Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd

1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member, therefore none of their plantation estates are currently RSPO certified.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member, therefore none of their scheme smallholder plantations are currently RSPO-certified.

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

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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?

72653 - Yes, total area under lease is 72,653 ha.

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

63517 - Yes, planted area is 63,517 ha.

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

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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)?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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, Sarawak Oil Palms strives to only develop on degraded and logged over land.

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. The company only states on its draft sustainability webpages that it respects the rights of indigenous and local communities to give FPIC.

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.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols.

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

No SEIA assessments could be found using the research protocols.

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?

No information could be found using the research protocols. The company only states on its draft sustainability webpages that it ensures no deforestation of HCV areas.

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?

No HCV assessments could be found using the research protocols.

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.

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. Sarawak Oil Palms only states on its draft sustainability webpages that it ensures no development on HCS areas.

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. Sarawak Oil Palms only states that it minimises water pollution.

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. The company only states on its draft sustainability webpages that it practices no new development on peat, regardless of depth.

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?

65 - Approximately 65% of the Sarawak Oil Palms 2010 yield was planted on peat.

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

Yes. The company practices zero burning in all plantation development activities.

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 using the research protocols.

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. The company only states on its draft sustainability webpages that it believes in minimising GHG emissions.

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. The company only states that it will minimise pollution and manage the disposal of waste, inclusive of effluent.

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?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

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?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.

7.4.. Does the company have a public commitment to move towards Segregated and/or Identity Preserved certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member, therefore none of its third party sourced FFBs are currently RSPO-certified.

7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?

Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad is not an RSPO member.