Gozco Plantations Tbk PT
Palm oil assessment- Latest update: November 2024
- Next scheduled: November 2025
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Landbank (oil palm)17,188 hectares
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Market cap:35,900,000 USD
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Thomson Reuters ticker:GZCO.JK
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Bloomberg ticker:GZCO IJ Equity
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LEI:No LEI
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RSPO member?No
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Other initiatives:Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)
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Activities:Oil palm cultivation, milling
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Locations:Indonesia (West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Sumatera)
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Headquarters:Indonesia
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Website:
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Company assessment: Gozco Plantations Tbk PT – November 2018
Assessment date:
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Sustainability policy and leadership
0 / 6 0%-
0 / 1
1. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment for all its operations?
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0 / 1
2. Policy or commitment applies to direct and third-party suppliers?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
4. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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5. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to improve sustainability in relation to palm oil?
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6. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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7. Activities with government, NGOs or academic institutions to improve palm oil sustainability?
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Landbank, maps and traceability
4.5 / 19 23.7%-
8. Total land area managed/controlled for oil palm (ha)?
46804 - The company reports a total area with plantation permits as 46,243 ha. It also reports a total plantation area of 47,804 ha and a total consolidated landbank of 38,510 ha within it 2017 Annual Report.
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9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?
27504 - Figure excludes plasma.
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10. Plasma/scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?
7125
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11. Unplanted (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?
The company reports different figures for its total landbank therefore the total unplanted landbank cannot be accurately calculated.
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0 / 1
12. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?
2618
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14. Number and names of company owned mills?
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0 / 1
15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?
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0 / 1
16. Number and names of supplier mills?
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17. Maps of estates/management units?
The company only states "The company has generated its plantation mapping using Global Positioning System (GPS)".
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0 / 1
18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?
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0 / 1
19. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to mill level?
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0 / 1
20. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level?
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0 / 2
21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (above 80%)?
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0 / 2
22. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
23. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
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Deforestation and biodiversity
0 / 10 0%-
24. Commitment to zero deforestation?
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0 / 1
25. Deforestation commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
26. Criteria for defining deforestation?
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0 / 1
27. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?
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0 / 1
28. Examples of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?
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0 / 1
29. Implementing a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation?
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0 / 1
30. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?
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0 / 1
31. Commitment to not endanger species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 1
32. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
33. Examples of species conservation activities?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments
0 / 11 0%-
34. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
35. HCV commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
36. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?
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0 / 1
37. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for planting undertaken prior to January 2015, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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0 / 1
38. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted since January 2015?
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0 / 1
39. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all estates planted since January 2015?
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0 / 1
40. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?
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0 / 1
41. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?
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0 / 1
42. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?
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0 / 1
43. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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44. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?
The company only states "As part of the environment management program, all Gozco plantations have undertaken study on Analysis of Environmental Impacts".
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Peat, fire and GHG emissions
1.5 / 15 10%-
0 / 1
45. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
46. Peat commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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47. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
The company only commits to BMPs for soil.
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0 / 1
48. Landbank or planted area on peat?
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0 / 1
49. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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50. Commitment to zero burning?
The company states it has a zero burning policy but it is unclear what this covers.
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0 / 1
51. Zero burning commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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52. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?
The company only states is provides training on fires that occur in forests and plantations.
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0 / 1
53. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates?
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0 / 1
54. Details/number of hotspots/fires within surrounding landscape/smallholders?
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0 / 1
55. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
56. GHG emissions from land use change?
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0 / 1
57. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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0 / 1
58. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
59. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?
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Water, chemical and pest management
0 / 12 0%-
0 / 1
60. Time-bound commitment to improve water use per tonne of FFB Processed?
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0 / 1
61. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
62. Progress towards commitment on water use?
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0 / 1
63. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
64. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
65. Evidence of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
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66. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
The company states that it has tried to maximise the application of fertilisers on the plantings in order to minimise any decrease in productivity.
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0 / 1
67. No use of paraquat?
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0 / 1
68. No use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
69. No use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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0 / 1
70. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
71. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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Community, land and labour rights
1.5 / 19.5 7.7%-
0 / 1
72. Commitment to human rights, referencing the UN Declaration of Human Rights or UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to human rights applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
75. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights, referencing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO 169?
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0 / 1
76. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
77. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
78. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
79. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
80. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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81. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
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0 / 1
82. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?
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0 / 1
83. Reference to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
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84. Total number of employees?
4442
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0 / 1
85. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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0 / 1
86. Percentage or number of women employees?
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0 / 1
87. Commitment to pay minimum wage?
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0 / 1
88. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
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0 / 1
89. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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0 / 1
90. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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0 / 1
91. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?
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Certification standards
0 / 17 0%-
0 / 1
92. Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
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0 / 0.5
93. Submitted most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
94. Listed all countries and regions in which operates in most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
95. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of estates?
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0 / 0.5
96. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?
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0 / 0.5
97. Year expected to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities?
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0 / 0.5
98. 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?
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0 / 2
99. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
100. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
101. Percentage of scheme/associated smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
102. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
103. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that are RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 1
104. Sells or processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?
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105. Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certified (100%)?
The company only states that it reached ISPO audit stage 2 in Dec 2017.
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106. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
107. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAN, RSB, etc.)?
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Smallholders and suppliers
0 / 7 0%-
0 / 1
108. Programme to support scheme smallholders?
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0 / 1
109. Number or percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
110. Programme to support independent smallholders?
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0 / 1
111. Number or percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
112. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
113. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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0 / 1
114. Percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company requirements?
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Governance and grievances
0 / 6 0%-
0 / 1
115. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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0 / 1
116. Whistleblowing procedure?
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0 / 1
117. Own grievance or complaints system?
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0 / 1
118. Grievance or complaints system is accessible to internal and external stakeholders?
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0 / 2
119. Details of grievances disclosed?
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SPOTT scores are based on the presence of external evidence made available by the company or third-parties.
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No date
FSC certificate for Duratex S.A.
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2017
Plano de Manejo Florestal Resumo Público Rio Grande do Sul (Forest Management Plan Rio Grande do Sul)
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2017
Plano de Manejo Florestal Resumo Público Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais (Forest Management Plan Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais)
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2017
Annual Report
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2017
Consulta Publica Avaliacao de Area de Alto Valor de Conservacao na Fazendas Barra Longa e Camhambola (Public Consultation Evaluation of High Conservation Value Area in Barra Longa and Camhambola Farms)
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No date
Production Process webpage
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No date
Certifications webpage
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No date
Social Responsibility webpage
Media monitor: Gozco Plantations Tbk PT
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July 2020
Usut Suap dan Gratifikasi Nurhadi, KPK Periksa Pemilik Bank Yudha Bhakti (Investigating Nurhadi's Bribery and Gratuities, KPK Examines the Owner of Bank Yudha Bhakti)
June 2020
Update on the Nurhadi case, tomorrow (30/6) the KPK is calling the owner of Bank Yudha Bhakti (Update on the Nurhadi case, tomorrow (30/6) the KPK is calling the owner of Bank Yudha Bhakti)
September 2019
peta pemain besar sawit dunia di indonesia dan kepatuhan terhadap inisiatif lingkungan (Map of the world big palm players in indonesia and compliance with environmental initiatives)
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Media monitor: Gozco Plantations Tbk PT
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