Harita Group

" Bumitama commits to:Providing guidance for independent smallholders and traders with the intention to increase their compliance with Bumitama’s Sustainability Policy and RSPO P&Cs; Providing smallholders with assistance package, including of forming smallholder groups, facilitation of their land certification, training programmes focused on smallholder productivity, socialisation on the Bumitama Sustainability Policy & legal requirements and handholding through the Certification programme;" [...] "In 2019, we were able to conduct trainings for more than 350 smallholders from four different groups that supply FFB to our mills across an area of over 5,000 ha. We hope that in 2020, we will be able to turn this good progress into certification of at least 1,400 hectares of independent smallholder land, while enrolling a further 1,500 farmers into the programme."

"Bumitama commits to: Implementing the RSPO Principle & Criteria (P&Cs) including the Remediation and Compensation Procedure (RaCP) for the parties that we manage"

"We respect the rights of indigenous people and other local communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to development of land to which they hold legal, communal or customary rights. We identify local communities’ tenure and user rights through participatory Social Impact Assessment and engage in fair and informed negotiations over access rights to land and other natural resources."

" In line with the latest Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ("RSPO") Principles & Criteria (“P&C”) 2018 and the current Indonesian national regulations, assessments on High Conservation Value (“HCV”), Social Impact Assessment (“SIA”), Amdal (Environmental Impact Assessment), High Carbon Stock (“HCS”) and peat are essential prior to every new land development."

"Traceability and Responsible Sourcing: Tracking and monitoring land development in sensitive areas, ensuring that FFB processed is traceable to our own estates, plasma smallholders, local traders and independent smallholders, and ensuring that FFB is purchased from legal and responsible sources."

Company has both a grievance mechanism and a whistleblowing policy - "In early 2015 Bumitama rolled out new complaint process ( Bumitama Grievance Flow Chart ) which allocates clear organisational responsibility to ensure that all complaints are being reported and addressed at group-level. [...] Grievances can be submitted through any of the following channels:By email to: grievance_channel@bumitama-agri.comIn writing to:Bumitama Agri Ltd.Jln Melawai Raya No.10Jakarta Selatan 12160IndonesiaAttention: Corporate Sustainability (Grievance Coordinator)" [...] "The Group has put in place a whistle-blowing policy, whereby employees or any other persons such as customers, suppliers, contractors or local community may, in good faith and confidence, without fear of reprisals raise concerns about possible improprieties in financial reporting, unethical practices or other matters [...] Whistle blowing can be initiated via text/call to mobile number +6281286419700 or email to audit.pengaduan@bumitama.com"

Bumitama Agri reported their total consumption of palm oil as 121322 tonnes, all of which was certified in 2019.

" In line with the latest Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ("RSPO") Principles & Criteria (“P&C”) 2018 and the current Indonesian national regulations, assessments on High Conservation Value (“HCV”), Social Impact Assessment (“SIA”), Amdal (Environmental Impact Assessment), High Carbon Stock (“HCS”) and peat are essential prior to every new land development."

Bumitama Agri Ltd. provide a list of their processing mills within their 2018 sustainability report's "annual certification plan"

"Bumitama will roll out a series of detailed policies and/or Standard Operating Procedures. We will establish assessment procedures to determine conformance, inclusive of relevant parties as mentioned in this policy. We will conduct regular communication, and provide guidance and assistance to help them achieve compliance with this policy [...] Significant non-compliance of this policy will be monitored and reported to the company’s Board. The corrective measures taken, where appropriate, will be publicly reported."

Bumitama "kick-started the first phase of the FFB traceability initiative in 2016, mapping the entire supplier base of our CPO mills based on purchase documents. We will follow up with the collection of additional information on our third party suppliers that will provide us with more accurate and detailed data for analysis and verification as we closely monitor our supply chain partners."

"All provisions in this policy, with no exception, apply to all plantations and/ or mills in our subsidiaries, associates and those which we manage. For new acquisitions, the provisions in this policy will guide the Group towards compliance within a challenging time-bound plan."