M.P. Evans Group plc

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

The company has published a sustainable palm oil policy which covers all palm oil operations.

2. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?

The company has published a sustainable palm oil policy which applies to all suppliers.

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company reports it has a dedicated sustainability department based in Jakarta led by a senior manager.

4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?

The company's chief executive (Matthew Coulson) takes the lead in setting policy on sustainability, this is up to date as of July 2024.

5. Reports gender balance of senior management team?

1 (12.5%) - The company reports having one female member in its senior management team out of a total of eight members. Data as of July 2024.

6. Reports gender balance of board members?

1 (12.5%) - The company reports having one woman member as a part of its board. Data as of July 2024.

7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

[Externally verified] The company is a member of UNGC.

8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with palm oil production?

A collaboration with the university of Indonesia for collecting information about the quality of life of people living on and around the company operations in Indonesia is reported by the company.

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company's has published an ESG report in 2023, covering the years 2021 and 2022.

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

11. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?

This indicator is disabled as the company is not a POIG member.

12. Climate risks assessment available?

[Externally verified] The company provides a climate risk assessment following the guidance of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ("TCFD"). The report is externally verified by Inspired ESG consulting.

13. Lists countries and operations?

Indonesia (plantations and mills).

14. Lists countries sourcing from?

Indonesia.

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

93280 - The company reports the total land area managed for oil palm in its RSPO ACOP 2023.

16. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

49594 - The company reports the total planted area as 49,594 ha. Data as of December 2023. Figures exclude the area under smallholders.

17. Scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?

18820 - The company reports the total scheme smallholders' planted area in its RSPO ACOP 2023.

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

17330 - The company reports the total unplanted area in its RSPO ACOP 2023.

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

6557 - The company reports the total conservation set-aside area, including the High Conservation Value (HCV) area in its RSPO ACOP 2023.

20. Maps of estates/management units?

The maps of all estates owned by the company are available on the GFW database.

21. Maps of all scheme smallholders?

The company reports that the maps of scheme smallholder land are submitted to the RSPO in the same way as for company's own land.

22. Maps of all third-party supplying plantations?

The company reports the names and single point coordinates for its two supplying plantations.

23. Number of company-owned mills?

6 - The company reports it operates six mills.

24. Names and locations of company-owned mills?

The names and locations of all six mills owned by the company are reported. Names and locations of three mills owned by the company are also available on the GFW database.

25. Number (or percentage) of company-owned mills that source from company-owned operations and third parties?

The company reports that all six mills sourced from both own plantations and smallholders/third parties in 2023.

26. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned mills that come from company-owned operations and third-parties?

The company reports that in 2023, 74% of FFB came from company-managed plantations (inti and plasma) while 26% was sourced from independent third parties.

27. Number of third party supplying mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

28. Names and locations of all third-party supplying mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

29. Number (or percentage) of third party supplying mills that source from their own plantations and third party plantations?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

30. Reports total volume (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplying mills that come from the supplying mills' own operations and third parties?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

31. Total volume (or percentage) sourced for refineries that comes from intermediary traders and/or refiners rather than directly from mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.

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

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

33. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

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

The company commits to achieving 100% traceability to the plantation level by the end of the year 2024.

35. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) supply to own mills traceable to plantation level?

The company reports the traceability to the plantation by the mill as 84% in 2023. The has been externally verified by Control Union.

36. Percentage of supply from third-party mills traceable to plantation level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from third-party supplying mills.

37. Publishes traceability data at refinery level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.

38. Publishes traceability data at crusher level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not own palm kernel crushing facilities.

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

[Externally verified] 2006 - The company is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since October 2006.

40. 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?

2012 - The company became an RSPO member in 2006 and got its first RSPO certification in 2012. This is not within three years of joining RSPO.

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

RSPO ACOP 2023 is submitted by the company.

42. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified?

49.44% - 46,126 ha of the company's total landbank of 93,280 ha is certified under the RSPO.

43. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified?

83.33% - Five out of the total six mills owned by the company are RSPO certified.

44. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills within 5 years?

2027 - The company commits to achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates and mills by 2027. This is within 5 years.

45. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities within 5 years?

This indicator is disabled as the company is only a grower or miller.

46. Percentage of scheme smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified?

50.36% - The company reports the percentage of scheme smallholders RSPO certified in its RSPO ACOP 2023.

47. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders and outgrowers within 5 years or target already achieved?

2027 - The company commits to achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders and outgrowers by 2027. This is within 5 years.

48. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent smallholders/outgrowers/third-party FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified?

3.34% - 14,092 tonnes of FFB are certified out of the total 421,485 tonnes of FFB sourced from independent smallholders/out-growers/third-party FFB suppliers in 2023.

49. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that is RSPO-certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company is only a grower or miller.

50. Sells RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

51. Processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

This indicator is disabled as the company only reports a Grower ACOP.

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

Four of the company's total six mills are ISPO-certified. However, the certificates are not publicly available.

53. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in Malaysia.

54. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAS, RSB)?

[Externally verified] ISCC.

55. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

The company commits to zero conversion of natural ecosystems.

56. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to zero conversion of natural ecosystems.

57. Commitment to zero deforestation?

The company commits to zero deforestation.

58. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to zero deforestation.

59. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

The company defines deforestation as the development of HCV-HCS areas and undisturbed forests and specifies any deforestation/conversion past November 2018 will not be accepted.

60. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?

The company defines deforestation for suppliers as the development of HCV-HCS areas and undisturbed forests and specifies any deforestation/conversion past November 2018 will not be accepted in supplier operations.

61. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company's reporting only states that it uses satellite imagery and drones to monitor the areas set aside for conservation and help protect them from encroachment. The information reported only covers set-aside areas and the time frame for monitoring is also not covered.

62. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?

63. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in own operations since cut-off date?

The company reports it has not detected any deforestation within its own operations, scheme-smallholder areas, or third-party suppliers in 2023. However, the amount of deforestation recorded since the company's cut-off date of 2018 is not reported.

64. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in supplier operations since cut-off date?

0 (0%) - The company reports it has not detected any deforestation within supplier concessions since the company's cut-off date of 2018.

65. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in own operations since cut-off date?

The company commits to restore ecosystems to their prior condition in cases of conversion within its own operations.

66. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in supplier operations since cut-off date?

The company commits suppliers to restore ecosystems to their prior condition in cases of conversion within their own operations.

67. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

68. Biodiversity policy?

The company has published biodiversity commitments and a timebound target to restore 450 ha of riparian ecosystem by 2030.

69. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?

The company has published a biodiversity policy which applies to all suppliers, covers multiple dimensions of biodiversity protection and extends beyond HCV/HCS/set-asides.

70. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company has also identified the species of conservation concern, referencing the IUCN Red List system of species classification.

71. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

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

The company commits to no hunting of all species in its operations.

73. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no hunting of all species in their operations.

74. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also reports its own commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments.

75. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to conduct HCV assessments.

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

[Externally verified] The following HCV assessments are publicly available; PT Evans Lestari, PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari, PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri, and PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi.

77. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?

[Externally verified] The company has one HCV assessment for planting since January 2015 and an NPP under PT Evans Lestari.

78. High Conservation Value (HCV) or combined HCV/HCS management and monitoring plans for all estates planted/planned planting since January 2015?

[Externally verified] The management and monitoring plan of one estate planted since 2015 is available on the HCVRN database.

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

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also reports its own commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS).

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

The company commits all suppliers to only use licensed HCV assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's ALS.

81. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?

[Externally verified] HCV assessment of 'Koperasi Area of Sawit Etam Bersama and Maju Membangun, Indonesia' is deemed satisfactory by the HCV ALS quality panel.

82. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also reports its own commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach.

83. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to apply the HCS Approach, as defined by the HCS Approach Toolkit.

84. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

85. Peer review of all High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken since April 2015 by the HCSA Quality Assurance Process?

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

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company's own reporting only mentions that land is only planted when it has been subject to an independent social impact assessment.

87. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to conduct social and environmental impact assessments.

88. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) available, and associated management and monitoring plans?

[Externally verified] The SEIAs for the following are available; PT Evans Lestari, PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari, PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri, and PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi.

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

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also reports its own commitment to no planting on peat of any depth.

90. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no planting on peat as defined by RSPO.

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

4637 - The company reports it has 4,637 ha of planted area on peat as of 2023.

92. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

[Externally verified] The company's landbank on peat has not increased since 2022. The planted area on peat is reported as 4,637 ha in 2022 and 2023. This has been externally verified by Control Union.

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

The company commits to best management practices for soils and peat.

94. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to best management practices for soils and peat.

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

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports evidence for BMPs for soil, which includes planting legume cover crops to fix nitrogen, enrich the soil and prevent erosion and fertiliser runoff, construction contour terraces, and leaving cut palm fronds in the field to rot. For peat, the company reports using techniques for minimising erosion and maintaining the right water levels to slow down the decomposition of organic matter.

96. Commitment to zero burning?

The company commits to no burning.

97. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no burning.

98. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company's reporting mentions it has watch towers on all estates that are manned 24/7, to ensure a fast response and firefighting equipment is at all estates. Additionally, there are security trenches at the edge of all estates, which may help act as fire breaks. The company also reports one example of fire management for the fire that occurred in its Musi Rawas estate in 2023.

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

The company reported 15 fire hotspots and five confirmed fire incidents inside its plantation boundary in 2023.

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

12 - The company reported 19 fire hotspots and 12 confirmed fire incidents outside its plantation boundary in 2023.

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

The company reports a commitment to reduce industrial scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 28% by 2030 from a 2021 base year.

102. GHG emissions intensity?

The company reports the GHG emissions intensity (Scope 1, 2, and 3) as 5.95 tCO2e per tonne of CPO produced in 2023.

103. GHG emissions from land use change in company's own operations (scope 1)?

The company reports its group's total LUC emissions in 2023 were 35,637 tCO2e.

104. GHG emissions from land use change in supplier operations (scope 3)?

105. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

[Externally verified] The company reports the GHG emissions intensity across scopes 1, 2, and 3 as 5.9 (tCO2e per tonne of CPO produced) in 2023 and 7.2 in 2022 and 7.3 in 2021. The intensity has improved in 2023 as compared to 2022 and 2021. The 2021 and 2023 figures are externally verified by Control Union but the 2022 figure is not.

106. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

The company reports it uses the GHG Protocol's Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard and the guidelines of ISO 14064-1 to calculate emissions.

107. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?

Five of the company's total six mills have methane capture facilities as of 2023.

108. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?

The company reports a target to limit the group's annual water use per tonne of fib milled to less than 1.1m³ by 2025, from a 2021 baseline of 1.2m3 /tonne fib.

109. Water use intensity?

0.9 - The company reports the water use per tonne of fib milled as 0.9m³ in 2023.

110. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

[Externally verified] The company reports the water use intensity for its mills in 2022 as 1.0 m3 per tonne fib processed and in 2023 as 0.9 m3 per tonne fib processed. The intensity has decreased in 2023 as compared to 2022. Information is externally verified by Control Union.

111. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?

The company reports that no effluent is discharged into rivers or watercourses and any water discharged by the group is below the statutory threshold for biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand. Information is reported as of March 2024.

112. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?

[Externally verified] The company reports that no effluent is discharged into rivers or watercourses and any water discharged by the group is below the statutory threshold for biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand. Information is reported as of March 2024. This is externally verified by Control Union.

113. Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME)?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports it treats POME and reuses it for biogas production and land application.

114. Treatment of palm oil refinery effluent (PORE)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not own refineries.

115. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

The company commits to protect natural waterways through buffer zones.

116. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

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

The company commits to minimise the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

118. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to minimise the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

119. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

The company commits to not use paraquat.

120. Commitment to no use of paraquat applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to not use paraquat.

121. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?

The company commits to only use World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides in exceptional circumstances.

122. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to only use World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides in exceptional circumstances.

123. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?

The company commits to only use Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention chemicals in exceptional circumstances.

124. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to only use Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention chemicals in exceptional circumstances.

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

The company reports the usage of inorganic fertilisers (tonnes per hectare), herbicides (litres per hectare) and pesticides (litres per hectare) for 2022 and 2023.

126. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser use?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company's reporting shows a reduction in the use of pesticides (Litres per hectare) in 2023 as compared to 2022, while the use of inorganic fertilisers (Tonnes per hectare) by the company reflects an increase in 2023 as compared to 2022.

127. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company's reporting states it uses integrated pest management to control pests on its plantations where beneficial host plants are planted alongside estate roads to attract predators (insects) of leaf pests. The predators feed on leaf pest larvae thus reducing the need for chemical spraying.

128. Waste management system in place to avoid negative impacts?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports it has a waste management system which ensures safe handling of all waste according to best practices and waste types. This includes reusing the waste from its mills and oil palm management practices and careful collection and disposal of hazardous waste.

129. Commitment to human rights?

The company commits to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

130. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

Then company commits supplier to respect internationally recognised human rights, it does not specify the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or equivalent.

131. Progress on human rights commitment?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports it has processes in place to identify, prevent, and mitigate impacts on human rights and to provide access to remedy for any adverse human rights impacts caused. The company also conducts due diligence to identify potential human rights violations, labour abuses or environmental risks within the supply chain.

132. Commitment to respect Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' rights?

The company commits to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

133. Commitment to respect Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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

The company commits to respect legal and customary land tenure rights.

135. Commitment to respect legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to respect legal and customary land tenure rights.

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

The company commits under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also reports its own commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).

137. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to respect FPIC.

138. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?

The RSPO Principles and Criteria 2018 contain guidance and requirements on the process to conduct free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's commitments under the RSPO New Planting Procedures (NPP) as an RSPO member reporting as a grower. The company also has an FPIC process published on its website.

139. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

[Externally verified] The company reports it carries out participatory assessments involving engagement with communities and states that it has a department with permanent team members whose role is to lead an intensive programme of communication and participatory mapping with local stakeholders. The company also works with the University of Indonesia to conduct comprehensive social surveys to document information about the quality of life of people living in and around its estates. Results from these surveys allow the company to focus contributions towards the community. This has been externally verified by Control Union.

140. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

The company has published a flow chart for land conflict resolution.

141. Supports the inclusion of women across palm oil operations, including addressing barriers faced?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company only reports that it operates gender committees on all its estates and encourages women's representation in worker committees.

142. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

The company commits to ensuring food security for employees and the wider community.

143. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

144. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

The company commits to provide essential community services and facilities.

145. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports providing essential community services and facilities in the areas of education, health, and housing.

146. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?

The company commits to provide business and work opportunities for local communities. It reports that it buys from local businesses and contractors, and offers jobs to local people.

147. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

The company commits to the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work as well as to all Fundamental ILO Conventions.

148. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to all Fundamental ILO Conventions.

149. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

150. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

The company commits to prevent employment-related discrimination based on gender.

151. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to prevent employment-related discrimination based on gender.

152. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

153. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

12% - The company reports 12% fixed-term employees in its workforce in 2023.

154. Reports gender balance of employees?

25% - The company reports 25% of women in its permanent and fixed-term workforce in 2023.

155. Commitment to pay a living wage?

The company commits to pay a Living Wage to all workers.

156. Commitment to pay a living wage applies to all suppliers?

The company only commits its suppliers to pay all employees a wage equal to or exceeding the local legal minimum wage.

157. Progress on commitment to pay a living wage?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank.

158. Reporting of salary by gender?

The company reports the 'female pay as a percentage of male pay' for each pay grade.

159. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

The company commits to address health and safety at work for all workers.

160. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to address health and safety at work for all workers.

161. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company's reporting states that workers that apply chemicals or pesticides in the field are given suitable training and provided with appropriate personal protective equipment and clothing.

162. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

7.45 - Injury severity (days lost per injury) in 2023 is reported as 7.45.

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

0 - The company reports zero fatalities in 2023.

164. Commitment to support smallholders?

The company has published a commitment to support smallholders.

165. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company also reports supporting scheme smallholders through smallholder cooperative schemes.

166. Percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?

[Externally verified] 11388 (100%) - The company reports 11,388 scheme smallholders under 33 scheme smallholder co-operatives as a part of the company's scheme smallholder group programme in 2023. The information reported is externally verified by Control Union.

167. Programme to support independent smallholders?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports it supports independent smallholders by inviting participation in mapping and then providing training on improving their yields and quality through good agricultural practices. The company also encourages its independent smallholders to become RISS members.

168. Percentage of independent smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?

[Externally verified] 547 (11%) - The company engaged with 547 independent smallholders in 2023, supporting them to achieve RSPO certification. This represents approximately 11% of independent smallholders in the company's supply chain. Information reported is externally verified by Control Union.

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

The company reports that it risk assesses suppliers based on location, legality and policy requirements through a supplier evaluation form.

170. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

[Externally verified] 100% - The company reports that in 2023, 100% of direct suppliers were engaged, screened and qualified for inclusion in its supply chain. Information is externally verified by Control Union.

171. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company reports that the suppliers or vendors that are found to violate its policies will likely result in suspension of the contract for a period of six months during which they must take agreed steps to bring them in line with group policies, which may include a robust plan to restore natural ecosystems lost or compensation for non-compliant clearing after November 2005, referring to the RSPO Remediation and Compensation Procedure as a guide. The company will not source goods or services from suppliers who make no effort to remediate a contravention or who make repeated contraventions.

172. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with palm oil sourcing commitments?

The company reports a target for the end of 2026 that 100% of FFB sourced by its own mills will be verified as deforestation and conversion-free and fully compliant with its sourcing policies and standards for production of sustainable palm oil. However, it is unclear if this is through self-assessment only.

173. Proportion of supply from suppliers that is verified as deforestation- and/or conversion-free (DCF)?

174. Time-bound plan to engage with all high risk mills within 3 years?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

175. Programme to support high risk mills to become compliant with sourcing policies?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

176. Regularly engages with a subset of high risk mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

177. Procedures in place to assess all own and third party supplying palm oil mills for risk level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

178. Regularly assesses and categorises the risk level of all their own and third party supplying mills?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

179. Regularly reports the risk level of all own and third party supplying mills identified in its supply chain?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not source from mills.

180. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

The company commits to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption.

181. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption.

182. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

[Externally verified] Points for external verification have been awarded on the basis of the company's RSPO-certified landbank. The company reports that all new employees complete mandatory training on anti-corruption and bribery. It also requires all its business partners to complete questionnaires on their respective anti-bribery and anti-corruption activities and policies.

183. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?

The company report that taxation-related risks are reviewed and assessed by the audit committee at least annually and reported to the board for approval. It also employs a dedicated tax specialist team and works with external tax consultants. The company does not report a tax policy.

184. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company has a whistleblowing procedure in place.

185. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?

The company has a grievance procedure in place which is open to all stakeholders.

186. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?

[Externally verified] The company reports a grievance list that includes: date, issue, complainant category, actions taken, status. All include links to the RSPO complaints portal page for the grievances.