Neste Corp.

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
3 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
5 out of 5
Commodity policies 
4 out of 5
Palm oil 
5 out of 5
Soy 
3 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
6 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
5 out of 5
Social considerations 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
5 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
4 out of 5
Commodity policies 
5 out of 5
Palm oil 
5 out of 5
Operations 
5 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
5 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
4 out of 5
Commodity policies 
5 out of 5
Operations 
5 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
3 out of 5
Operations 
5 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
3 out of 5
Operations 
5 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5
Sector 
Other
Segments 
Manufacturer
HQ 
Finland

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

Neste Oil OYJ (Neste) is an oil refining company producing traditional fuels such as gasoline and diesel as well as renewable products. The company’s main market is the Baltic region and it has refineries in Finland, the Netherlands and Singapore. The Singapore refinery was claimed to be the world’s largest for palm oil when it was opened in 2010. Neste is one of the world’s largest producers of biodiesel. Palm oil is a major ingredient of the company’s biofuels with more than 850,000 metric tons of crude palm oil being used in 2015.

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Neste Corp.

Score
3 out of 5

Royal Dutch Shell

Score
3 out of 5

BASF SE

Score
2 out of 5

DuPont

Score
2 out of 5

Blondeau Group

Score
1 out of 5

Mission NewEnergy Limited

Score
1 out of 5

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