News UpdateWe believe certification systems can provide us with credible way to implement, evaluate and communicate the progress of our commitments towards sustainability. As a pioneer and well-recognized leader of palm oil product producer in Sarawak, our Group’s management has been working closely and actively through Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association(SOPPOA)with the industry’s stakeholders, relevant agencies taking part in numerous working groups and technical committees for sustainability certifications.
| INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CARBON CERTIFICATION (ISCC) | MALAYSIAN SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL (MSPO) CERTIFICATION | ||
| ISCC is a globally certification system that is applicable for all kinds agricultural produce and their derivatives. ISCC is based on the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and German Sustainability ordinances (BioNachV). ISCC aims to ensure reduction of GHG, protection of land with high biodiversity and high carbon stock, implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and protection of water, soil, and air as well as respecting the human, labour and land rights. This certification is recognized by the European Commission for all member countries.
To-date, the Group’s 5 mills, 21 estates and refinery have been certified under ISCC certification. |
The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification is Malaysia’s own industry’s sustainability certification. Malaysia, being the 2nd largest producer of oil palm products in the world, has taken a big step in ensuring that all oil palm planters, from smallholders to big companies are able to be certify with sustainability certification.
To date, four (4) out of the Group’s 6 palm oil mills and 54% of the Group’s plantation estates that supply fresh fruit bunches to these 4 mills have been certified under MSPO. The Group plans to have all of its palm oil mills and their supplying estates, the balance of its estates and downstream operations including refinery, kernel crushing plants and biodiesel plant be certified under MSPO before end of 2017. |
The Group, through SOPPOA has been involved as the technical working committee and actively promoting MSPO to fellow Sarawakian oil palm planters.
On 23rdSeptember 2016, SOPB has successfully organized ajoint-seminar on MSPO certification in collaboration with Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC) at a leading hotel in Miri, Sarawak. The seminar successfully attracted almost 400 participants, ranging from our suppliers, customers, mill operators, plantation companies, smallholders’ groups and independent smallholders.
At the seminar cum-conference SOPB reaffirmed its commitment towards MSPO by signing a Pledge to among other fully support the MSPO certifications and commit to exert it’s to influence as the an industry leader in Sarawak for other industry players to undergo MSPO certification.
Please refer to a news report on the event as appended:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/09/24/sopb-all-for-sustainable-oil-palm-management/
