Groupe Blattner Elwyn
Timber and pulp assessment- Latest update: August 2022
- Next scheduled: July 2023
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Thomson Reuters ticker:Private company
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Company assessment: Groupe Blattner Elwyn – August 2022
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Sustainability policy and leadership
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0 / 11. Sustainable forestry policy or commitment for all its operations?
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0 / 1
2. Sustainable forestry policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?
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0 / 1
6. Percentage or number of women board members?
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0 / 1
7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with timber and pulp production?
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0 / 1
8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with timber and pulp production?
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0 / 1
9. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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0 / 1
10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?
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0 / 1
11. Climate risks assessment available?
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0 / 1
12. Natural capital assessment available?
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Landbank, maps and traceability
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13. Lists countries and operations?
The company operates in the DRC, however, the type of timber operations carried out in the DRC are not reported by the company. Also, it is unclear if the company operates in any other countries apart from DRC.
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0 / 1
14. Lists countries sourcing from?
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15. Total area of natural forest designated for wood/wood fibre production (ha)?
1069650 - The company does not report information on the forest concessions it controls, however, external sources suggest that the company owns 194,641 ha of forest concessions and 875,007 ha of agreement forest concessions. It is unclear if this information covers all operations of the company.
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0 / 1
16. Total area of forest plantation (ha)?
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0 / 1
17. Area of plantation/natural forest within outgrower schemes (ha)?
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0 / 1
18. Unplanted (areas designated for future development as plantation forest) (ha)?
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0 / 1
19. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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0 / 1
20. Area of Intact Forest Landscape (ha)?
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21. Number of Forest Management Units (FMUs)?
4 - The company does not report the number of FMUs owned on its own website. OTP reports the company's subsidiary SIFORCO owns one FMU (No. 040/11). However, GFW reports nine more FMUs owned by SIFORCO, but five FMUs are marked as "retrocedé" (retroceded) so it is unclear if they are still owned by the subsidiary. Due to the uncertainty in the available data and lack of statements from the company, only partial points can be awarded.
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22. Maps of forest management units (FMUs)?
The company's FMUs are mapped on external websites. However, it is unclear whether these maps cover all operations of the company.
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0 / 1
23. Forest management plans available for all FMUs?
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0 / 1
24. Monitoring of forest management plan implementation available?
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25. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on use right (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
[Externally verified] The company's subsidiary SIFORCO has provided 33% valid legal documents to OTP on use right. Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
26. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on forest management (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
27. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on timber harvesting (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
28. Names and locations of all third-party supplying FMUs?
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0 / 1
29. Number of company owned sawmills?
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0 / 1
30. Names and locations of company owned sawmills?
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0 / 1
31. Number of company-owned pulp and paper mills?
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0 / 1
32. Names and locations of company-owned pulp and paper mills?
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0 / 1
33. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned sawmills that come from company's own operations and third-parties?
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0 / 1
34. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned pulp and paper mills that come from company's own operations and third-parties?
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0 / 1
35. Number of third party supplying mills?
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0 / 1
36. Names and locations of all third party supplying mills?
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0 / 1
37. Reports total volume (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplying mills that come from the supplying mills' own operations and third parties?
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0 / 1
38. Procedures to trace raw materials to country of harvest?
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0 / 1
39. Percentage of supply traceable to country of harvest?
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0 / 1
40. Procedures to trace raw materials to FMU level?
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0 / 1
41. Percentage of supply traceable to FMU level?
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Certification standards
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0 / 1
42. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% third-party legality verification of FMUs or achieved?
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0 / 1
43. Percentage area (ha) verified as being in legal compliance by a third party?
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0 / 1
44. Time-bound plan to source only wood/wood fibre that is in legal compliance verified by a third party?
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0 / 1
45. Percentage of all wood/wood fibre supply traded/processed verified as being in legal compliance by a third party?
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0 / 1
46. Percentage area (ha) FSC FM certified?
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0 / 1
47. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% FSC FM certification of FMUs or achieved 100% FSC-certification of FMUs?
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0 / 1
48. Percentage of wood/wood fibre supply (tonnes) from all suppliers that comes from FSC FM certified areas?
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0 / 1
49. Commitment to source only wood/wood fibre that meets FSC Controlled Wood and/or PEFC Controlled Sources requirements?
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50. Percentage area (ha) PEFC certified (excluding FSC certified area)?
This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate in a country with a PEFC-endorsed Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) standard.
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Deforestation and biodiversity
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0 / 1
51. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?
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0 / 1
52. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
53. Commitment to zero deforestation?
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0 / 1
54. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
55. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?
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0 / 1
56. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?
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0 / 1
57. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?
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0 / 1
58. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in own operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
59. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in supplier operations since cut-off date?
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0 / 1
60. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion?
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0 / 1
61. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
62. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?
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0 / 1
63. Biodiversity policy?
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0 / 1
64. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
65. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 2
66. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?
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0 / 1
67. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
68. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
69. Commitment to protect forest areas from illegal activities?
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0 / 1
70. Commitment to protect forest areas from illegal activities applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
71. Evidence of protecting forest areas from illegal activities?
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0 / 1
72. Commitment to no use of genetically modified organisms?
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to no use of genetically modified organisms applies to all suppliers?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
75. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
76. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments available?
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0 / 1
77. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans available?
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0 / 1
78. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?
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0 / 1
79. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
80. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?
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0 / 1
81. Peer review of all High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken since April 2015 by the HCSA Quality Assurance Process?
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0 / 1
82. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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0 / 1
83. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
84. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) available, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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0 / 1
85. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on impact assessments (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
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Soils, fire and GHG emissions
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0 / 1
86. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
87. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
88. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?
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0 / 1
89. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
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0 / 1
90. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
91. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
92. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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0 / 1
93. Commitment to reduced impact logging?
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0 / 1
94. Commitment to reduced impact logging applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
95. Evidence of implementing reduced impact logging practices?
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0 / 1
96. Commitment to zero burning?
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0 / 1
97. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
98. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?
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0 / 1
99. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company FMUs?
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0 / 1
100. Details/number of hotspots/fires in suppliers operations?
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0 / 1
101. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
102. GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
103. GHG emissions from land use change?
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0 / 1
104. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
105. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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Water, chemical and pest management
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0 / 1
106. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?
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0 / 1
107. Water use intensity?
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0 / 1
108. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?
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0 / 1
109. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD or COD)?
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0 / 1
110. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD or COD)?
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0 / 1
111. Treatment of pulp and paper mill effluent?
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0 / 1
112. Evidence of sawmill run-off containment and wastewater treatment?
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0 / 1
113. Proportion of processing facilities with closed-loop water treatment system?
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0 / 1
114. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 2
115. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?
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0 / 1
116. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
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0 / 1
117. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
118. Evidence of eliminating chlorine and chlorine compounds for bleaching?
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0 / 1
119. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
120. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
121. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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0 / 1
122. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
123. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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0 / 2
124. Implementation of commitment to reduce chemical usage?
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0 / 2
125. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
126. Waste management system in place to avoid negative impacts?
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Community, land and labour rights
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0 / 1
127. Commitment to human rights?
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0 / 1
128. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
129. Progress on human rights commitment ?
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0 / 1
130. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights?
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0 / 1
131. Commitment to indigenous and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
132. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
133. Commitment to legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
134. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
135. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
136. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
137. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?
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0 / 1
138. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
139. Supports the inclusion of women across forestry operations, including addressing barriers faced?
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0 / 1
140. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on population rights (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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141. Commitment to enable sustainable use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) by local communities?
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142. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities ?
The company commits to support rural communities in the essential areas of health, education and basic infrastructure.
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0 / 2
143. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
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144. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?
The company only reports that thousands of jobs are created for the populations of both urban and rural locals by the company. However, a clear commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities is not reported by the company.
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145. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on labour regulations (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
146. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
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0 / 1
147. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
148. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?
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0 / 1
149. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
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0 / 1
150. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
151. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?
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0 / 1
152. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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0 / 1
153. Percentage or number of women employees?
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0 / 1
154. Commitment to pay a living wage?
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0 / 1
155. Commitment to pay a living wage applies to all suplliers?
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0 / 1
156. Progress on commitment to pay a living wage?
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0 / 1
157. Reporting of salary by gender?
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0 / 1
158. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
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0 / 1
159. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 2
160. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?
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0 / 1
161. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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0 / 1
162. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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Smallholders and suppliers
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0 / 1
163. Commitment to support smallholders?
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0 / 1
164. Programme to support outgrower scheme and/or independent smallholders?
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0 / 1
165. Number or percentage of outgrower scheme and/or independent smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
166. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
167. Number or percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
168. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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0 / 1
169. Timebound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with timber and pulp sourcing commitments?
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0 / 1
170. Proportion of direct and indirect supply that comes from FMUs which are compliant with timber and pulp sourcing policies?
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Governance and grievances
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0 / 1
171. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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0 / 1
172. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?
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0 / 1
173. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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0 / 1
174. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on legal registration (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
175. Disclosure of the companyâs management approach to tax and payments to governments?
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0 / 1
176. Company has provided valid legal documents to Open Timber Portal on taxes, fees and royalties (at the time of SPOTT assessments)?
Please note: Company scores on Open Timber Portal are updated daily. Visit the OTP website to review the company's current performance by clicking on the source link.
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0 / 1
177. Whistleblowing procedure?
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0 / 1
178. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?
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0 / 1
179. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?
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SPOTT scores are based on the presence of external evidence made available by the company or third-parties.
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Contacts - GBEDRC - WEBPAGE
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Concessions forestières (Forest Concessions) - GFW - WEBPAGE
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Forest conncession agreement - GFW - WEBPAGE
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Democratic Republic of the Congo forest titles - GFW - WEBPAGE
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SIFORCO FMUs - OTP - WEBPAGE
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Documentation - OTP - WEBPAGE
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Social programs - GBEDRC - WEBPAGE
Media monitor: Groupe Blattner Elwyn
SPOTT monitors global media sources for coverage of assessed companies. The media monitor gathers reports about specific activities related to the assessment indicator categories. ZSL does not assess or score the validity of media coverage, but users can explore the media monitor to provide context on implementation, and infer risks associated with reported operations on the ground.
Last media reports:
March 2022
Revealed: Timber giant quietly converts Congo logging sites to carbon schemes
October 2019
Yalisika trial: SOPALI-IGED denounces the deception of homicide and rape of women
May 2019
Procès Yalisika : les accusés condamnés en appel à des peines allants jusqu’à 6 ans de priso(Yalisika trial: defendants sentenced on appeal to up to 6 years in prison)
April 2019
Conflit forestier en RDC : procès en appel des policiers et soldats pour violences(Forest conflict in the DRC: police and soldiers on appeal for violence)
December 2015
DRC forest conflict: five soldiers and police officers convicted of smears
December 2015
Greenpeace Africa reacts to verdict on DR Congo torture case in Yalisika
Media monitor: Groupe Blattner Elwyn
SPOTT monitors global media sources for coverage of assessed companies. The media monitor gathers reports about specific activities related to the assessment indicator categories. ZSL does not assess or score the validity of media coverage, but users can explore the media monitor to provide context on implementation, and infer risks associated with reported operations on the ground.
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