R.E.A. Holdings plc https://www.spott.org/palm-oil/r-e-a-holdings-plc/

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

The company has a number of sustainability policies, including its Environment and Biodiversity Conservation Policy

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company reported in a 2016 report it has a Head of Sustainability who reports to the President Director and a Group Sustainability Consultant

4. Sustainability report published within last two years?

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, NGOs or academic institutions to improve palm oil sustainability?

The company reports some activities with NGOs, academic institutions and government bodies including local and provincial government agencies, KEE (Kawasan Ekosistem Essential), Universitas Nasional, Universitas Mulawarman and Plan?te Urgence

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

100,044 - This is the figure from the company's 2017 RSPO ACOP. However, the company reports a higher figure, of 110,474 ha, in its 2017 Annual Report

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

47,281 - This is the figure from the company's 2017 RSPO ACOP. However, the company reports a lower figure, of 44,094 ha, in its 2017 Annual Report

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

4,403

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

21,689

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

22,268 - This figure is from the 2017 RSPO ACOP. However, the company also states in its 2016 Sustainability Report "The area designated as conservation reserves within the group's titled land bank totals approximately 23,950 hectares."

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

3,797

14. Number and names of company owned mills?

3 - Perdana Oil Mill (POM), Cakra Oil Mill (COM) and Satria Oil Mill (SOM)

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

Mill locations for the company's three mills are available on the website. Two of the company's mills (POM and COM) are also available on Global Forest Watch (GFW) and GeoRSPO

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?

Concession boundaries have been made available on the company's website and to the RSPO and the company declared in 2015 these represented 100% of its concession sites. However, in its 2017 ACOP it states it has made an aquisition so the original data submitted no longer covers all the company's operations. Some concession boundaries are available through GFW and GeoRSPO, but it is not clear if all estates are represented

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?

2,016 - The company had a target to achieve a "100% traceable supply base for all three mills" by 2016, but in its 2016 Sustainability Report the company stated this had only been completed for 2 mills so far, and further updates were not found, so it is likely this target was missed

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 (above 75%)?

66% - The company stated in a 2016 report in regards to achieving a 100% traceable supply base for all three mills that "smallholder mapping and traceability project is complete for the two REAK mills (POM & COM) but ongoing for our third mill at, SOM."

23. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

24. Commitment to zero deforestation?

25. Deforestation commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

The company's Responsible Development Policy, which states commitments to not developing HCV or peatland, applies to the company's associated smallholders, and states it "will put in place measures designed to ensure that third party contractors involved in the development of this land also adhere to this policy." However, the policy does not explicitly apply to independent suppliers

26. Criteria for defining deforestation?

HCV, HCS, peat

27. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

In its 2017 Annual Report the company reports monitoring deforestation and encroachment through patrols and satellite mapping. It is also working with Satelligence to define a baseline for forest cover, degraded areas and planted oil palm areas within the estate areas and close to the boundaries, and has implemented a forest cover monitoring system that generates bi-weekly updates on forest cover, land clearing and oil palm development within a 5km buffer zone around the group's estates.

28. Examples of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?

The company manages a seedling nursery area of native species for the purpose of rehabilitating and restoring disturbed areas. It is also working with the European Crocodile Working Group and the French NGO Plan?te Urgence to restore damaged habitats in the CDM-Mesangat wetland

29. Implementing a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation?

The company states "The group maintains substantial conservation reserves that safeguard landscape level biodiversity" however it is unclear how the company is implementing this landscape scale approach

30. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

31. Commitment to not endanger species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

The company has a commitment to protect rare, threatened and endangered species, and makes reference to the IUCN red list in its Sustainability Reports when explaining species monitoring work that has been carried out

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

The company prohibits capturing or killing any rare, threatened or endangered species, but does not mention all species

33. Examples of species conservation activities?

The company reports various activities, including "HCV boundary marking and monitoring, camera trapping point surveys, belttransects, restoration and enrichment activities and conservation education in schools" as well as water quality monitoring and orangutan nest surveys

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

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

The company's Responsible Development Policy applies to the company's associated smallholders, and states it "will put in place measures designed to ensure that third party contractors involved in the development of this land also adhere to this policy." However, the policy does not explicitly apply to independent suppliers

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

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

The following HCV assessments are publicly available:
East Kalimantan: PT Cipta Davia Mandiri; PT Persada Bangun Jaya; PT. Kutai Mitra Sejahtera

38. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted since January 2015?

The company has an HCV summary report for new plantings done since Jan 2015 but it is unclear if this covers all of the company's new plantings

39. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all estates planted since January 2015?

The company has an HCV summary report for new plantings done since Jan 2015 but it is unclear if this covers all of the company's new plantings

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

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

The company states that prior to developing any new land it undertakes carbon stock assessments and avoids development of high carbon stock areas, but it does not clearly refer to the HCS Approach

42. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

44. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

The following SEIA assessments are publicly available:
East Kalimantan: PT Cipta Davia Mandiri; PT Persada Bangun Jaya; PT. Kutai Mitra Sejahtera

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

The company states it "will not develop any contiguous area of >10 ha which has been identified as peat" regardless of depth. This presumably means it will develop on peat covering an area smaller than 10 ha

46. Peat commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

The company's Responsible Development Policy applies to the company's associated smallholders, and states it "will put in place measures designed to ensure that third party contractors involved in the development of this land also adhere to this policy." However, the policy does not explicitly apply to independent suppliers

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

The company commits to maintaining soil fertility and preventing erosion, but does not explicitly commit to general best management practices for either soil or peat

48. Landbank or planted area on peat?

1,067

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

50. Commitment to zero burning?

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

The company's Responsible Development Policy applies to its associated smallholders, and states it "will put in place measures designed to ensure that third party contractors involved in the development of this land also adhere to this policy." However, the policy does not explicitly apply to independent suppliers

52. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

The company reports emergency training courses on fires, and patrols to monitor occurrences of fire, in a 2016 report. Older reports also mention firefighting as part of a neighbourhood watch team, and state the company participated in the RSPO's 'fire alert and reporting system'

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

The company reports that in 2017 "there were no forest fires recorded in the region" but it is not clear what area it is referring to. It reported the area of oil palm or conservation reserves lost to fire as 0 ha in 2016 and 379 ha and 282 ha respectively in 2015

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

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

2,017 - The company had a target to reduce the intensity of GHG emissions per planted hectare by 2017, but did not state by how much. A new target could not be found

56. GHG emissions from land use change?

677,082 - Figure is in tCO2eq. Data is from 2016, and no more recent data could be found

57. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

RSPO PalmGHG calculator v. 3.0.1

58. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?

4.95 - Figure is in tCO2eq per planted hectare, and data is for 2017. Net emissions per planted hectare have been reduced year by year from 2012 to 2017. However, the company does not have a target-based reduction commitment to measure this progress against

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

2 (66.7%)

60. Time-bound commitment to improve water use per tonne of FFB Processed?

2,017 - The company had a commitment to "Reduce the volume of water used to process each tonne of FFB in all 3 mills" by 2017, but did not specify by how much. A new target could not be found

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

The company commits to decrease its BOD value by July 2019 but does not specify by how much

62. Progress towards commitment on water use?

The company states "Water consumption per tonne of FFB processed decreased at COM from 2015 to 2016 but increased at POM and SOM." It also provides a chart showing fluctuations in water use for 2015 and 2016 at each mill. More recent figures could not be found and it is not clear the company is improving its water use

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

The company reported an improvement in BOD figures for its POME from all 3 of its mills from 2015-16. However, BOD levels in 2017 were not always compliant with regulatory standards. COD levels were maintained within the quality standards for 2017

64. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

65. Evidence of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME)?

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

67. No use of paraquat?

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

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

70. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

The company reports figures for tonnes of inorganic fertilisers applied per hectare and toxicity per hectare in its 2016 Sustainability Report

72. Commitment to human rights, referencing the UN Declaration of Human Rights or UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?

The company states it recognises its "duty to respect and support" the International Bill of Human Rights, which contains the UN Declaration on Human Rights

73. Commitment to human rights applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

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

The company only refers to legal and customary rights in the context of FPIC and land acquisition

75. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights, referencing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO 169?

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

77. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?

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

79. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

The company only states that "conflicts will be resolved through an open, transparent and consultative process"

80. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

81. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

82. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

83. Reference to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

The company's policy does not specifically refer to equal remuneration, but it does state it recognises its "duty to respect and support the internationally recognised human rights expressed in ? the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work"

84. Total number of employees?

10,026 - The Annual Report states the average number of employees in 2017 was 10,026, and the figure at the end of 2017 was 10,958

85. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

4,086 (40.8%)

86. Percentage or number of women employees?

3,229 (29.5%)

87. Commitment to pay minimum wage?

The company states "All male and female, full time or casual employees receive a wage equivalent to the minimum wage of the region of Indonesia in which they work, regardless of their performance" and provides evidence of the wages paid in its 2016 Annual Report

88. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

89. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

In its 2017 Annual Report the company states "In 2017 there were 872 Lost Time Incidents ("LTIs") compared to 649 LTIs in 2016. However, man-hours in 2017 were 24,934,348 compared to 17,301,932 man-hours in 2016, so relative to total man-hours there was a 6.8 per cent reduction in LTIs."

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

Three employees and two relatives of employees were involved in fatal accidents within the boundaries of the company's operations in 2015, with two of these considered as work-related. Three fatalities between January 2016 and January 2017. For 2017, the company reports two fatalities, one of which was considered "work-related"

91. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

2,007

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

94. Listed all countries and regions in which operates in most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?

The company states all the countries and regions in which it operates: Indonesia (East Kalimantan)

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

2,023 - The company states in its 2017 ACOP it expects to achieve certification of all existing mills and existing supply bases by 2018, but does not expect certification of all estates until 2023, because some estates are still being developed and do not yet supply its mills

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?

2,019 - The company states "This only applies to the plasma scheme co-operatives which supply REA's existing mills." The company also gives a date of 2025 which applies to associated smallholders and outgrowers

97. Year expected to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

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?

2,011

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

2 (66.7%)

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

34,489 (34.5%)

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

0 (0%)

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

0 (0%)

103. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that are RSPO-certified (above 75%)?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

104. Sells or processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?

Mass Balance only

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

The company's three mills are ISPO certified. It reported in 2017 that one of its estates - Sasana Yudha Bhakti (SYB) - was not yet certified as a land application permit for a POME treatment facility was still pending. SYB has now achieved certification

106. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?

This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.

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

The company reports that all three of its mills have ISCC certification

108. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

The company supports plasma smallholders through providing financial support and field surveys to help smallholders comply with company's policy on HCV/HCS

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

8 - The company reports that during 2017 it "collaborated" with 8 plasma cooperatives

110. Programme to support independent smallholders?

The company reports supporting smallholders in various ways through its programme and collaboration with SNV, including providing materials, technical assistance and training on "best agricultural practices"

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

26 - The company reports that during 2017 it 'collaborated' with 8 independent smallholder cooperatives and 18 'PPMD' cooperatives

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

113. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company states it only accepts FFB from farmers who participate in a traceability mapping exercise, but does not have clear criteria for suspending or excluding suppliers which breach its policies

114. Percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company requirements?

115. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

116. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company only states it provides anonymity for complainants and whistle blowers

117. Own grievance or complaints system?

The company states in a 2012 report that a "formal grievance mechanism and an industrial relations officer are in place" but no further details are given. In its human rights policy it states it will protect the anonymity of complainants, but does not give details of a complaints system. It states in its 2015 RSPO ACOP that it has a complaints system, and provides a link, but this link does not work

118. Grievance or complaints system is accessible to internal and external stakeholders?

119. Details of grievances disclosed?