PT Astra International TBK

"We have built good relations through our partnership programs with the smallholders supplying the company’s FFB, including with associated (plasma and KKPA) and independent smallholders. Partnership  is an important part of the business process as we partner with a great number of smallholders operating in a rather large area. This encourages the company to increasingly innovate and improve future partnership programs so that the presence of palm oil companies can provide benefits for sustainable economic growth for the surrounding communities as well as a sustainable environment."

"The Company gives equal treatment to workers of different genders, ethnicities, race, religions, and political choices. Even though the jobs at plantations are still dominated by males, the Company always provides opportunities for female workers for suitable jobs. The Company ensures that each worker receives fair rewards based on their work experience, competence, workload, responsibility, and achievement. In 2018 there was no discrimination incident within the Company. We also encourage the implementation of the equality principle to all workers across our supply chain."

"Resolve all complaints, grievances and conflicts through open, transparent and consultative processes. In consultation with key stakeholders, we will develop and maintain transparent and effective processes for the responsible handling of complaints and conflicts including fair representation, and ensure rightful compensation where rights have been violated." [...] "This support program is a strategy that we developed in-house to ensure that our entire supply chain is safe from deforestation, wildfires, and human rights violations. Even if a violation were to be found, remedial efforts to ensure that the violation does not reoccur are performed by developing a structured action plan that is monitored throughout its development.."

"FPIC process will be conducted prior to the development of any new plantings for partnership plantations affiliated with AAL"; "Respect the rights of indigenous and local communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), We will respect individual, communal and customary rights of indigenous and local communities and commit to ensuring legal compliance as well as best practices in FPIC are implemented, prior to commencing any new operations. We will engage with stakeholders to ensure FPIC processes are correctly implemented, monitored and continuously improved."

"FPIC process will be conducted prior to the development of any new plantings for partnership plantations affiliated with AAL [...] Resolving conflicts with best standards and practices through an open, transparent and consultative process"

"The Company consistently implement its commitment to Sustainability Policy by practicing “no deforestation, peatland, and exploitation” (NDPE). The Company’s NDPE Sustainability Policy has been in effect since September 2015 and emphasizes the commitment to refrain from deforestation, implement sustainable practices in peatland management, prevent land fires, and respect human rights."

"Within the general framework of a community economic empowerment program, the Company has established a series of collaboration programs aimed to improve the economic standard of the communities living around its palm oil plantations, managed by the Company through the purchase of smallholders’ FFBs through Plasma and Income Generating Activity (IGA) partnership programs." [...] "Continued collaboration with experts from the BBSDLP, Balitklimat, Balitnah, BPTP, & Balitra to develop the best practice and system for peatland management • Continued collaboration with the Ministry of environment and forestry in formulating a requirement on peatland management standards"

"Management of High Conservation Value (HCV) Areas Field teams that specialize in forest and environmental management manage all the concessions. The management and monitoring activities include routine patrolling, the installation of HCV area-preservation signage, biodiversity monitoring, habitat restoration and rehabilitation, and proactively engaging with the local communities to preserve the existing biological resources" [...] "Company-wide HCV management and monitoring systems are reviewed and improved in collaboration with experts following the HCVRN Common Guidance All new plantings in association smallholder subsidiaries that are developed in affiliation with AAL will perform integrated HCV-HCSA assessments prior to development"; "In line with our ongoing HCV reassessment, we also conducted a review of our HCV Management and Monitoring system with CORE. [...] This particular training is one of our strategies for increasing the capacity and competency of the team who are trained in HCV management as well as part of our efforts to ensure that HCV assessments are carried out in accordance with HCVN standards."

PT Astra Agro have a publicly available grievance mechanism on their website and a grievance list. ; "Standardized grievance mechanisms to resolve social and environmental grievances related to AAL operations and third-party suppliers are established in collaboration with relevant stakeholders"

PT Astra annual report: 4.632.751 tons of Total FFB Production., 3.623.005 tons of Nucleus FFB, 1.009.746 tons of  Plasma FFB and 7.239.754 tons of Total FFB Processed.

"Full assessment : a joint expert assessment for environmental studies (collecting data on the number of flora and fauna species listed as RTE at each location with HCV potential, collecting data on landscape conditions in management units that function as corridors, collecting environmental service data) and social factors (collecting socio-economic and cultural data in the villages around the management unit) and conducting participatory mapping, analysis, and interpretation of HCV. Before finalizing the report, a public consultation (draft assessment) will be carried out to discuss the stakeholders and communities related to the assessment"

Currently, Astra Agro has 44 suppliers (23 internal and 21 external) in its supply chain.

"By now, 86% of our subsidiaries have received ISPO certification and the others are still ongoing assessment. Throughout this year, we have also maintained our ISPO certificate by taking part in a recertification process for 9 subsidiaries and a surveillance process for 29 others. We also encourage and support independent smallholders collaborating with us to meet the requirements obtain an ISPO certification." "All AAL owned mills and plantations have prepared site-level action plans for compliance with AAL's Policy and monitoring is ongoing".

"Compliance monitoring is conducted to ensure that suppliers perform operational activities in line with Astra Agro’s Sustainability Policy. Monitoring is carried out through periodic assessments to identify potential risks (such as fires, deforestation and social issues) exhibited by our suppliers by extracting information from various trusted and credible sources. Based on the results of our monitoring assessment, we will communicate our findings to our suppliers for confirmation and clarification."

" If a supplier is discovered to have breached Astra Agro’s Sustainability Policy, the supplier in question will then be deemed as non-compliant. For non-compliant suppliers, we will build intensive relationships and assist them in formulating a corrective action plan which we will also assist in implementing. Our team will then move forward in monitoring its progress until we are sure that they are finally in line with our Policy."