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  • Overall approach
    5/10
    • Overarching commitment on deforestation
      3/4
      Overall commitment
      Zero deforestation/Deforestation-free commitment or, for timber, pulp & paper companies only, commitment to well implemented harvest and no deforestation of HCV & HCS areas
      3/4
      Do they have a commitment for other non-Forest 500 commodities, if so which?: NA
      "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified...The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030...In Chile and Brazil, forest plantations are certified for Sustainable Forest Management. In Argentina, while operating with the same focus, our plantations are certified under Environmental Management System ISO 14001."
      Open source document
    • Signatory to an initiative tackling deforestation
      1/1
      Signatory
      Yes
      1/1
      If Other Initiative, specify: The Forests Dialogue, New Generation Plantations and Forests Solution Group

      Which initiatives?: World Business Council for Sustainable Development Forest Solutions Group; UN Global Compact
      "We are active members of The Forests Dialogue, New Generation Plantations and Forests Solution Group, the last two forming part of WWF and WBCSD, respectively."[...]"As in previous years, this Integrated Report is also a Communication on Progress (CoP) for the United Nations Global Compact, a network that we have been part of since March 2018."
      Open source document
      Open source document
    • Awareness of the value of forests
      1/1
      Awareness
      Yes
      1/1
      "A fundamental part of the company’s forestry business is its commitment to good environmental management, which implies the respect for and conservation of biodiversity. The company places all its knowledge and experience at the disposal of society, and strives to detect the presence of threatened species of flora and fauna, and identifies, manages and monitors the High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA), areas that due to their flora, fauna and geographical characteristics are of critical importance for conservation."
      Open source document
    • Deforestation as a business risk
      0/1
    • High-level management of deforestion
      0/1
    • Executive compensation linked to deforestation
    • Target to reduce emissions from land-use change
      0/1
    • Reporting on emissions from land-use change
      0/1
    • Disclosure of conservation activity
    • Disclosure of reforestation activity
      Reforestation disclosure
      Yes
      0/0
      How many hectares of reforestation or restoration are being or have been conducted or facilitated by the company?: 14025.5ha
      "Contribution by Country to the Area under Conservation, Protection, and Restoration...Furthermore, through sustainable forest management certification in Brazil and Chile, we have made a voluntary commitment to restoration by the year 2026:Progress in Compliance with the Restoration Commitment...Restored 2020 Brasil 13594ha Chile 431.5ha"
      Open source document
    • Target to reduce emissions in scope 1/2
      Reduce emissions
      Yes
      0/0
      What is the target date for the company to achieve their climate target?: 2030

      Type of climate target: Other or unclear

      Is this target aligned with/verified by SBTi?: Yes
      "In this context, CMPC committed to a 50% reduction in its absolute greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1 + 2) by 2030, taking 2018 emissions as a baseline. The company's total emissions (CO2e) in last year it reached 7.6 million tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), while scope 1 and 2 emissions totalled 2.3 million tCO2e."[...]"Along with this, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) framework was presented, under which the targets have been modeled in alignment with science"
      Open source document
      Open source document
  • Commodity score
    35/90
    • Pulp & Paper
      35/90
      • Commitment Strength
        14/17
        • Commodity-specific deforestation commitment
          7/9.5
          • Commitment details
            Zero-gross deforestation
            4/6
            Commodity-specific deforestation commitment
            Zero-gross deforestation
            4/6
            Which certification schemes are used?: FSC; PEFC

            When was this commitment set?: NA

            What paper/pulp product does their commitment apply to?: Paper products; Pulp; Packaging

            Type of sustainability commitment: Reduce the volume of virgin wood fibre used in paper and packaging products through usage of recycled content; Reduction of material inputs
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            What is the rationale for any exclusions?: NA

            What subsidiaries are explicitly included?: NA

            What percentage of commodity production/sourcing is excluded?: NA

            What subsidiaries are explicitly excluded?: NA

            If Other, specify: NA
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Target date
            2028-2030
            0.1/1
            Target date
            2028-2030
            0.1/1
            What actions or steps are identified for time-bound implementation?: Expanding proportion under FSC certification
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Interim target date
            Yes
            0.5/0.5
            Interim target date
            Yes
            0.5/0.5
            What date is given for the interim milestone?: 2022
            "The Company’s own forest assets in Argentina will obtain FSC certification in 2022.."
            Open source document
        • Commitment to a traceable supply chain
          8/7.5
          • Commitment details
            Traces to Point of production
            4/4
            Commitment to a traceable supply chain
            Traces to Point of production
            4/4
            When was this commitment set?: NA
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Target date
            Current/achieved
            1/1
            Target date
            Current/achieved
            1/1
            What actions or steps are identified for time-bound implementation?: NA
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Interim target date
            NA (target date current or achieved or 2023)
            0.5/0.5
            Interim target date
            NA (target date current or achieved or 2023)
            0.5/0.5
            What date is given for the interim milestone?: NA
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
      • Associated Human Rights Abuses
        7/17
        • Labour rights in the supply chain
          Yes
          3/3
          Labour rights in the supply chain
          Yes
          3/3
          How far back in the supply chain does this commitment apply?: Tier 1

          Details of commitment: Discrimination; Forced labour; Child labour; Freedom of association
          ""Reject child labor, labor forced and any kind of discrimination. ● CMPC recognizes the value of relationships in the workplace, based on respect and communication, which is stipulated in the organization's policies and code of conduct.● Each subsidiary has the freedom of association to generate groupings and bargaining agreements collectively, which is also applicable to its contractor companies, which have their own associations and unionization groups. ● Collective negotiations are carried out independently and in environments where the search for agreements is privileged.● In 2020 there were no strikes and / or stoppages of activities in any of the places where there is a presence of unions. "[...]"We offer equal opportunity, secure jobs with afair remuneration, considering gender equity, ensuring freedomassociation of our workers"
          Open source document
          Open source document
        • Inclusion of small-scale farmers
          Yes
          2/2
          Inclusion of small-scale farmers
          Yes
          2/2
          What is the nature of that support?: Education and training, Economic

          How many smallholders do they support, and what percentage does this represent in terms of their sourcing from smallholders?: NA
          "CMPC provides support for forest management certifications to two groups of small and medium timberland owners. The first consists of 13 owners of a total of 15,173 hectares of plantations, while the second one has 19 members with a total of 19,846 hectares of plantations. A team of experts from CMPC provide consulting services on the sustainable management of forest plantations to members of the program through technical support and training. In 2019, ten such sessions were delivered to 354 people, covering topics such as fire prevention, occupational health and safety, as well as environmental issues."
          Open source document
        • Gender equality in the supply chain
          Commitment to ensure equality of women in the supply chain
          1/2
          Gender equality in the supply chain
          Commitment to ensure equality of women in the supply chain
          1/2
          "We offer equal opportunity, secure jobs with afair remuneration, considering gender equity, ensuring freedomassociation of our workers and also providingtraining that allows the development of our collaborators."[...]"Compliance with the Policy is mandatory for all people who work within CMPC, without distinction. Likewise, we expect third parties with whom we have a business relationship to share the same principles that inspire this Policy."
          Open source document
        • Commitment to remediation
          Yes
          1/1
          Commitment to remediation
          Yes
          0.5/1
          What does the commitment cover?: Social harm; Environmental harm
          "• We seek to prevent, minimize and remediate impacts on the environment, striving for the efficient use of natural resources, as detailed in our Environmental Policy."[...]"The objective of this Policy is to declare CMPC’s commitment to respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights. It also establishes the fundamental definitions, scope of application and specific mechanisms to implement this respect as well as for the identification, management and remediation of any violation of human rights that may occur, from a prevention and mitigation of potential risks approach."
          Open source document
        • Commitment to test Free, Prior and Informed Consent
          No
          0/3
        • Commitment to respect customary rights to land, resources, and territory
          No
          0/3
        • Zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats
          No
          0/3
      • Implementation and Reporting
        15/56
        • Reporting proportion of compliant volumes
          0/0
        • Reporting is independently verified
          No
          2/2
          Reporting is independently verified
          No
          2/2
          Which tools, approaches, third-party verification, including certification, schemes are used?: FSC PEFC

          For what percent of the company's supply volume is third-party verification of performance relative to commitments conducted?: NA

          Is the performance of compliance of some suppliers, sources, or origins not verified, and if so why not?: NA

          What methods are used for verification?: FSC PEFC

          What percent of the company's supply volume is verified using company verification systems?: NA

          Which processes or groups does the company use for third party verification?: FSC PEFC
        • Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
          Yes, encouraged
          0/3
          Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
          Yes, encouraged
          0/3
          "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified."
          Open source document
        • Deforestation cut off date
          No
          0/2
        • Collaborative actions
          Yes
          2/2
          Collaborative actions
          Yes
          2/2
          What is the nature of that participation?: Attending & contributing to meetings

          What initiatives does the company participate in?: Forest Solutions Group
          "CMPC is a member of the WBCSD and its Forest Solutions Group (FSG) initiative, adhering to the principles and responsibilities set forth therein and promoting leading-edge sustainability efforts"
          Open source document
        • Jurisdictional approach focused on sustainable land use
          No
          0/2
        • Risk assessments for forest risk
          No
          0/2
        • Operations assessed to comply with law
          No
          0/2
        • Accessible grievance mechanism
          Yes, publicly accessible grievance mechanism
          2/4
          Accessible grievance mechanism
          Yes, publicly accessible grievance mechanism
          2/4
          What is the nature of the grievance mechanism used by the company?: Own mechanism

          Which issues does the grievance mechanism cover?: Social; Environmental
          "INTRODUCTIONCMPC's "Whistleblowing Line" is a tool for anyone to report facts or conduct that constitute or may constitute a violation of the Company's principles and values, its corporate rules or current laws. The information provided through the reporting line is strictly confidential. Click here to access the Practical Guide to the Complaints Line and learn more about its use."
          Open source document
        • Report volumes of commodity sourced/used
          Reporting partial volumes
          2/3
          Report volumes of commodity sourced/used
          Reporting partial volumes
          1.5/3
          What product types/sectors is this in?: Paper Processing

          Reporting certified/compliant volume: 19374723 m3

          What is the non-DCF commodity volume sourced from known production areas, and proportion of total supply chain volume this represents?: NA

          Reporting non-certified/non-compliant volume: NA

          Total volume: NA
          Matte produce 350,000tonnes of short fibre pulp production per year and produced 19374723 m3 of raw material from forestry operations of itself and third parties in 2021. The latest figures for total commodity production are from 2019.
          Open source document
        • Monitor compliance for labour rights and FPIC
          No
          0/5
        • Monitor compliance for zero tolerance approach and customary rights
          No
          0/5
        • Upstream: Impact assessments for land development/acquisition
          Yes
          4/4
          Upstream: Impact assessments for land development/acquisition
          Yes
          4/4
          How does the company remedy adverse social and environmental impacts linked to their operations and/or supply chains?: NA

          For what percentage of production units has an ESIA been carried out as part of the land use planning process?: NA
          "CMPC submits its projects to evaluation as appropriate, either through an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) or Environmental Impact Study (EIA), before the System Environmental Impact Assessment of Chile (SEIA). This to comply with the regulations current evaluation, declaration and mitigation of socio-environmental impacts that a project can generate.[...]In September, a Study of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of a second line production at the Santa Fe Plant, in Birth. The project includes expanding its installed capacity to 1.14 million tons per year of bleached pulp short fiber, Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF).Simultaneously, he presented himself to the authorities an Impact Statement Environmental (DIA) for a project of optimization at Laja Plant, whose main goal is to improve performance environmental."
          Open source document
        • Upstream: Reporting production/processing locations
          Reports location of company-owned processing facilities
          1/4
          Upstream: Reporting production/processing locations
          Reports location of company-owned processing facilities
          1/4
          What is the total land area owned, managed, or controlled by the company for the forest risk commodity?: NA

          What is the total area of land (in ha) that is available for future production, e.g. concessions?: NA

          What is the total area (in ha) of natural ecosystem on land owned, managed, or controlled by the company?: 389,376 hectares

          What type of conservation designation and/or conservation status is used?: NA

          For what percent are boundaries (of holdings under conservation) disclosed?: NA

          What is the total area in production (in ha)?: 1,307,351 hectares

          For what percent are boundaries disclosed?: NA

          What types of ecosystems are these?: NA

          For what percent are boundaries (of certified land holdings) disclosed?: NA

          From what sub-national jurisdiction(s) does the company source material?: NA

          For what percent are point locations (of holdings under conservation) disclosed?: NA

          For what percent are point locations (of certified land holdings) disclosed?: NA

          In what jurisdiction(s)/subnational region does the company operate and/or source material?: Bio Bio ; Rio Grande do Sul

          For what percent are point locations (of land holdings and processing facilities) disclosed: NA

          In what country(ies) does the company operate and/or source material?: Brazil ; Chile ; Argentina ; Peru ; Ecuador ; Colombia ; Mexico ; Uruguay

          What is the volume of each forest risk commodity that the company produced/processed/sourced in the previous year from each national or subnational location?: NA

          What is the area, in hectares of production units, on which non-DCF commodities are produced or processed, by country and jurisdiction: 392205.3ha
          "It has four mills: Laja, Pacifico and Santa Fe (Chile), and Guaiba (Brazil)." In their Integrated Annual Report 2021 they provide broad details about the numbers of plants they have in different countries alongside the number of collaborators and suppliers.
          Open source document
          Open source document
        • Downstream: Reporting suppliers
          No
          0/4
        • Upstream: Monitor compliance of production/processing
          Yes, using a third-party verification system
          4/4
          Upstream: Monitor compliance of production/processing
          Yes, using a third-party verification system
          4/4
          If so, what jurisdictions and mechanisms does the company use?: FSC Certification

          How frequently is compliance assessed?: Annually

          For what percentage of suppliers does the company use/rely on external mechanisms to monitor compliance?: NA

          For what percentage of the commodity sourced by the company is deforestation/conversion monitored at the farm level on production units known to be in the company's supply chain?: NA

          What tools, processes, bodies carry out monitoring of the company's production or processing operations?: NA

          For what percentage of production or primary processing operations that it owns, manages, or otherwise controls does the company use external processes or actors, such as certification, to monitor compliance?: NA

          Does the company use a certification system?: Yes

          Does the company use a jurisdictional monitoring mechanism?: No
          "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations." "The Company's forest plantations are CERTFOR-PEFC (Chile), CERTFLOR-PEFC (Brazil) and FSC (Chile and Brazil) certified."
          Open source document
          Open source document
        • Upstream: Reporting hectares of deforestation
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Monitor compliance in supply chain
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Reporting hectares of deforestation
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Engagement with non-compliant suppliers
          No engagement or exclusion
          0/2
        • Downstream: Disclosure of non-compliant suppliers
          No disclosure
          0/2
    • Timber *
      34/90
      • Commitment Strength
        14/17
        • Commodity-specific deforestation commitment
          7/9.5
          • Commitment details
            Zero-gross deforestation
            4/6
            Commodity-specific deforestation commitment
            Zero-gross deforestation
            4/6
            When was this commitment set?: NA

            Which certification schemes are used?: FSC; PEFC
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Target date
            2028-2030
            0.1/1
            Target date
            2028-2030
            0.1/1
            What actions or steps are identified for time-bound implementation?: FSC and PEFC certification
            "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified. The company aims to maintain all of its certifications and increase their coverage to 100% of production and consumption by 2030."[...]"CMPC’s forest assets are 89.3% certified by FSC and 90.7% by PEFC."
            Open source document
            Open source document
          • Interim target date
            Yes
            0.5/0.5
            Interim target date
            Yes
            0.5/0.5
            What date is given for the interim milestone?: 2022
            "The Company’s own forest assets in Argentina will obtain FSC certification in 2022.."
            Open source document
        • Commitment to a traceable supply chain
          8/7.5
          • Commitment details
            Traces to Point of production
            4/4
            Commitment to a traceable supply chain
            Traces to Point of production
            4/4
            When was this commitment set?: NA
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
            Yes
            2/2
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Target date
            Current/achieved
            1/1
            Target date
            Current/achieved
            1/1
            What actions or steps are identified for time-bound implementation?: NA
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
          • Interim target date
            NA (target date current or achieved or 2023)
            0.5/0.5
            Interim target date
            NA (target date current or achieved or 2023)
            0.5/0.5
            What date is given for the interim milestone?: Current
            "Our facilities procure timber mainly from our own forest assets, which have certified Sustainable Forest Management systems. In this context, Chain of Custody certifications guarantee traceability of wood across the entire supply chain and ensure that there is no timber provided from controversial sources. A small percentage of the timber used by CMPC is supplied by third parties, which are mostly certified, with only a small portion coming from non-certified suppliers. For these suppliers, the company has a Responsible Procurement Program which requires them to undergo a due diligence process to verify the control origin of the wood, verifying the legality of the origin, including that no violations to traditional or human rights were made, high conservation value areas were protected, there has been no conversion of native forests into plantations and no Genetically Modified Organisms were used."
            Open source document
      • Associated Human Rights Abuses
        6/17
        • Labour rights in the supply chain
          Yes
          3/3
          Labour rights in the supply chain
          Yes
          3/3
          How far back in the supply chain does this commitment apply?: Tier 1 and 2

          Details of commitment: Discrimination; Forced labour; Child labour; Freedom of association
          ""Reject child labor, labor forced and any kind of discrimination. ● CMPC recognizes the value of relationships in the workplace, based on respect and communication, which is stipulated in the organization's policies and code of conduct.● Each subsidiary has the freedom of association to generate groupings and bargaining agreements collectively, which is also applicable to its contractor companies, which have their own associations and unionization groups. ● Collective negotiations are carried out independently and in environments where the search for agreements is privileged.● In 2020 there were no strikes and / or stoppages of activities in any of the places where there is a presence of unions. "[...]"We offer equal opportunity, secure jobs with afair remuneration, considering gender equity, ensuring freedomassociation of our workers"
          Open source document
          Open source document
        • Inclusion of small-scale farmers
          Yes
          2/2
          Inclusion of small-scale farmers
          Yes
          2/2
          What is the nature of that support?: Education and training, Economic

          How many smallholders do they support, and what percentage does this represent in terms of their sourcing from smallholders?: NA
          "CMPC provides support for forest management certifications to two groups of small and medium timberland owners. The first consists of 13 owners of a total of 15,173 hectares of plantations, while the second one has 19 members with a total of 19,846 hectares of plantations. A team of experts from CMPC provide consulting services on the sustainable management of forest plantations to members of the program through technical support and training. In 2019, ten such sessions were delivered to 354 people, covering topics such as fire prevention, occupational health and safety, as well as environmental issues."
          Open source document
        • Gender equality in the supply chain
          Commitment to address gender related labour rights including discrimination and harassment
          1/2
          Gender equality in the supply chain
          Commitment to address gender related labour rights including discrimination and harassment
          0.5/2
          "We offer equal opportunity, secure jobs with afair remuneration, considering gender equity, ensuring freedomassociation of our workers and also providingtraining that allows the development of our collaborators."[...]"Compliance with the Policy is mandatory for all people who work within CMPC, without distinction. Likewise, we expect third parties with whom we have a business relationship to share the same principles that inspire this Policy."
          Open source document
        • Commitment to remediation
          Yes
          1/1
          Commitment to remediation
          Yes
          0.5/1
          What does the commitment cover?: Social harm; Environmental harm
          "• We seek to prevent, minimize and remediate impacts on the environment, striving for the efficient use of natural resources, as detailed in our Environmental Policy."[...]"The objective of this Policy is to declare CMPC’s commitment to respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights. It also establishes the fundamental definitions, scope of application and specific mechanisms to implement this respect as well as for the identification, management and remediation of any violation of human rights that may occur, from a prevention and mitigation of potential risks approach."
          Open source document
        • Commitment to test Free, Prior and Informed Consent
          No
          0/3
        • Commitment to respect customary rights to land, resources, and territory
          No
          0/3
        • Zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats
          No
          0/3
      • Implementation and Reporting
        14/56
        • Reporting proportion of compliant volumes
          0/0
        • Reporting is independently verified
          Yes, using a third-party verification scheme or certification scheme
          2/2
        • Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
          Yes, encouraged
          0/3
          Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
          Yes, encouraged
          0/3
          "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations. This way we are able to ensure that almost all of the raw material we source for the use in our pulp and wood production is certified."
          Open source document
        • Deforestation cut off date
          No
          0/2
        • Collaborative actions
          Yes
          2/2
          Collaborative actions
          Yes
          2/2
          What initiatives does the company participate in?: Forest Solution Group

          What is the nature of that participation?: Attending & contributing to meetings
          "CMPC is a member of the WBCSD and its Forest Solutions Group (FSG) initiative, adhering to the principles and responsibilities set forth therein and promoting leading-edge sustainability efforts"
          Open source document
        • Jurisdictional approach focused on sustainable land use
          No
          0/2
        • Risk assessments for forest risk
          No
          0/2
        • Operations assessed to comply with law
          No
          0/2
        • Accessible grievance mechanism
          Yes, publicly accessible grievance mechanism
          2/4
          Accessible grievance mechanism
          Yes, publicly accessible grievance mechanism
          2/4
          Which issues does the grievance mechanism cover?: Social; Environmental

          What is the nature of the grievance mechanism used by the company?: Own mechanism
          "INTRODUCTIONCMPC's "Whistleblowing Line" is a tool for anyone to report facts or conduct that constitute or may constitute a violation of the Company's principles and values, its corporate rules or current laws. The information provided through the reporting line is strictly confidential. Click here to access the Practical Guide to the Complaints Line and learn more about its use."
          Open source document
        • Report volumes of commodity sourced/used
          Reporting partial volumes
          2/3
          Report volumes of commodity sourced/used
          Reporting partial volumes
          1.5/3
          What product types/sectors is this in?: Timber Products

          Reporting certified/compliant volume: NA

          Total volume: 19374723 m3

          What is the non-DCF commodity volume sourced from known production areas, and proportion of total supply chain volume this represents?: NA

          Reporting non-certified/non-compliant volume: NA
          Matte produced 19374723 m3 of raw material from forestry operations of itself and third parties in 2021. The latest figures for total commodity production are from 2019.
          Open source document
        • Monitor compliance for labour rights and FPIC
          No
          0/5
        • Monitor compliance for zero tolerance approach and customary rights
          No
          0/5
        • Upstream: Impact assessments for land development/acquisition
          Yes
          4/4
          Upstream: Impact assessments for land development/acquisition
          Yes
          4/4
          How does the company remedy adverse social and environmental impacts linked to their operations and/or supply chains?: NA

          For what percentage of production units has an ESIA been carried out as part of the land use planning process?: NA
          "CMPC submits its projects to evaluation as appropriate, either through an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) or Environmental Impact Study (EIA), before the System Environmental Impact Assessment of Chile (SEIA). This to comply with the regulations current evaluation, declaration and mitigation of socio-environmental impacts that a project can generate.[...]In September, a Study of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of a second line production at the Santa Fe Plant, in Birth. The project includes expanding its installed capacity to 1.14 million tons per year of bleached pulp short fiber, Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF).Simultaneously, he presented himself to the authorities an Impact Statement Environmental (DIA) for a project of optimization at Laja Plant, whose main goal is to improve performance environmental."
          Open source document
        • Upstream: Reporting production/processing locations
          No disclosure
          0/4
        • Downstream: Reporting suppliers
          No
          0/4
        • Upstream: Monitor compliance of production/processing
          Yes, using a third-party verification system
          4/4
          Upstream: Monitor compliance of production/processing
          Yes, using a third-party verification system
          4/4
          Does the company use a certification system?: No

          For what percentage of suppliers does the company use/rely on external mechanisms to monitor compliance?: NA

          Does the company use a jurisdictional monitoring mechanism?: No

          How frequently is compliance assessed?: Annually

          For what percentage of production or primary processing operations that it owns, manages, or otherwise controls does the company use external processes or actors, such as certification, to monitor compliance?: NA

          For what percentage of the commodity sourced by the company is deforestation/conversion monitored at the farm level on production units known to be in the company's supply chain?: NA

          What tools, processes, bodies carry out monitoring of the company's production or processing operations?: NA

          If so, what jurisdictions and mechanisms does the company use?: FSC Certification
          "As part of our public commitment to eliminating deforestation and/or the degradation of forests, we adhere to strict sustainable forest management standards through various international certifications. This means that we strictly adhere to these principles in our own operations and strongly encourage compliance with them in third-party operations." "The Company's forest plantations are CERTFOR-PEFC (Chile), CERTFLOR-PEFC (Brazil) and FSC (Chile and Brazil) certified."
          Open source document
          Open source document
        • Upstream: Reporting hectares of deforestation
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Monitor compliance in supply chain
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Reporting hectares of deforestation
          No
          0/4
        • Downstream: Engagement with non-compliant suppliers
          No engagement or exclusion
          0/2
        • Downstream: Disclosure of non-compliant suppliers
          No disclosure
          0/2

    • * commodity scores for which a company is not a powerbroker are given half the weighting of other commodities in total scores

  • Commitment strength
    14/17
    Avg. score
  • Implementation and Reporting
    14/56
    Avg. score
  • Associated Human Rights Abuses
    6/17
    Avg. score

Profile

Empresas CMPC S.A. is a Chilean-based producer of forest products. The company operates in the businesses of forestry, pulp and paper, tissue and other products, including the production of paper-manufacture products. Empresas CMPC S.A. is selected as a powerbroker for pulp & paper.

Sector
Industry sector 
Paper Products
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Producer, Trader, Processor, Manufacturer
HQ
HQ 
Chile
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CO
Collective Commitments
Consumer Goods Forum member
New York Declaration on Forests signatory

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