IJM Plantations Bhd

Palm oil assessment

Total score: 16.4%

Latest update: November 2021
Next scheduled: November 2025

Parent company:

IJM
Landbank (oil palm)

76,183 hectares
Market cap:

656,000,000 USD
Thomson Reuters ticker:

IJMP.KL
Bloomberg ticker:

IJMP MK
Sedol:

6455217
RSPO member?

No

Website:

http://www.ijmplantations.com/about.php
Latest annual report (2021) | Sustainability report (2019)

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Total: 16.4% 9 / 55

RSPO reporting requirements

4 / 15 26.7%
3 media reports
- 1 / 1
  
  1.1.. Is the company an RSPO member?
  
  IJM Plantations has been an RSPO member since 2004.
- 1 / 1
  
  1.2.. Has the company submitted its most recent Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) report to the RSPO?
  
  Yes.
- 1 / 1
  
  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?
  
  IJM correctly refer to themselves as an oil palm grower.
- 1 / 1
  
  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?
  
  IJM correctly stated the countries in which the company operates.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.4.1.. Has the company set any public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  2020.
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  1.4.2.. Has the company missed any of its public targets to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  No. However, an original target of 2018 was extended.
- 0 / 4
  
  1.5.. What percentage of the company's total plantation estates is RSPO-certified?
  
  0 - 0% of IJM's planted area is RSPO certified
  Calculation: 0 ha (total area RSPO certified) divided by 55,389 ha (stated planted area) x 100
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  1.6.. Are the company's RSPO Principles and Criteria certification assessments publicly available?
  
  Not applicable as currently none of IJM's plantation estates are RSPO certified.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.7.1.. Has the company set any public targets for its third party suppliers to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  2023.
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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. However, an original target of 2019 was extended.
- 0 / 1
  
  1.8.1.. Has the company set any public targets for scheme smallholders to be 100% RSPO-certified?
  
  2022.
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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.
- 0 / 4
  
  1.9.. What percentage of the company's scheme smallholder plantations is RSPO-certified?
  
  No information could be found using the research protocols.
Landbank and maps

3 / 8 37.5%
1 media report
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  2.2.1.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total landbank area for oil palm cultivation?
  
  55389 - Yes, landbank for oil palm cultivation is 55,389 ha.
- 1 / 1
  
  2.2.2.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total planted area?
  
  55389 - Yes, planted area is 55,389 ha.
- 0 / 1
  
  2.2.3.. Has the company publicly disclosed its total scheme smallholder area?
  
  No information could be found using the research protocols.
- 1 / 1
  
  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)?
  
  2381 - Yes, landbank for conservation is 2,381 ha (5,884 acres) within IJM's Malaysian operations. However, no information could be found using the research protocols on landbank for conservation hectarage within IJM's Indonesian operations.
- 0 / 1
  
  2.3.1.. Are all of the company's concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  No company concession maps have been made publicly available by IJM Plantations and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.
- 0 / 1
  
  2.3.2.. Are all of the company's scheme smallholders' concession maps publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  No scheme smallholder concession maps have been made publicly available by IJM Plantations and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.
Environmental management

1 / 12 8.3%
6 media reports
- 0 / 1
  
  3.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement to address deforestation resulting from its operations?
  
  No.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  3.3.2.. Are all SEIA assessments conducted after November 2005 publicly available?
  
  No SEIA assessments could be found using the research protocols.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 1 / 1
  
  3.6.. Does the company have a publicly available Water Management Plan or equivalent for its operations?
  
  Yes.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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 could be found using the research protocols.
Fragile, marginal and peat soils

0 / 2 0%
1 media report
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
Zero burning

1 / 2 50%
1 media report
- 1 / 1
  
  5.1.1.. Does the company have a publicly available statement stating that it is committed to a strict policy of zero burning?
  
  Yes.
- 0 / 1
  
  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 could be found using the research protocols.
Greenhouse gas emissions

0 / 4 0%
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
Traceability

0 / 12 0%
2 media reports
- 0 / 1
  
  7.1.. Are all of the company's mill locations publicly available for all countries in which it operates?
  
  No palm oil mill locations have been made publicly available by IJM Plantations and are therefore unavailable to view on the SPOTT mapping tool.
- 0 / 4
  
  7.2.. What percentage of the company's total palm oil mills is RSPO-certified?
  
  0 - 0% of IJM's palm oil mills are RSPO certified
  Calculation: 0 palm oil mills RSPO certified divided by 5 palm oil mills (total number stated) x 100
- 0 / 4
  
  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.
- 0 / 1
  
  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.
- 0 / 2
  
  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.

Media monitor: IJM Plantations Bhd

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All media reports (6)