LOUIS DREYFUS

"In 2019, we started a project with Dutch non-profit organization SNV and the Louis Dreyfus Foundation in South Sumatra, Indonesia, to include smallholder farmers in sustainable supply chains.With a focus on increasing production and yields sustainably, and without resorting to deforestation, the project develops essential infrastructure, such as washing facilities and safe chemical storage, that is critical to help them comply with sustainability requirements, and so achieve certification.In 2020, the project managed to train over 1,000 independent smallholders despite the logistics challenges posted by Covid-19 restrictions." 

"Provision of a discrimination-free work environment, in full compliance of the ILO’s Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (C111), as well as with local legislation prohibiting discrimination in hiring and in the execution of work with respect to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, age and disability, or as otherwise provided for under the local law."

"Ensure all our contracts include the LDC Human Rights clause. Breach of policy: Incident should be reported to Country Manager/Regional CEO, as well as the direct manager for analysis; remediation plan should be defined, implemented and impact measured."

"We expect our supply chain partners to work collaboratively and transparently in applying the above principles, with the following considerations [...] Respect for the rights of local communities, which includes land tenure, and their right to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to operations on which they hold legal, communal or customary rights".

"In this Palm Sustainability Policy, we unite our environmental, social, labor and business practice policies into a single document, affirming LDC’s commitment to:[...]We expect our supply chain partners to work collaboratively and transparently in applying the above principles"

"LDC works with SNV in South Sumatra, near the LDC Lampung refinery, to actively improve the resilience of oil palm smallholders • The project objectives and KPIs include: • Improved yield per hectare through Better Management Practices Training programme, • Creation of sustainability internal control system within the cooperative, so as to obtain certification (ISCC, RSPO). • Gender equality (female farmers were targeted and measured in the training) • Mapped HCS and deforestation monitoring • Credit assessment and loan disbursement for replanting. • Approx 1000 smallholders have been trained. 30 have already passed the Eligibility RSPO Audit, based on the 2019 RSPO Independent Smallholders Standard."

"We maintain risk assessments on all our suppliers, applying Global Forest Watch's (GFW) independent evaluation of risk levels associated with the specific activities of each mill that supplies our refineries. We combine this information with reviews of any grievance reports made against suppliers [...], and have now commissioned additional satellite monitoring services to monitor our full sourcing activities in Southeast Asia".

To file a grievance you email global-palm-sustainability@ldc.com. They have a list of palm mills who have not complied and the status of that grievance process (eg. monitoring/ closed) 

 Within their 2020 ACOP report, Louis Dreyfus report a total of 1,846,680 tonnes with 98,634 tonnes being certified 

 Within their 2020 ACOP report, Louis Dreyfus report a total of 1,846,680 tonnes with 98,634 tonnes being certified 

 "Key commitment [...] complete an environmental and social impact assessment before building any new, or expanding any existing, asset".

"LDC does not own plantations or mills, but has 2 refinery assets in Indonesia (Lampung and Balikpapan). For additional information, please refer to: https://www.ldc.com/id/en/ • Singapore Commercial refers to sourcing made via 3rd party refineries (considered “indirect” sourcing) as opposed to via the 2 LDC refineries (“direct” sourcing)"

"2020 Palm Traceability to Mill The list identifies mills supplying LDC Indonesia Refineries and Singapore Commercial operations. Mills supplying the LDC Indonesia refineries are considered direct."

"We maintain risk assessments on all our suppliers, applying Global Forest Watch's (GFW) independent evaluation of risk levels associated with the specific activities of each mill that supplies our refineries. We combine this information with reviews of any grievance reports made against suppliers [...] Working with our suppliers to ensure they understand adopt and comply with our palm sourcing policies, and particularly our NDPE policy [...] We do this through a range of activities such as making compliance our policy part of supplier contracts, publicizing our polcieis through workshops and providing technical assistance to suppliers we consider higher risk"

"Palm Grievance Protocol – managing a direct supplier - If grievance / controversy is raised by an external stakeholder relating to LDC supply chain: • LDC to assess validity of Grievance; if there is clearance, issue a stop-work order, which should be in place until the grievance is resolved. [...] Engage with Target of Grievance (ToG) to understand context & current response • Engage external stakeholders relevant to the case as needed • Develop set of action plan recommendations including: - time-bound objectives - criteria and evidence for considering that the issue is “resolved” "

Louis Dreyfus report on their raised grievances, as well as indication which suppliers they no longer work with due to non-compliance within their palm oil mill grievance list

"LDC commits to influence and collaborate with stakeholders across the soy supply chain in order to [...] Comply with all eight International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental conventions".

"In Paraguay, we are collaborating with CAPPRO (Paraguayan Chamber of Oilseeds Processors) and the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) to expand the use of soy certification in cooperatives where smallholder farmers sell their beans."

"Ensure all our contracts include the LDC Human Rights clause. Breach of policy: Incident should be reported to Country Manager/Regional CEO, as well as the direct manager for analysis; remediation plan should be defined, implemented and impact measured."

"Eliminate engagement in, or financing of deforestation throughout our supply chain, and conserve biomes proven to be of high ecological value, such as the Cerrado, Brazil, with the intent to discourage and eliminate conversion of native vegetation;[...]We expect our supply chain and joint-venture partners to work collaboratively and transparently in applying the above principles, and to implement the equivalent of LDC’s standard operating principles with regards to this Soy Sustainability Policy"

"In this concerted effort, LDC and other industry actors monitor suppliers, and do not purchase soy from lands in the Amazon biome that were deforested after July 2008."

"After launching our global Soy Sustainability Policy in 2018, we worked with environmental charity The Nature Conservancy in 2019 to incentivize soy producers in northern Argentina to expand cropland without resorting to deforestation. We engaged with farmers to better understand their needs and include them as we look to preserve at-risk forest areas."

"Going forward we will carry out the same mapping and risk analysis in Uruguay and Paraguay, and add profiling land use dynamics beyond our current sourcing areas in Argentina, to seek solutions that avoid deforestation."

"Conduct social and environmental impact assessments for any new infrastructure or logistic development; "

"In this concerted effort, LDC and other industry actors monitor suppliers, and do not purchase soy from lands in the Amazon biome that were deforested after July 2008."