Darmex Agro PT
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Bloomberg ticker:0889190D IJ Equity
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LEI:No LEI
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RSPO member?Terminated
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Substantiated concerns
- Darmex Agro's membership was terminated in May 2013 due to an RSPO Complaints Panel decision on a complaint that its plantation subsidiary, PT Duta Palma Nusantara, had planted on peat, cleared forest without an HCV assessment, and used fire for clearing. See further detail here.
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Company assessment: Darmex Agro PT – October 2015
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RSPO reporting requirements
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0 / 11.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member. One of its plantation subsidiaries, PT Duta Palma Nusantara, had its RSPO membership terminated on 9th May 2013.
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1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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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?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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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?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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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?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member, therefore none of their plantations are RSPO certified.
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1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member, therefore none of their plantations are RSPO certified.
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1.7.1.. Have the first of the company's independent FFB suppliers achieved RSPO certification?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.7.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its independent FFB suppliers to be RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.8.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first scheme smallholders?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member, therefore none of their scheme smallholder plantations are currently RSPO certified.
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1.10.. Does the company have any open complaints filed through the RSPO complaints system?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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Landbank and maps
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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.
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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.
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2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?
200000 - No information could be found using the research protocols. However, outside of the research protocols, Darmex Agro's landbank for oil palm cultivation has been recently estimated at 200,000 ha.
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2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?
155000 - 155,000 ha (most recent data found using the research protocols was dated 2009).
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2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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)?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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Environmental management
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3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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3.1.2.. Does this statement apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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3.2.2.. Does the company make its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fragile, marginal and peat soils
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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?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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4.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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Zero burning
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5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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5.1.2.. Does this policy apply to all its scheme smallholders and independent FFB suppliers?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
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6.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available time-bound plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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6.2.. Does the company publicly report on progress made towards achieving its time-bound plan?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Traceability
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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.
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7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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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?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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7.4.. Does the company have a public commitment to move towards Segregated and/or Identity Preserved certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?
PT Darmex Agro Group is not an RSPO member.
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Media monitor: Darmex Agro PT
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March 2025
Indonesia hands over confiscated palm oil plantations to state firm Agrinas
February 2025
317.253 Hektare Izin Kebun Sawit dalam Kawasan Hutan Ditolak Kemenhut (317,253 Hectares of Oil Palm Plantation Permits in Forest Areas Rejected by Ministry of Forestry)
February 2025
AGRA Kalimantan Barat Minta Pemerintah Desak PT Duta Palma Bayarkan Upah Ribuan Buruh dan Petani Plasma (AGRA West Kalimantan Asks Government to Urge PT Duta Palma to Pay Wages of Thousands of Workers and Plasma Farmers)
October 2024
Profil Surya Darmadi, Pernah Masuk Daftar Forbes hingga Terseret Kasus TPPU Duta Palma (Surya Darmadi's Profile, Once on Forbes List to Being Dragged into Duta Palma TPPU Case)
March 2024
211.408 Ha Sawit Penerima Subsidi Biodiesel Ada di Kawasan Hutan (211,408 Ha of Palm Oil Receiving Biodiesel Subsidies Are in Forest Areas)
August 2022
Kejagung Segel Seribu Hektare Kebun Sawit Surya Darmadi di Jambi (AGO seals a thousand hectares of Surya Darmadi Palm Oil Plantation in Jambi)
November 2021
Kala Bupati Kuansing Terjerat Kasus Korupsi Perizinan Sawit (When the Regent of Kuansing is entangled in the Corruption Case in Palm Oil Licensing)
September 2021
Marwan Yohanis Marah Fakta Konflik Lahan Masyarakat-PT Duta Palma Diputarbalik (Marwan Yohanis Angry Facts Of Community Land Conflict-PT Duta Palma Twisted)
September 2021
Suhardiman Amby : Masyarakat; Jangan lakukan tindakan kriminal Atas Kisruh PT Duta Palma Nusantara. (Suhardiman Amby : Society; Do not commit criminal acts over the chaos of PT Duta Palma Nusantara.)
September 2021
Petani Kuantan Singingi Kesulitan ke Kebun Kala Perusahaan Sawit Putus Akses Jalan (Kuantan Singing Farmers Have Difficulty Going to the Gardens When Palm Oil Companies Disconnect Road Access)
February 2021
'Hungry' palm oil, pulpwood firms behind Indonesia land-grab spike: Report
September 2020
KPK yakin terdakwa Suheri Terta terlibat suap alih fungsi hutan Riau (The KPK believes that the defendant Suheri Terta was involved in bribery over the function of the Riau forest)
August 2020
Menhut mengaku mendengarkan saja permohonan CEO Darmex (The Minister of Forestry admitted that he just listened to the request of the Darmex CEO)
July 2020
Marwan Yohanis Minta Hendra Leo Baca Pancasila (Marwan Yohanis Asks Hendra Leo to Read Pancasila)
July 2020
LAMR Kuantan Singingi Bakal Gugat Perpanjangan HGU PT Duta Palma Nusantara Ke PTUN (LAMR Kuantan Singingi Will Sue The Extension Of PT Duta Palma Nusantara's HGU To PTUN)
May 2020
KPK panggil tiga saksi terkait kasus alih fungsi hutan di Riau. Siapa saja? (KPK calls three witnesses related to the case of forest conversion in Riau. Anyone?)
April 2020
Baru Keluar Penjara, KPK Tahan Petinggi Duta Palma Group (New Out of Prison, KPK Hold Duta Palma Group Officials)
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Media monitor: Darmex Agro PT
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