Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk PT
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Parent company:Sungai Budi Group
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Landbank (oil palm)79,424 hectares
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Market cap:263,600,000 USD
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Thomson Reuters ticker:TBLA.JK
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Bloomberg ticker:TBLA IJ Equity
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LEI:
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RSPO member?No - The company was a member of RSPO, but resigned in 2020.
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Website:
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Company assessment: Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk PT – October 2015
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RSPO reporting requirements
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1 / 11.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?
PT Tunas Baru Lampung Terbuka has been an RSPO member since 2006.
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1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?
Yes.
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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.
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0 / 11.3.2.. 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?
No. Tunas Baru Lampung only stated that their estates are located in Lampung and in South Sumatra.
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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. Tunas Baru Lampung joined RSPO in 2006 and certified their first plantation estate in 2013. Tunas Baru Lampung have a time-bound plan to complete certification by 2016.
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1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
No.
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1 / 41.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?
1.52 - 1.52% of Tunas Baru Lampung's planted area is RSPO certified
Calculation: 955.77 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 62,906 ha (stated planted area) x 100. -
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1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?
Link to Tunas Baru Lampung's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments.
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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. Tunas Baru Lampung has a time-bound plan to complete RSPO certification of their 3rd party suppliers by 2020.
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1.7.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its independent FFB suppliers to be RSPO-certified?
No.
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1.8.1.. Has the company RSPO-certified its first scheme smallholders?
No information could be found using the research protocols. Tunas Baru Lampung has a time-bound plan to complete RSPO certification of their scheme smallholders by 2020.
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1.8.2.. Has the company missed any public targets for 100% of its scheme smallholders to be RSPO-certified?
No.
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1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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1.10.. Does the company have any open complaints filed through the RSPO complaints system?
No.
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Landbank and maps
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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.
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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.
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2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?
75000 - Approximately 75,000 ha. However, for Tunas Baru Lampung's 2014 RSPO ACOP submission, a landbank for oil palm cultivation of only 21,756.24 ha was stated.
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2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?
62906 - 62,906 ha. However, for Tunas Baru Lampung's 2014 RSPO ACOP submission, a planted area of only 21,756 ha was stated.
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2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?
12688 - 12,688 ha (data found was more than 1 year old).
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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)?
678.52 - 678.52 ha (may not be representative of Tunas Baru Lampung's total scope of operations).
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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.
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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.
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Environmental management
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3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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3.4.3.. Are all of the company's High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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3.4.4.. Does the company make its High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all of its estates publicly available?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
No relevant media stories can be found.
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Fragile, marginal and peat soils
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zero burning
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5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?
No information could be found using the research protocols.
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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.
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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 can be found.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6.3.. Does the company publicly report its GHG emissions from land use change associated with new planting?
Yes.
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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.
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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.
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Traceability
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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.
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7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?
25 - 25% of Tunas Baru Lampung's palm oil mills are RSPO certified
Calculation: 1 palm oil mill RSPO certified divided by 4 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100. -
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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.
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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.
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7.5.. Does the company prioritize certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) from Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chain models over Mass Balance or GreenPalm?
Mass Balance.
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Media monitor: Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk PT
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January 2025
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April 2024
PT Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk Digugat Dua Karyawan, Kuasa Hukum: Sekelas Perusahaan Tbk Tidak Mampu Bayar Pesangon (PT Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk Sued by Two Employees, Attorney: A Tbk Company Cannot Afford to Pay Severance Pay)
February 2020
The Chain: Repeat Offenders Continue to Clear Forests for Oil Palm in Southeast Asia
November 2019
Anggota RSPO dan Pemasok Pertamina Terlibat Kebakaran Lahan Agar Ditindak Tegas (RSPO Members and Pertamina Suppliers Involved in Land Fires To Be Firmly Treated)
November 2019
Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires
February 2019
The Chain: NDPE Uptake Impacts List of Top 10 Deforesters in SE Asia
September 2018
The Final Countdown: Now or never to reform the palm oil industry
May 2018
The Financing of Leakage Refiners: Shareholders and Loan Issuers Include International Financial Institutions with Palm Oil Policies
March 2018
TBLA's clarification in response to Chain Reaction Research report 'Tunas Baru Lampung: Contested Land and Peat Clearing Could Drive Substantial Value Loss'
March 2018
TUNAS BARU LAMPUNG: CONTESTED LAND AND PEAT CLEARING COULD DRIVE SUBSTANTIAL VALUE LOSS
November 2017
Unsustainable Palm Oil Faces Increasing Market Access Risks: NDPE Sourcing Policies Cover 74 Percent of Southeast Asia?s Refining Capacity (Updated Version) [July 2018]
May 2017
Nordic Investment in Indonesia, Singapore Linked to Deforestation: Report
December 2016
Chain Reaction Research 2016 Sustainability Benchmark: Indonesian Palm Oil Growers
November 2016
Anak Usaha Tunas Baru Lampung Diduga Langgar Penggunaan HGU (Tunas Baru Lampung Subsidiary Suspected of Violating HGU use)
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Media monitor: Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk PT
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