Samko Timber Ltd.

Overall approach

2/10
- Overarching commitment on deforestation
  
  0/4
- Signatory to an initiative tackling deforestation
  
  0/1
- Awareness of the value of forests
  
  1/1
  
  Awareness
  
  Yes
  
  1/1
  
  "We believe that all life on earth is solely dependent on a healthy nature and by that when we work to save nature, we are really working to save ourselves. SAMKO carries out its commitment in maintaining healthy ecosystem by preserving forest biodiversity and conservation values. We have conducted HCV assessment and Social Impact Assessment (SIA) within and around our immediate concession and community forests areas by eligible parties. SAMKO will continue ensuring the zero net loss of conservation value and zero raw materials sourced from high conservation values areas."
  
  Open source document
- Deforestation as a business risk
  
  0/1
- High-level management of deforestion
  
  1/1
  
  High-level management
  
  Yes
  
  1/1
  
  How often does the committee or board meet to assess company's progress on addressing deforestation-related issues?: NA
  
  Which commodities does it apply to?: Timber
  
  "Recognizing that sustainability development is an ongoing journey, Management has set the tone for sustainability from the top while being supported by the Sustainability Committee who look after implementation of sustainability plans and performance monitoring."
  
  Open source document
- Executive compensation linked to deforestation
  
  Executive compensation
  
  No
  
  0/0
  
  Does it disclose the percentage of pay at risk?: No
- 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
- Target to reduce emissions in scope 1/2
  
  Reduce emissions
  
  No
  
  0/0
  
  Type of climate target: N/A
  
  Is this target aligned with/verified by SBTi?: No
Commodity score

17/90
- Timber
  
  22/90
  - Commitment Strength
    
    4/17
    - Commitment to protect priority forests
      
      4/9.5
      - Commitment details
        Protects priority forests (including High Conservation Value, High Carbon Stock, and peatlands)
        
        2/6
        
        Commitment to protect priority forests
        
        Protects priority forests (including High Conservation Value, High Carbon Stock, and peatlands)
        
        2/6
        
        Which certification schemes are used?: FSC
        
        When was this commitment set?: 2020
        
        "Therefore, we are pleased to be one of the FSC’s economic chamber members since it allows us to directly contribute to the organization’s standards and the future of responsible forestry. In 2021, we have obtained the FSC Chain of Custody certification (FSC-CoC) certification for our facility in Semarang and keep expanding the Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (FSC-SLIMF) FSC-certification for our raw materials in Jambi and Jombang."[...]"We have also conducted a High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) assessment and Social Impact Assessment (SIA) within and around our immediate concession areas by eligible parties. These assessment results help us in developing comprehensive conservation and social programs. SAMKO will continue ensuring the zero net loss of conservation value and zero raw materials sourced from High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) areas."
        
        Open source document
      - Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
        No
        
        0/2
        
        Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
        
        No
        
        0/2
        
        If no, what is excluded?: Location
        
        What percentage of commodity production/sourcing is excluded?: NA
        
        What is the rationale for any exclusions?: NA
        
        What subsidiaries are explicitly excluded?: NA
        
        What subsidiaries are explicitly included?: Facilities in Jambi and Jombang
        
        "In 2021, we have obtained the FSC Chain of Custody certification (FSC-CoC) certification for our facility in Semarang and keep expanding the Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (FSC-SLIMF) FSC-certification for our raw materials in Jambi and Jombang."
        
        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?: FSC Certification
        
        "In 2021, we have obtained the FSC Chain of Custody certification (FSC-CoC) certification for our facility in Semarang and keep expanding the Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (FSC-SLIMF) FSC-certification for our raw materials in Jambi and Jombang."
        
        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
        
        "In 2021, we have obtained the FSC Chain of Custody certification (FSC-CoC) certification for our facility in Semarang and keep expanding the Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (FSC-SLIMF) FSC-certification for our raw materials in Jambi and Jombang."
        
        Open source document
    - Commitment to a traceable supply chain
      
      0/7.5
      - Commitment details
        No traceability commitment
        
        0/4
      - Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
        No
        
        0/2
      - Target date
        Post 2050 or no target date
        
        0/1
      - Interim target date
        No
        
        0/0.5
  - 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?: Entire business chain
      
      Details of commitment: Discrimination; Forced labour; Child labour; Freedom of association
      
      "We are committed to respect and protect human rights, to oppose and to prevent discrimination that may occur in the work and uphold the equality of rights, within the Company and the entire of its business chain. [...] We have a strict policy against forced labor and child labor of any form [...] The Freedom of Association and Collective Labor Agreement is guaranteed [...] give equal treatments to employees having diverse genders, ethnics, races, religions, and political affiliations."
      
      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?: Certification; Technical assistance/support
      
      How many smallholders do they support, and what percentage does this represent in terms of their sourcing from smallholders?: NA
      
      "SAMKO launched the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification Program in 2018, aimed to support smallholder cooperatives to obtain Small and Low Intensity Managed Forest (SLIMF) - FSC certification. The program teaches the groups best farming and forestry management practices. This includes ensuring their crops are planted optimally and not harvested prematurely, proper conservation of high value areas, and financial planning to ensure income continuity instead of the widely used method of cutting whenever there is financial need. Through this program, we ensure that our suppliers adhere to responsible management plans and in turn maintain healthy forests, while we receive a steady and sustainable supply of FSC-certified raw materials. These SLIMF-FSC certified logs are then be processed in our CoC-FSC certified facilities to produce FSC certified products. After successfully obtaining certification for our first group of smallholder farmers in the Jambi and Jombang provinces, we have begun to expand the scope of the project, extending beyond the immediate regions around our main factories."
      
      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 give equal treatments to employees having diverse genders, ethnics, races, religions, and political affiliations"
      
      Open source document
    - Commitment to remediation
      No
      
      0/1
    - Commitment to ensure Free, Prior and Informed Consent
      No
      
      0/3
    - Commitment to resolve land conflicts
      No
      
      0/3
    - Zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats
      No
      
      0/3
  - Implementation and Reporting
    
    13/56
    - Reporting volumes against commitments
      No disclosure
      
      1/3
      
      Reporting volumes against commitments
      
      No disclosure
      
      0.5/3
      
      Does the company report on the degree of compliance/progress with commitments, disaggregated by relevant factors such as origin or supply chain stage?: No
      
      How much of this downstream deforestation is in protected areas, primary forests, intact forest landscapes, and/or peatlands?: NA
      
      What is the proportion of total commodity volume sourced with known deforestation/conversion risk?: NA
      
      What is the volume with unknown deforestation/conversion risk? Disaggregated by product type or use as relevant.: NA
      
      What is the non-certified/non-compliant volume?: NA
      
      What is the certified volume?: NA
      
      How much of this upstream deforestation is in protected areas, primary forests, intact forest landscapes, and/or peatlands?: NA
      
      What is the compliant volume?: NA
      
      How many hectares of land owned, controlled or managed is certified?: NA
      
      How many hectares of deforestation and/or conversion have occurred since the commitment cut-off date in the operations of the company's direct or indirect suppliers?: NA
      
      How many hectares of deforestation and/or conversion have occurred since the commitment cut-off date on land owned, controlled, or managed by the company?: NA
    - Reporting is independently verified
      No
      
      2/2
      
      Reporting is independently verified
      
      No
      
      2/2
      
      "In 2021, we have obtained the FSC Chain of Custody certification (FSC-CoC) certification for our facility in Semarang and keep expanding the Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (FSC-SLIMF) FSC-certification for our raw materials in Jambi and Jombang."
      
      Open source document
    - Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
      No
      
      0/3
    - Deforestation cut off date
      No
      
      0/2
    - Collaborative actions
      No
      
      0/2
    - Jurisdictional approach focused on sustainable land use
      No
      
      0/2
    - Risk assessments for forest risk
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      Risk assessments for forest risk
      
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      How frequently are assessments conducted?: NA
      
      For what percentage of material produced or sourced by the company has forest risk been assessed?: NA
      
      "We have also conducted a High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) assessment and Social Impact Assessment (SIA) within and around our immediate concession areas by eligible parties. These assessment results help us in developing comprehensive conservation and social programs. SAMKO will continue ensuring the zero net loss of conservation value and zero raw materials sourced from High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) areas."
      
      Open source document
    - Operations assessed to comply with law
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      Operations assessed to comply with law
      
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      "The Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) is an Indonesian’s national timber legality assurance system applied to all of our facilities. According to the Indonesian Law, SVLK certification and related documents (export license such as V-Legal Documents) are required to go through due diligence process under EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to meet the European Union (EU) import product requirements for plywood-based products. We are proud that all of our facilities comply with this approach. As well, SVLK is recognized in EU countries, and the Indonesian government is campaigning for its broader recognition in other markets."
      
      Open source document
    - 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
      
      "Sampoerna Kayoe will not disclose your personal identity as a whistleblower, since we focus only on the information that you have given." - an online form is accessible in which to submit grievances, see link
      
      Open source document
    - Report volumes of commodity
      Reporting partial volumes
      
      2/3
      
      Report volumes of commodity
      
      Reporting partial volumes
      
      1.5/3
      
      Reporting non-certified/non-compliant volume: NA
      
      What is the non-DCF commodity volume sourced from known production areas, and proportion of total supply chain volume this represents?: NA
      
      Total volume: 714.037 m3
      
      Reporting certified/compliant volume: NA
      
      What product types/sectors is this in?: Timber (Plywood, New Wood, Film Face Plywood)
      
      "The total production capacity in 2021 was 714.037 m3 , and the capacity has increased by 9.99% compared to 2020. Our operation in North Maluku is not included in this report section due to its early phase."
      
      Open source document
    - Upstream: Monitor compliance with human rights
      No
      
      0/5
    - Compliance of company-owned operations
      No
      
      0/5
    - Upstream: Impact assessments for land development/acquisition
      No
      
      0/4
    - 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 types of ecosystems are these?: NA
      
      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 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?: NA
      
      In what jurisdiction(s)/subnational region does the company operate and/or source material?: NA
      
      In what country(ies) does the company operate and/or source material?: Indonesia
      
      What is the area, in hectares of production units, on which non-DCF commodities are produced or processed, by country and jurisdiction: NA
      
      From what sub-national jurisdiction(s) does the company source material?: Jambi; West Java; Central Java; East Java; South Sulawesi
      
      For what percent are boundaries (of holdings under conservation) disclosed?: NA
      
      For what percent are point locations (of certified land holdings) disclosed?: NA
      
      For what percent are boundaries disclosed?: NA
      
      For what percent are boundaries (of certified land holdings) disclosed?: NA
      
      For what percent are point locations (of land holdings and processing facilities) disclosed: NA
      
      What is the total area in production (in ha)?: NA
      
      For what percent are point locations (of holdings under conservation) disclosed?: NA
      
      What type of conservation designation and/or conservation status is used?: NA
      
      "As Indonesia’s market leader, we provide numbers of manufacturing facilities to ensure our engineered wood productions meet the standard needs of our global customers.6 main processing plants in Java,Sumatra, Sulawesi.10 satellites veneer plants in Java and Sumatra"
      
      Open source document
    - Downstream: Publishing supplier lists
      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?: Yes
      
      For what percentage of suppliers does the company use/rely on external mechanisms to monitor compliance?: NA
      
      What tools, processes, bodies carry out monitoring of the company's production or processing operations?: FSC
      
      Does the company use a jurisdictional monitoring mechanism?: No
      
      If so, what jurisdictions and mechanisms does the company use?: NA
      
      How frequently is compliance assessed?: Not specified
      
      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
      
      "Some of our processing plants have already obtained the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certiﬁcation , which requires a stringent process of implementing a documentary tracking system to maintain records of suppliers, purchases, inputs, processing and outputs of chain-of-custody certiﬁed products. The FSC certiﬁcation enables us to build a stronger brand identity and allows us to meet increasing demand for certiﬁed processed timber products. To maintain our consistently high standards, we regularly monitor and aim to achieve ongoing compliance requirements. As a testimony of our philosophy in SD and CSR, our Group, along with our subsidiaries, have obtained the following certiﬁcations"
      
      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: Reporting hectares of deforestation
      
      No
      
      0/4
      
      Does the dowsntream company report the attributed deforestation or ecosystem conversion by sourcing area?: No
    - Downstream: Engagement with non-compliant suppliers
      No engagement or exclusion
      
      0/2
      
      Downstream: Engagement with non-compliant suppliers
      
      No engagement or exclusion
      
      0/2
      
      Does the company work with the non-compliant supplier to develop an implementation plan to remedy associated harms or non-compliance?: No
      
      Does the company engage non-compliant indirect suppliers in order to address and remedy non-compliance?: No
      
      Does the company commit to engage with rightsholders, Indigenous peoples and local communities when developing the implementation plan?: No
    - Downstream: Disclosure of non-compliant suppliers
      No disclosure
      
      0/2
- Pulp & Paper *
  
  8/90
  - Commitment Strength
    
    0/17
    - Commitment to protect priority forests
      
      0/9.5
      - Commitment details
        No commitment
        
        0/6
      - Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
        No
        
        0/2
      - Target date
        Post 2050 or no target date
        
        0/1
      - Interim target date
        No
        
        0/0.5
    - Commitment to a traceable supply chain
      
      0/7.5
      - Commitment details
        No traceability commitment
        
        0/4
      - Commitment applies to all regions, suppliers and operation
        No
        
        0/2
      - Target date
        Post 2050 or no target date
        
        0/1
      - Interim target date
        No
        
        0/0.5
  - Associated Human Rights Abuses
    
    6/17
    - Labour rights in the supply chain
      Yes
      
      3/3
      
      Labour rights in the supply chain
      
      Yes
      
      3/3
      
      Details of commitment: Discrimination; Forced labour; Child labour; Freedom of association
      
      How far back in the supply chain does this commitment apply?: entire business chain
      
      "We are committed to respect and protect human rights, to oppose and to prevent discrimination that may occur in the work and uphold the equality of rights, within the Company and the entire of its business chain. [...] We have a strict policy against forced labor and child labor of any form [...] The Freedom of Association and Collective Labor Agreement is guaranteed [...] give equal treatments to employees having diverse genders, ethnics, races, religions, and political affiliations."
      
      Open source document
    - Inclusion of small-scale farmers
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      Inclusion of small-scale farmers
      
      Yes
      
      2/2
      
      How many smallholders do they support, and what percentage does this represent in terms of their sourcing from smallholders?: NA
      
      What is the nature of that support?: Certification; Technical assistance/support
      
      "SAMKO launched the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification Program in 2018, aimed to support smallholder cooperatives to obtain Small and Low Intensity Managed Forest (SLIMF) - FSC certification. The program teaches the groups best farming and forestry management practices. This includes ensuring their crops are planted optimally and not harvested prematurely, proper conservation of high value areas, and financial planning to ensure income continuity instead of the widely used method of cutting whenever there is financial need. Through this program, we ensure that our suppliers adhere to responsible management plans and in turn maintain healthy forests, while we receive a steady and sustainable supply of FSC-certified raw materials. These SLIMF-FSC certified logs are then be processed in our CoC-FSC certified facilities to produce FSC certified products. After successfully obtaining certification for our first group of smallholder farmers in the Jambi and Jombang provinces, we have begun to expand the scope of the project, extending beyond the immediate regions around our main factories."
      
      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 give equal treatments to employees having diverse genders, ethnics, races, religions, and political affiliations"
      
      Open source document
    - Commitment to remediation
      No
      
      0/1
    - Commitment to ensure Free, Prior and Informed Consent
      No
      
      0/3
    - Commitment to resolve land conflicts
      No
      
      0/3
    - Zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats
      No
      
      0/3
  - Implementation and Reporting
    
    2/56
    - Reporting volumes against commitments
      No disclosure
      
      0/3
    - Reporting is independently verified
      No
      
      0/2
    - Suppliers aligned with deforestation commitments across supply chain
      No
      
      0/3
    - Deforestation cut off date
      No
      
      0/2
    - Collaborative actions
      No
      
      0/2
    - Jurisdictional approach focused on sustainable land use
      No
      
      0/2
    - Risk assessments for forest risk
      No
      
      0/2
      
      Risk assessments for forest risk
      
      No
      
      0/2
      
      For what percentage of material produced or sourced by the company has forest risk been assessed?: NA
      
      How frequently are assessments conducted?: NA
    - 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
      
      If other type of mechanism, specify: NA
      
      "Sampoerna Kayoe will not disclose your personal identity as a whistleblower, since we focus only on the information that you have given." - an online form is accessible in which to submit grievances, see link
      
      Open source document
    - Report volumes of commodity
      No reporting
      
      0/3
    - Upstream: Monitor compliance with human rights
      No
      
      0/5
    - Compliance of company-owned operations
      No
      
      0/5
    - Downstream: Publishing supplier lists
      No
      
      0/4
      
      Downstream: Publishing supplier lists
      
      No
      
      0/4
      
      Does the company disclose location of suppliers' production areas or primary processing sites?: No
    - 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: Engagement with non-compliant suppliers
      
      No engagement or exclusion
      
      0/2
      
      Does the company commit to engage with rightsholders, Indigenous peoples and local communities when developing the implementation plan?: No
    - 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

2/17

Avg. score
Implementation and Reporting

9/56

Avg. score
Associated Human Rights Abuses

6/17

Avg. score

Profile

Samko Timber is an Indonesian company involved in the production and processing of forestry products. Samko Timber is a major processor of timber, claiming to be one of the world’s top tropical hardwood plywood producers. Samko Timber Ltd. is selected as a powerbroker for timber and paper packaging.

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Industry sector

Forest Products, Paper Products

Segments

Trader, Processor, Manufacturer

Singapore

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Consumer Goods Forum member

New York Declaration on Forests signatory

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