Salim Group

"IndoAgri is committed to ensuring that the rights of all people working in our operations are respected and represented. We adhere to all national and local laws, including laws on employees’ freedom of association and collective bargaining, decent pay and working hours, non-discrimination and equal opportunities, and the elimination of forced and child labour.  Our Sustainable Agriculture Policy and Labour Policy outline our commitment to respect and protect the rights of our workers, comply with the Indonesian law as well as the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) codes of practice ratified by the Republic of Indonesia."

"work with our smallholders to help them develop capacity and improve quantity and quality of yield [...] In Indonesia, smallholders account for more than 40% of all oil palm cultivated. IndoAgri recognises the crucial role smallholders play in the palm oil industry, and hence we support and engage our smallholders through various capacity building and training programs"

"We are committed to upholding the principle of equal opportunity and supporting the inclusion of women across our operations, including addressing barriers faced. Our Labour Policy sets out the role of Gender Committees in all our work units and how they champion the interests of women at work and home. We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment and conduct regular socialisation initiatives to ensure all our workers adhere to our gender policies. All estates are required to complete an annual questionnaire to show that their operations comply with government regulations on diversity and discrimination."

" For cases involving land compensation, we have established certification and confirmation processes for proof of ownership, to ensure that the right person is compensated, with the village head present as witness."

"Our Sustainable Agriculture Policy (“Policy”) guides all our sustainability programmes. It applies to all our operations, including our plasma smallholders and third-party suppliers from whom we purchase for our factories. Key Policy commitments to deliver sustainably produced products are: [...] Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)." 

"We believe that environmental protection can only be achieved with cooperation across the value chain. As outlined in our Policy, we expect our suppliers to comply with our sustainability standards."

"We commit to buying palm oil from smallholders and external suppliers that does not originate from areas cleared of primary forest since 2011."

"We have trained fire control teams and fire specialists across all our plantations. Our estates are equipped with vehicles and equipment for firefighting. Our fire specialists are regularly trained in fire prevention and firefighting. Training is done in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the military, police, and the local government. IndoAgri delivered 39 fire control training days in 2019. As of 2019, we have a total of 194 fire towers across all our estates. We continued with the implementation of our community collaboration programmes to build local capacity and knowledge to prevent fires. Since the launch of the programme in 2016, we have engaged 38 local villages, and in 2019, assisted in fire-fighting efforts at 26 villages" [...] "Our Smallholder Programme aims to increase ISPO certification for plasma and independent smallholders. The smallholders in this programme understand that the ISPO certification will improve their agricultural practices, labour practices, and access to markets. In 2019, we assisted ten KUDs in the first and second stage ISPO audits. One of the ten KUD is awaiting certificate issuance in 2020."

"Prior to any new planting, HCV and HCS assessments are required. During new planting and replanting in 2019, no primary forest or HCV land was affected."

"We commit to comply with all relevant laws and regulations. We also commit to adhere to, and act in accordance with, the Principles and Criteria of National and International certification programmes to which we have registered." "All our plantations, processing units (palm oil mills and other crop factories) and third party suppliers must demonstrate their understanding and acceptance of our Sustainable Agriculture Policy, and must respond to questionnaire-based information collection to help affirm this.  Audit all our suppliers annually, or at least every two years, and work with them on resolving areas of concerns identified.  Not source from suppliers who are in contravention of this policy, or failing to set reasonable time bound targets to adopt this policy."

"In 2020, we produced 3,710,000 tonnes of FFB from our nucleus estates, plasma, and third parties."

ISPO certification is not strong enough for true verification: "78% of nucleus CPO production is ISPO certified, 72% of PK production is ISPO-certified"

" Besides compliance to our Policy, our assessments also focus on: • agronomy (good agricultural practices, yield, soil health, crop protection); • responsible operations (safety, biodiversity, peatland; fire risk, human rights, community engagement, FPIC);"

"Every land transaction that we are involved in complies with Indonesian law and company policy. Prior to the development of every estate, we conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (locally known as ‘Analisis Dampak Linkungan’ or ‘AMDAL’) and Social Impact Assessment (SIA), which enables us to identify baseline conditions and likely social impacts of development. 100% of our operations have undergone AMDAL and SIA, in accordance with Indonesian law. The assessment results and our land development plans are shared with the local village government and community to obtain their input and approval" 

"All our mills and third party suppliers must demonstrate their understanding and acceptance of our Sustainable Palm Oil Policy, and must respond to questionnaire based information collection to help affirm this. Audit all our suppliers annually, or at least every two years, and work with them on resolving areas of concerns identified.  Not source from suppliers who are in contravention of this policy, or failing to set reasonable time bound targets to adopt this policy." "As more than 75% of our CPO supply is from our own mills, we focus our Policy compliance audit on our internal supply chains. In 2019, we conducted 191 visits, workshops, and audits on 100% of our mills and their supplying estates. " "100% internal mills audited to Policy requirements". "All of our plantations have been registered for ISPO certification, out of which 80% have been certified and audited. We extended the deadline of our target to achieve 100% ISPO certification to 2023 due to new areas under development."

"IndoAgri is committed to ensuring that the rights of all people working in our operations are respected and represented. We adhere to all national and local laws, including laws on employees’ freedom of association and collective bargaining, decent pay and working hours, non-discrimination and equal opportunities, and the elimination of forced and child labour.  Our Sustainable Agriculture Policy and Labour Policy outline our commitment to respect and protect the rights of our workers, comply with the Indonesian law as well as the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) codes of practice ratified by the Republic of Indonesia."

"We are committed to upholding the principle of equal opportunity and supporting the inclusion of women across our operations, including addressing barriers faced. Our Labour Policy sets out the role of Gender Committees in all our work units and how they champion the interests of women at work and home. We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment and conduct regular socialisation initiatives to ensure all our workers adhere to our gender policies. All estates are required to complete an annual questionnaire to show that their operations comply with government regulations on diversity and discrimination."

" For cases involving land compensation, we have established certification and confirmation processes for proof of ownership, to ensure that the right person is compensated, with the village head present as witness."

"Our Sustainable Agriculture Policy (“Policy”) guides all our sustainability programmes. It applies to all our operations, including our plasma smallholders and third-party suppliers from whom we purchase for our factories. Key Policy commitments to deliver sustainably produced products are: [...] Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)."