Wilmar International Ltd

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

The company has an NDPE policy that applies to all operations.

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

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

Chief Sustainability Officer.

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?

Member of Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, UN Global Compact, Fire Free Alliance, HCS Approach Steering Group, Grow Asia and The Forest Trust (TFT).

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?

The company states that it has engaged with around 200 NGOs, hosted several formal stakeholder dialogues and engages with NGOs through participation in multi-stakeholder initiatives or ad hoc discussions. It is part of the Sabah government's Sabah Jurisdictional Approach Steering Committee. It also details wildlife initiatives undertaken with government and NGOs.

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

339359 - Sum of total land area controlled/managed for oil palm cultivation for Wilmar International 263,481 ha and for its subsidiary PPB Oil Palms 75,878.27 ha.

9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?

241892 - Wilmar also has 47,000 ha in joint ventures in Uganda and West Africa.

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

31284 - Wilmar also has 148,000 ha under smallholder and outgrower schemes through joint ventures and associates in Africa.

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

26193.1 - Total unplanted (24,844 ha for Wilmar International + 1,349.07 ha for PPB Oil Palms).

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

29751 - Note that according to the 2016 ACOPs for Wilmar and PPB Oil Palms the combined sum of HCV area and other conservation areas is higher at 39,512.39 ha.

13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?

14. Number of company owned mills?

43

15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?

Mill locations are available for 9 mills in Malaysia. Some mills are also listed on Global Forest Watch under Wilmar and its subsidiary, PPB Oil Palms Bd.

16. Number and names of supplier mills?

The company states that there are 825 supplier mills in Malaysia and Indonesia. A list of the names of the mills supplying individual refineries can be found through the company's Supply Chain Map.

17. Maps of estates/management units?

Concession boundaries have been made available to the RSPO, and the company declares this represents 100% of their concessions, but not all may be publicly available due to ongoing legal issues. Maps will become available on GeoRSPO.

18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?

Scheme smallholder boundaries have been made available to the RSPO as part of their estate maps according to Wilmar, but not all may be publicly available due to ongoing legal issues. Maps will become available on GeoRSPO. Maps of FFB suppliers, including small growers, are available for the company's nine mills in Malaysia.

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

The company states that it aims at achieving 'full traceability' but does not state a time-bound commitment.

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

The company states that it aims at achieving 'full traceability' but does not state a time-bound commitment.

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

The company has achieved traceability to mill above 80% in all countries, except India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and China - Speciality Fats, with traceability to mill in Malaysia and Indonesia around 95%. Overall the company's average traceability to mill is around 90%.

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

Wilmar states that "most mills in the Wilmar supply chain are 0% traceable to FFB, except those owned by Wilmar and some RSPO certified mills". Wilmar has mapped the FFB supply base of all mills in Malaysia (9 mills).

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

The company states that most FFB from supplying mills are currently 0% traceable to plantation level. It reports percentage traceability to plantation in its 2017 Q2 Progress Report for Indonesia and Malaysia refineries ranging from 0% to 40.2%.

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?

HCS forest and HCV areas.

28. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?

The company states it uses the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) to monitor HCV areas and identify threats, and is committed to contributing to TFT's efforts to use their newest technology "Starling", to add to our deforestation monitoring intelligence and expedite ground-truthing in critical landscapes.

29. Commitment to set aside areas for conservation?

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

The company states it has a riparian rehabilitation project, has undertaken community outreach on restoration of degraded areas, and has organised a workshop on improving management of HCV areas, among others.

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?

The company states it "will work with relevant authorities and take strong measures to protect native animals and plants, especially endangered and threatened species", and refers to the IUCN Red List.

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?

The company states it has undertaken gibbon rehabilitation in collaboration with an NGO, has Honorary Wildlife Warden/Ranger programmes, and has formed the PONGO Alliance with other companies and NGOs to support management of orangutans and other wildlife in palm oil concessions, among other 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?

There is public availability of the following HCV assessments:
Sumatra: PT Agrindo Indah Persada
Kalimantan: PT Agronusa Investama - Sambas District, PT
Nigeria: Biase Plantations - Ibiae Estate.

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

There is public availability of the following HCV assessments:
Nigeria: Biase Plantations - Calaro Extension.

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

There is public availability of the following HCV management and monitoring plans: Nigeria: Biase Plantations - Calaro Extension.

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

HCV assessment for Biase Plantations Limited, a subsidiary of Wilmar Africa Ltd owned by Wilmar International, is satisfactory.

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

45. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?

HCS assessment published on High Carbon Stock website for PZ Wilmar - Nigeria, Calaro Extension.

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

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

There is public availability of the following SEIA assessments:
Sumatra: PT Agrindo Indah Persada - Jambi Province
West Kalimantan: PT Agronusa Investama - Sambas District
Nigeria: Biase Plantations - Ibiae Estate and extension.

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

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)?

22492 (8%) - Sum of peat areas planted.

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

The company only details best management practices for peat.

53. Commitment to zero burning?

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?

The company reports the total number of fires and hectares burnt from 2012 to 2016.

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

The company states that " Our adoption of the FFA approach also included the extension of fire monitoring to areas 5 km outside our plantation boundaries" but unclear how many fires in these areas.

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

The company has a general commitment to reduce GHG emissions and a target to reduce emissions from palm oil mill effluent (POME) by 2020 by 275,000 tCO2e against the 2013 baseline.

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

Wilmar's NDPE policy states that greenhouse gas emissions on existing plantations should be progressively reduced, and this applies to all its operations worldwide including third-party suppliers, but its commitment is not time-bound. Unclear if POME commitment applies to suppliers.

60. GHG emissions?

61. GHG emissions from land use change?

62. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

RSPO PalmGHG calculator and the GHG Protocol.

63. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

The company reports emissions increased in 2016 from 2015 for its Indonesian and Malaysian operations due to the inclusion of more downstream operations. However it is on track to complete 15 methane capture facilities to reduce emissions from POME, having completed 13 to date.

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

17 (39.5%) - The company states "To date, we have 17 operational methane capture-power generation facilities, with eight more in various phases of construction".

65. Time-bound commitment to improve water use?

The company states it is seeking to minimise the use of potable water in all its operations, but does not have a time-bound commitment.

66. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality?

The company states it ensures it does not affect water quality and complies with local limits to minimise pollution of water, but does not have a time-bound commitment.

67. Progress towards commitment on water use?

The company reports water use per tonne of FFB processed for 2015 and 2016. Water usage has increased slightly in some countries.

68. Progress towards commitment on water quality?

The company reports BOD levels by region and discharge destination. These have increasingly slightly in some regions.

69. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?

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

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

72. No use of paraquat?

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

The company states "not used, except in specific and urgent situations".

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

The company states "not used, except in specific and urgent situations".

75. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

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

The company reports toxicity units per hectare by region, herbicide usage, herbicide types and fertiliser usage.

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?

The company states it "Respect the Rights of Indigenous and Local Communities to give or withhold their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)" but does not refer to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or similar.

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?

The company states it continually strives to improve and strengthen its land claims resolution system, but details on the system are not given.

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 refers to the equivalent of all the ILO conventions except for it does not clearly refer to equal remuneration.

87. Total number of employees?

90000 - The company reports it has a workforce of about 90,000 people and reports the number of employees by country.

88. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

7003 (7.8%) - Sum of temporary workers in Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Sumatra, Ghana and Nigeria. The company reports it has zero temporary workers in Sabah and Sarawak.

89. Percentage or number of women employees?

The company reports the number of female workers for some regions, but does not provide a clear total or percentage.

90. Minimum wage that the company pays?

91. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

92. Lost time accident rate?

The company provides lost time-incident rates for different regions in plantations and mills, but not for all regions in which it operates.

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

1 - In 2016.

94. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?

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

2005 - Wilmar International has been a member since 2005. Its subsidiaries PPB Oil Palms Bhd and Wilmar Europe have been members since 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Its joint ventures and associates Adani Wilmar, Olenex, Goodman Fielder, Delta Wilmar and Volac are also RSPO members.

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)?

Wilmar International states all the countries in which the company operates and has over 50% shareholdings: Indonesia (Bengkulu, Jambi, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Riau, West Sumatera, South Sumatra, North Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Ghana and Nigeria (Malaysian operations reported through PPB Oil Palms Bhd).

Wilmar International also has operations, through joint ventures in Uganda and West Africa. However, with less than 50% shareholdings, these are not under Wilmar's management control.

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

2018 - An original target of 2013 was extended to 2016 and then to 2018. PPB Oil Palms has a target of 2011 which is has achieved.

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?

2019

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

2020 - An original target of 2030 was reduced to 2020, but stated that is "Only for subsidiary manufacturing plants" in Wilmar International's ACOP.

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?

PPB Oil Palms certified its first estate in 2008 and Wilmar International in 2010.

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

26 (60.5%)

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

241486 (71.2%) - Stated total certified area for Wilmar and PPB Oil Palms.

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

27704 (88.6%)

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

50045 (3%) - Calculation: FFB volume supplied that is certified for independent smallholders, outgrowers and other 3rd party suppliers for Wilmar 39346.33 + for PPB Oil Palms 10698.63 divided by total FFB volume that is supplied for Wilmar 841173.24 + PPB Oil Palms 646956.39.

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

Wilmar International reports the sales volume for its manufacturing and merchandising business was 23.4 million MT in 2016. The volume handled/traded/processed in the year by Wilmar International that is RSPO-certified was 701,464 tonnes. Wilmar Europe reports a total volume of 1,398,193 tonnes, of which 447,104 is certified = 32%.

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

Wilmar International reports it sells through Mass Balance and Book& Claim only, but processes Segregated as well. PPB Oils reports it sells through Identity Preserved and Mass Balance.

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

The company states that as of 2016, 6 mills and their supply bases have been certified.

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

The company has certified two mills and their supply bases to date (under PPB Oil Palms Bhd).

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?

Support in land preparation, financing, provision of fertiliser, planting materials and seedlings, pest control, best agricultural practices.

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

114. Programme to support independent smallholders?

The company supports independent smallholders in Malaysia, in collaboration with Wild Asia, independent smallholders in Honduras (WISSH programme) and is launching a programme for independent suppliers in Nigeria.

115. Details of support programme for independent smallholders?

Strengthening good agricultural and environmental practices, training on Wilmar's policy, good environmental practices and ecosystem practices.

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

The company states that in 2016 it supported the certification of 2,700 smallholders, it trained 1,980 smallholders in Honduras and to date more than 3,300 smallholders have been trained through WISSH. More than 400 farmers have been identified to participate in the programme in Nigeria.

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

The company states that mills are selected for assessment using the Mill Prioritisation Process (MPP), developed together with TFT, in a process that combines spatial and non-spatial information relating to environmental and social components.

118. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company states it has a suspension committee that has been appointed to consider the exclusion of suppliers who fail to comply with Wilmar's policy, and states that within two months an action plan is agreed with the supplier or it is recommended that Wilmar should suspend its relationship.

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

The company states it completed 64 mill assessments in 2016.

120. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

121. Whistleblowing procedure?

122. Own grievance or complaints system?

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

124. Grievance system accessible to external stakeholders?

125. Details of grievances disclosed?

The company provides details on grievances logged through its own grievance procedure and the RSPO Complaints System. It states that it had a total of 30 grievances in 2016.