Tradewinds Plantation Bhd

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

Tradewinds Plantation only has general policies to sustainable practices in all aspects of operations.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

The company has a Sustainability Team, and in their operations team they report a member for 'Safety & Sustainability', but unclear high-level responsibility.

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 and/or NGOs to improve palm oil sustainability?

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

160000 - Total landbank, including both palm oil and rubber, is stated as approximately 160,000 ha, but no date is given. The company also report a figure of 141,430 ha in Feb 2016.

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

132940 - The figure is undated.

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

940 - Data from 2011-2012.

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

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

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

11 - The figure is undated.

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

Some mill locations are on a geo-referenced map, but not clear if all mills and no date associated with data.

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

17. Maps of estates/management units?

Some estate locations are on a geo-referenced map, but not clear if all estates and no date associated with data. Otherwise, estate locations only shown as image files, with no coordinates.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

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

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

21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (above 80%)?

22. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level (is above 75%)?

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

24. Commitment to address deforestation?

25. Commitment to zero deforestation?

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

27. Criteria for defining deforestation?

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

29. Commitment to set aside areas for conservation?

30. Evidence of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?

31. A landscape-level approach?

32. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?

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

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

35. Commitment not to operate within internationally and nationally designated protected areas?

36. Evidence of species conservation activities?

37. Commitment to High Conservation Value (HCV) approach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach?

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

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

Only state that identify and control environmental impacts.

47. Social and environmental impact assessment (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

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

No. On the contrary, the company states 'planting on peat land will yield the desired results when managed correctly and sustainably'.

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

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

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

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

53. Commitment to zero burning?

State have a 'zero burning replanting technique' and that have 'established a culture where no open burning is allowed', but unclear if this applies to all new planting.

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

55. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?

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

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

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

59. GHG commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?

60. GHG emissions?

61. GHG emissions from land use change?

62. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

64. Percentage of mills with methane capture (is above 75%)?

Only state that the company is evaluating the technologies for methane capture.

65. Time-bound commitment to improve water use?

Only mention water management in relation to ensuring good drainage systems and minimising water loss by using terraces and cover crops.

66. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality?

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

68. Progress towards commitment on water quality?

69. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

The company only has one POME treatment plant at Retus Palm Oil Mill in Sarawak. Similar treatments plants are being built at 2 other mills.

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

Only state that their IPM techniques reduce use of pesticides.

72. No use of paraquat?

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

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

75. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

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

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

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

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

81. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?

82. Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process?

83. Process for addressing land conflicts?

84. Commitment to ensure food security for local communities?

85. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?

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

The company only states its commitment to a non-discrimination employment policy.

87. Total number of employees?

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

92. Lost time accident rate?

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

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

No. Tradewinds Plantation Berhad was an RSPO member from 2009. However, the company resigned from the RSPO on 3rd September 2015.

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

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

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

99. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?

100. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of all supply chains?

101. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

109. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified (100%)?

The company states that its Ulu Sebol B Estate and Ulu Sebol Palm Oil Mill are MSPO-certified.

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

111. Programme to support scheme smallholders?

112. Details of support programme for scheme smallholders?

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

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

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

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

118. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

119. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged?

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

Commits to ethical conduct, but only mentions corrupt-free behaviour in its Business Partner Code of Conduct.

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

Only mentions has grievance procedures in Whistleblowing Policy.

123. Grievance system accessible to internal stakeholders (i.e. employees)?

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?