Eagle High Plantations Tbk PT

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

The company has a webpage called sustainability policy, but this is only a series of short commitments.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

Head of Sustainability.

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

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

Member of the Indonesian Global Compact Network.

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 and/or NGOs to improve palm oil sustainability?

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

425595 - Eagle High reported an area in its 2015 ACOP for palm oil cultivation of 425,595 ha, but only reports an area of 217,682 ha in its 2016 ACOP.

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

133457

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

19793

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

0

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

64432

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

9 - Reports 9 mills in its Annual Report 2016, but only 8 mills in its 2016 ACOP.

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

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

17. Maps of estates/management units?

Concession boundaries have been made available to the RSPO and the company declares these represent 100% of their concession sites, but not all may be publicly available due to ongoing legal issues.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

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

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

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

21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (is 100%)?

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

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

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

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

24. Commitment to address deforestation?

25. Commitment to zero deforestation?

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

27. Criteria for defining deforestation?

The company states it does not plant in forest areas, and its sustainability policy states it carries out HCV assessments and HCS studies and does not develop on land identified as HCS area.

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

29. Commitment to set aside areas for conservation?

30. Evidence of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?

31. A landscape-level approach?

32. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

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

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

35. Commitment not to operate within internationally and nationally designated protected areas?

36. Evidence of species conservation activities?

37. Commitment to High Conservation Value (HCV) approach?

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

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

The company does not have an explicit commitment itself, but commits through the RSPO NPP.

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

The company states "Our PT TSP HCV assessment conducted by PT Pollito was completed in September 2010, before we started planting" however no assessment could be found.

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

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

43. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2016 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

This indicator is disabled as no new planting in 2016 as reported in 2016 RSPO ACOP.

44. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach?

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

An HCV assessment has been carried out for PT. Varia Mitra Andalan (VMA). The full report is now in the early stages of the peer review process.

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

47. Social and environmental impact assessment (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

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

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

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

51. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?

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

The company only details best management practices for soils.

53. Commitment to zero burning?

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

55. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

The company states "To monitor this we are installing fire watch towers equipped with binoculars & walkie talkies in each of our estates. & to help fight any fires, each estate will also have a water source & a fully equipped fire fighting team.".

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

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

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

59. GHG commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

60. GHG emissions?

61. GHG emissions from land use change?

62. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

64. Percentage of mills with methane capture (is above 75%)?

65. Commitment to manage water use and water quality?

66. Time-bound commitments to improve water use and water quality?

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

68. Progress towards commitment on water quality?

69. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

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

72. No use of paraquat?

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

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

75. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

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

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

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

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

81. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?

82. Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process?

83. Process for addressing land conflicts?

84. Commitment to ensure food security for local communities?

85. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

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

The company only refers to no forced or child labour, a minimum age for workers, and the rights of all employees to join or form trade unions.

87. Total number of employees?

22473 - The company states 238 employees at the head office and 22,235 employees at the regional office in 2016.

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

The company only states it has 1,006 permanent employees in 2016.

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

7%

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

Commitment to pay minimum wage.

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

The company only states it endeavours to care for the health, safety and welfare of employees and the people and communities who live around its plantations.

92. Lost time accident rate?

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

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

Eagle High Plantations (formerly known as BW Plantations) has been an RSPO member since 2008.

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

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

Eagle High Plantations only states that it operates in the following regions in Indonesia: West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Papua, West Papua and South Sumatra. It does not states that it operates in Central Sulawesi or Jambi.

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

2025 - Not within five years.

99. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?

2030 - Not within five years.

100. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all supply chains?

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

101. 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?

Eagle High Plantations has yet to certify any of its plantation estates, since joining the RSPO as BW Plantations in 2008. Its time-bound plan states a date of 2017 by which to certify its first estate.

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

0 (0%)

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

0 (0%)

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

0 (0%)

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

0 (0%)

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

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

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

Mass Balance.

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

Partially certified. Their JMS plantation received ISPO certification at the end of 2015.

109. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified (100%)?

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

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

111. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

112. Details of support programme for scheme smallholders?

Funding to help build plantations, management skills to help run the plantations, getting HGU licenses.

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

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

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

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

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

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

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

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

118. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company only state they are being more selective in terms of new contracts, only choosing suppliers who can support their operations according to the company's new sustainable standards.

119. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged?

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

The whistleblowing system is also open to outside parties.

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

The company states "We are also committed to an open & transparent dialogue with local communities prior to any new development, including socialization of the project, participatory mapping & transparent negotiations as well as a clearly stated complaints & grievances process." However no further information could be found.

123. Grievance system accessible to internal stakeholders (i.e. employees)?

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?