. Percentage or number of women employees?

132. Commitment to pay at least minimum wage?

133. Commitment to pay at least minimum wage applies to all suppliers?

134. Progress on commitment to pay minimum wage?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

135. Reporting of salary by gender?

136. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

137. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?

138. Reduction of time lost due to work-based injuries?

139. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

140. Zero fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?

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

142. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

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

144. 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?

[Externally verified] 2010

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

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

Malaysia (Pahang, Sabah).

147. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills within five years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of estates?

2020

148. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified?

[Externally verified] 32582.7 (80.18%)

149. Percentage of scheme/plasma smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from plasma/scheme smallholders.

150. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified?

[Externally verified] 3 (75%)

151. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/plasma/ associated smallholders and outgrowers within five years or target already achieved?

2020

152. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent smallholders/ outgrowers/third-party FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified?

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

2020

154. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/ processed (tonnes) that is RSPO-certified?

[Externally verified] 9.57%

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

[Externally verified] Segregated and Mass Balance (as a processor/trader), Identity Preserved and Mass Balance (as a grower).

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

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in Indonesia.

157. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

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

ISCC.

159. Commitment to support smallholders?

The company states in its 2018 ACOP that it does not support smallholders.

160. Programme to support scheme/plasma smallholders?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from plasma/scheme smallholders.

161. Percentage of scheme/plasma smallholders involved in programme?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from plasma/scheme smallholders.

162. Programme to support independent smallholders/outgrowers?

The company states that it does not support smallholders.

163. Percentage of independent smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?

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

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

166. Time-bound plan to engage with all high-risk mills within three years?

167. Programme to support high-risk mills to become compliant with sourcing policies?

168. Regularly engages with a subset of high-risk mills?

169. Procedures in place to assess all own and third-party supplying palm oil mills for risk level?

170. Regularly assesses and categorises the risk level of all own and third-party supplying mills?

171. Regularly reports the risk level of all own and third-party supplying mills identified in its supply chain?

172. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

173. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with palm oil sourcing commitments?

174. Proportion of direct and indirect supply that comes from palm oil plantations which are compliant with palm oil sourcing policies?

175. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

176. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?

177. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO certified landbank/volume.

178. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?

179. Whistleblowing procedure?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain guidance and requirements on whistleblowing procedures. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

180. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?

The company adheres to this criteria through the RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company’s RSPO certified landbank (≥75%) and a further commitment to be 100% certified within five years.

181. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?

The company states on its website that details of complaints and grievances are only available upon request.