IJM Plantations Bhd

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

The company has a general statement to "produce palm oil products in a responsible and sustainable manner" and various different commitments on sustainability, but has no overall policy.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company has a Group Sustainability Steering Team and Operations Sustainability Working Teams. The Group's Sustainability Strategy is overseen by the Board of Directors, and delivery overseen by the Management Committee.

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company published their Sustainability Report as part of their latest Annual Report.

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

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?

Ongoing collaborative project with TFT (The Forest Trust) on
improving smallholders productivity and livelihood. Partnerships with Sabah Wildlife Department and Wildlife Rescue Unit on wildlife relocation and conservation , with WWF Sabah on river water stewardship and forest fire mitigation, Borneo Bird Club on avian fauna surveys and awareness programme, and Sabah Forestry Department on environmental education, among others.

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

76655 - This figure was calculated based on figures given on p.96 of the company's 2017 annual report and may not be representative of the company's entire operations.

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

60570

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

9151 - The company states it has more than 7,000 ha under the Plasma scheme in Indonesia and 2,151 ha of schemed smallholders in Malaysia.

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

3000 - The company states is the balance of land bank is approximately 3,000 ha that will be cultivated over the next two years.

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

5076 - Sum of 2,920 ha if HCV area in Indonesia, 1,260 ha of HCV area in Malaysia and 896 ha set aside for conservation purposes.

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

6

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

The company provides the coordinates of certified mills only. Otherwise there is only a basic image file showing mill locations.

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?

Only a basic mage file only showing point locations of plantations.

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 (above 80%)?

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?

The company states "The no-deforestation policy is also cascaded to the smallholders and contractors engaged in the operations" but unclear if applies to all suppliers.

27. Criteria for defining deforestation?

primary forests, HCV areas.

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

29. Commitment to set aside areas for conservation?

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

Rehabilitation of conservation sites and ex-situ mangrove rehabilitation project.

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?

The company refers to wildlife protection and to endangered, rare and threatened species, and makes reference to the IUCN Red List, but does not have a clear commitment to protect species.

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

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

The company states it "does not conduct any oil palm activities in forest reserves", however it does not specify protected areas in general.

36. Evidence of species conservation activities?

Biodiversity surveying, anti-poaching patrols, conservation awareness and managing human-wildlife conflict.

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

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

"The no-deforestation policy is also cascaded to the smallholders and contractors engaged in the operations".

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

The company only states "Indonesian operations have completed the HCV assessments conducted by competent HCV assessors which were registered under the HCV Resource Network".

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

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 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

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

The company only commits to not deforest peatlands with high carbon stock, rather than all land, and does not refer to the HCS Approach.

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

The company refers to AMDAL assessments being carried out in Indonesia as "part of the legal requirement", but not to environmental impacts assessments for its other operations.

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

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

The company states it is committed to no new development of peatland, but does not clearly specify 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)?

10%

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

53. Commitment to zero burning?

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

55. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

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

Report total number of fire incidences and area (ha) affected by fires for 2016 and 2017.

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

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

The company aims to minimise emissions, but it does not have a time-bound commitment.

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?

GHG Protocol.

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

The group reports around a 6% reduction in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from 2016 to 2017.

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

The company's palm oil mill in Indonesia has been installed with a biogas capture plant.

65. Time-bound commitment to improve water use?

The company commits to reducing water usage, but this is not time-bound.

66. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality?

The company only states it keeps BOD below the set limits and is monitoring river water quality.

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

The company reports reduced water usage per tonne of FFB processed from 2015 to 2017.

68. Progress towards commitment on water quality?

The company reports reduced BOD levels, but does not have a clear time-bound commitment in place to report on.

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?

The company states "The Group is committed to minimise the usage of agrochemicals" however they do not specify the pesticides or fertilisers specifically.

72. No use of paraquat?

The company states that paraquat has been phased out of its Malaysian operations in the reporting year, and is progressively phasing it out at other estates.

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

The company states that "pesticides categorised as Class IA or IB as listed by the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions were not used in the operations, except if any pest outbreaks occur and no suitable alternatives are available to the control. In the reporting year, Class IA and IB chemicals were not purchased".

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

The company states that "pesticides categorised as Class IA or IB as listed by the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions were not used in the operations, except if any pest outbreaks occur and no suitable alternatives are available to the control. In the reporting year, Class IA and IB chemicals were not purchased".

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?

The company states "Land acquisition for oil palm cultivation is secured in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory frameworks with the relevant approvals and permits being obtained before development", however, the company makes no mention of customary land 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 refers to no forced labour, no discrimination, no child labour, right to join and form organisations and bargain collectively, and minimum age, but does not refer to equal remuneration.

87. Total number of employees?

10133

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

3397 (34%)

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

92. Lost time accident rate?

6.41 - Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (per 1,000,000 hours worked).

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

0

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

IJM Plantations Bhd became an RSPO member in 2004. However, it resigned from the RSPO in February 2016.

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)?

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

The company states three of its estates are ISPO-certified.

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

The company states one mill and its three supplying estates are MSPO-certified.

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

The company has ISCC certification for its operations in Malaysia.

111. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

112. Details of support programme for scheme smallholders?

The company has an ongoing collaborative project with TFT (The Forest Trust) on improving smallholders' productivity and livelihood, named 'Rurality'. This includes providing access to knowledge and inputs, training and mitigating human-wildlife conflict.

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

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

The company has an ongoing collaborative project with TFT (The Forest Trust) on improving smallholders' productivity and livelihood, named 'Rurality'. This includes providing access to knowledge and inputs, training and mitigating human-wildlife conflict.

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

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

In 2017 the company initiated mapping of crop suppliers in Malaysian operations to understand the sustainability risks in the landscape, and holds briefings and meetings with suppliers and contractors periodically on raising awareness of sustainability requirements and better understanding of the company's policies.

118. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

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

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

The company states its Group Social Manual details its grievance procedures, but this is not publicly available.

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

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?

The company only states that in the year in review there were no grievance cases received, but does not clarify whether other grievances have been raised previously which are not disclosed.