Daabon Group

1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?

DAABON Group has been an RSPO member since 2012.

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, DAABON refers to itself as an oil palm grower.

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. DAABON states all the countries in which it operates: Colombia.

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. DAABON certified its first estate in 2011 according to its 2015 ACOP.

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?

100 - 100% of DAABON Group's plantation estates are RSPO-certified since 2010.

Calculation: 3,184 ha (total area RSPO-certified) divided by 3,184 ha (stated planed area) x 100.

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?

Yes.

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

No, however a target for achieving 100% RSPO certification of independently sourced FFB was extended from 2014 to 2017.

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

Yes.

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?

100 - 100% of DAABON Group's smallholders are RSPO-certified

Calculation: 3647.6 ha (total area RSPO-certified) divided by 3647.6 ha (scheme smallholder hectarage) x 100

These smallholders are listed as outgrowers in the company's 2015 ACOP.

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?

Yes.

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

Yes.

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

6300 - Yes, landbank for oil palm cultivation is 6,300 ha.

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

3184 - Yes, planted area is 3,184 ha.

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

3647.6 - Yes, scheme smallholder hectarage is 3,647.6 ha (these smallholders are listed as outgrowers in the company's 2015 ACOP).

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)?

497.3 - Yes, landbank for conservation is 497.3 ha.

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, DAABON is a member of the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) that aims to break the link between palm oil expansion and deforestation by conserving and restoring High Conservation Value (HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas.

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?

Yes.

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

Daabon has not undertaken any new planting since 2005, but has produced a social perception study with the University Sergio Arboleda and PROYECTA consultants.

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)?

Yes, DAABON states it is committed to only using HCV assessors licensed by the HCVRN ALS for any future development of oil palm (including new planting and replanting), across all of its oil palm operations.

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

Daabon has not undertaken any new planting since 2005, but in 2015 produced HCV assessments for the following estates:

Colombia:
Departamento del Magdalena and Departamento del Cesar
Departamento de la Guajira.

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 the following HCV management plans:

Colombia:
Finca Tequendama (estate plantation)
Finca Gavilán (estate plantation)
Finca Ariguaní (estate plantation)
Finca Las Mercedes (estate plantation)
Las Alianzas (smallholders)
Finca Palmares del Caribe (independent suppliers guild).

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?

Yes.

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

Yes.

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?

Yes.

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. DAABON is a member of the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) that commits the company to no peat clearance.

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?

0 - 0% of DAABON Group's landbank for oil palm cultivation is located on peat.

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?

Yes.

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?

Yes.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.

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?

100 - 100% of DAABON Group's palm oil mills are RSPO-certified

Calculation: 1 (stated number of palm oil mills RSPO-certified) divided by 1 palm oil mill (stated number of palm oil mills operated) x 100.

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?

100 - 100% of of the company's independently sourced FFB is RSPO-certified.

Calculation: 5,233 (tonnes RSPO-certified) divided by 5,233 (total tonnes of independently sourced FFB) x 100.

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

Yes.

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

Segregated, Identity Preserved.