London Sumatra PP Tbk PT

Palm oil assessment

Total score: 38.2%

Latest update: October 2016
Next scheduled: No longer assessed

Parent company:

Indofood Agri Resources Ltd
Landbank (oil palm)

177,000 hectares
Market cap:

808,545,988 USD
Thomson Reuters ticker:

LSIP.JK
Bloomberg ticker:

LSIP IJ
RSPO member?

Yes

Website:

http://www.londonsumatra.com/
Latest annual report (2015) | Sustainability report (2015)

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Total: 38.2% 21 / 55

RSPO reporting requirements

7 / 15 46.7%
- 1 / 1
  
  1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?
  
  PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia Terbuka has been an RSPO member since 2004.
- 1 / 1
  
  1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?
  
  Yes.
- 1 / 1
  
  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?
  
  PP London Sumatra correctly refer to themselves as an oil palm grower.
- 1 / 1
  
  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?
  
  PP London Sumatra correctly states the country in which the company operates.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.4.1.. Has the company set any public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  2016.
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  1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  No.
- 3 / 4
  
  1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?
  
  63.15 - 63.15% of PP London Sumatra's plantation estates are RSPO certified Calculation: 54,087 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 85,646 ha (planted area) x 100.
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  1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?
  
  Link to PP London Sumatra's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments: http://www.rspo.org/content.php?lang=en&pagename=principles_and_criteria_assessment_progress&member-country=&assessment-status=&member-assessment-type=&member-approved-year=¬ification-year=&member-name=PT+PP+London+Sumatra+Indonesia+Tbk&member-search-submit=Search.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.7.1.. Has the company set any public targets for its third party suppliers to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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?
  
  No.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.8.1.. Has the company set any public targets for scheme smallholders to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  2019.
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  1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?
  
  No. However, an original target was extended from 2018 to 2019.
- 0 / 4
  
  1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?
  
  0 - 0% of PP London Sumatra's scheme smallholder plantations are RSPO certified Calculation: 0 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 32,268 ha (scheme smallholder hectarage) x 100.
Landbank and maps

4 / 8 50%
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?
  
  124000 - Yes, licenced landbank is 124,000 ha.
- 1 / 1
  
  2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?
  
  85646 - Yes, planted area is 85,646 ha.
- 1 / 1
  
  2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?
  
  32268 - Yes, scheme smallholder hectarage is 32,268 ha.
- 1 / 1
  
  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)?
  
  13851 - Yes, landbank for conservation is 13,851 ha.
- 0 / 1
  
  2.3.1.. Are all of the company's concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  Not yet submitted.
- 0 / 1
  
  2.3.2.. Are all of the company's scheme smallholders' concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  Not yet submitted.
Environmental management

4 / 12 33.3%
4 media reports
- 1 / 1
  
  3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?
  
  Yes.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
  
  No SEIA assessments could be found using the research protocols.
- 1 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
  
  No HCV assessments could be found using the research protocols.
- 0 / 1
  
  3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?
  
  No HCV management plans could be found using the research protocols.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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?
  
  The only statement that could be found referred only to the phasing out of paraquat.
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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.
Fragile, marginal and peat soils

1 / 2 50%
- 1 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
Zero burning

1 / 2 50%
- 1 / 1
  
  5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?
  
  Yes.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
Greenhouse gas emissions

1 / 4 25%
2 media reports
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  6.3.. Does the company publicly report its GHG emissions from land use change associated with new planting?
  
  Yes.
Traceability

3 / 12 25%
1 media report
- 0 / 1
  
  7.1.. Are all of the company's mill locations publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  Not yet submitted.
- 2 / 4
  
  7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?
  
  45.46 - 45.46% of PP London Sumatra's palm oil mills are RSPO certified Calculation: 5 palm oil mills RSPO certified divided by 11 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100.
- 0 / 4
  
  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?
  
  0 - 0% of the 631,680 metric tonnes of FFB purchased from sources that were not company, scheme smallholders or contracted outgrowers, were stated as being RSPO certified (most recent data found was more than 1 year old).
- 0 / 1
  
  7.4.. Does the company have a public commitment to move towards Segregated and/or Identity Preserved certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)?
  
  No information could be found using the research protocols.
- 1 / 2
  
  7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?
  
  Book & Claim, Mass Balance, Segregated, Identity Preserved.

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