M.P. Evans Group plc

1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?

M.P. Evans Group PLC has been an RSPO member since 2006.

1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?

Yes.

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?

Yes.

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?

M.P. Evans did not disclose its operations in Peninsular Malaysia.

1.4.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first plantation estate: a) By November 2010, for companies joining prior to finalisation of the RSPO certification systems in November 2007? b) Within three years of joining the RSPO or of acquiring plantation operations as an RSPO member?

No. M.P. Evans joined RSPO in 2006 and certified their first plantation estate in 2012. M.P. Evans have a time-bound plan to complete certification by 2024 (time-bound plan does not encompass M.P. Evans' plantation estates in Peninsular Malaysia).

1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?

No. However, a time-bound plan was extended from 2015 to 2016 and then further extended to 2024.

1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?

29.9 - 29.9% of M.P. Evans' landbank for oil palm cultivation is RSPO certified

Calculation: 25,047 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 83,729 ha (stated landbank for oil palm cultivation) x 100 (M.P. Evans did not declare Malaysia as a country of operation in their latest RSPO ACOP submission).

1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?

Link to M.P. Evans' RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments.

1.7.1.. Have the first of the company's independent FFB suppliers achieved RSPO certification?

No information could be found using the research protocols. M.P. Evans has a time-bound plan to complete certification by 2021 (time-bound plan does not encompass M.P. Evans' plantation estates in Peninsular Malaysia).

1.7.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its independent FFB suppliers to be RSPO-certified?

No. However, a time-bound plan was extended from 2016 to 2021.

1.8.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first scheme smallholders?

No information could be found using the research protocols. M.P. Evans has a time-bound plan to complete certification by 2024 (time-bound plan does not encompass M.P. Evans' plantation estates in Peninsular Malaysia).

1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?

No. However, a time-bound plan was extended from 2015 to 2016 and then further extended to 2024.

1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?

0 - 0% of M.P. Evans' scheme smallholder plantations are RSPO certified

Calculation: 0 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 6,300 ha (scheme smallholder hectarage) x 100 (no recent figures pertaining to M.P. Evans' scheme smallholder certified hectarage could be found).

1.10.. Does the company have any open complaints filed through the RSPO complaints system?

No.

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.

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.

2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?

83729 - 83,729 ha.

2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?

32700 - 32,700 ha.

2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?

6600 - 6,600 ha.

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)?

4700 - 4,700 ha (includes M.P. Evans' joint venture in Bengkulu province, Sumatra).

2.3.1.. Are all of the company's concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

2.3.2.. Are all of the company's scheme smallholders' concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?

Yes.

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.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

3.2.2.. Does the company make its Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process publicly available?

The following subsidiaries which have a publicly available FPIC process are as follows:

PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari

PT Evans Lestari.

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.

3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?

There is public availability of some SEIA assessments:

Aceh, Sumatra: No SEIA assessments could be found

South Sumatra: PT Evans Lestari

North Sumatra: No SEIA assessments could be found

East Kalimantan: PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri; PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi

Bangka Belitung Island: PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari

Peninsular Malaysia: No SEIA assessments could be found.

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.

3.4.2.. Has the company publicly committed to only using licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?

There is public availability of some HCV assessments:

Aceh, Sumatra: No HCV assessments could be found

South Sumatra: PT Evans Lestari

North Sumatra: No HCV assessments could be found

East Kalimantan: PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri; PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi

Bangka Belitung Island: PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari

Peninsular Malaysia: No SEIA assessments could be found.

3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?

There is public availability of some HCV management plans:

Aceh, Sumatra: No HCV management plans could be found

South Sumatra: PT Evans Lestari

North Sumatra: No HCV management plans could be found

East Kalimantan: PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri; PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi

Bangka Belitung Island: PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari

Peninsular Malaysia: No SEIA assessments could be found.

3.5.. Has the company publicly committed to applying a High Carbon Stock (HCS) methodology to all of its landholdings and not developing on HCS areas?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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.

5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?

Yes.

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.

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?

No relevant media stories could be found.

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.

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.

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.

6.3.. Does the company publicly report its GHG emissions from land use change associated with new planting?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

6.4.. Has the company made a public commitment to report and to reduce effects from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

6.5.. Has the company made a public commitment to eliminate methane emissions from all of its palm oil mills?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

7.1.. Are all of the company's mill locations publicly available for all countries in which it operates?

Map related indicators are temporarily disabled for all companies due to legal issues.

7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?

100 - 100% of M.P. Evans' palm oil mills are RSPO certified

Calculation: 2 palm oil mills RSPO certified divided by 2 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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.