SIME DARBY PLANTATION Sdn Bhd Management Unit SOU7 Jeram, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORT ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE ASSESSMENT (ASA1) SIME DARBY PLANTATION Sdn Bhd Management Unit SOU7 Jeram, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Report Author Charlie Ross – Prepared June 2012 [email protected] Tel: +61 417609026 BSi Group Singapore Pte Ltd (Co. Reg. 1995 02096-N) BSi Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Co.Reg. 804473 A) 3 Lim Teck Kim Road #10-02 B-08-01, Level 8, Block B, PJ8 Genting Centre No. 23, Jalan Barat, Seksyen 8 SINGAPORE 088934 46050 Petaling Jaya Tel +65 6270 0777 SELANGOR MALAYSIA Fax +65 6270 2777 Tel +03 79607801 (Hunting Line) Aryo Gustomo: [email protected] Fax +03 79605801 www.bsigroup.sg ii TABLE of CONTENTS Page No SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 SCOPE OF SURVEILLANCE ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................ 1–6 1.1 Identity of Certification Unit ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Production Volume ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Certification Details ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Description of Supply Base ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Progress against Time Bound Plan ............................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Progress of Associated Smallholders/Outgrowers towards RSPO Compliance ........................................... 6 1.7 Organisational Information/Contact Person ................................................................................................ 6 2.0 ASSESSMENT PROCESS.................................................................................................................................. 6–7 2.1 Assessment Team Members ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Assessment Programme ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Stakeholder Consultation ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.0 ASSESSMENT FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................. 7–16 3.1 Summary of Findings .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Identified Nonconformities and Noteworthy Positive and Negative Observations (ASA1) ....................... 14 3.3 Status of Nonconformities (Major and Minor) Previously Identified (during Initial Certification Assessment) ..................................................................................................... 16 3.4 Issues Raised by Stakeholders .................................................................................................................... 16 4.0 CERTIFIED ORGANISATION’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY ........................................ 17 4.1 Date of next Surveillance Visit.................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Date of Closing Nonconformities (Major and Minor)................................................................................. 17 4.3 Sign-off of Surveillance Assessment Findings ............................................................................................ 17 LIST of TABLES 1 Mill GPS Location ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Production Tonnages. .............................................................................................................................................. 1 3 FFB Tonnages Processed ......................................................................................................................................... 1 4a Age Profile of SOU7 Palms ....................................................................................................................................... 6 4b SOU7 Estates and Areas Planted ............................................................................................................................. 6 5 Status of Nonconformities ..................................................................................................................................... 17 LIST of FIGURES 1 SOU7 Location Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Bukit Kerayong Estate Layout ........................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Elmina Estate Layout ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 Bukit Cheraka Estate Layout ............................................................................................................................................. 5 5 BOD (mg/L) of Treated Mill Effluent April 2010 – March 2011 ............................................................................... 8 6 Average Annual OER (%) .......................................................................................................................................... 8 7 Average Annual FFB Yield (t/ha/yr) ......................................................................................................................... 9 8 Annual Mill Water Usage (t/t FFB) ........................................................................................................................ 10 9 Mill Energy Usage (kWh/t CPO) ............................................................................................................................. 12 LIST of APPENDICES A Supply Chain Assessment B Sime Darby Time Bound Plan C ASA1 Programme D List of Stakeholders Contacted E Evidence to Close Nonconformity CR12 Public Summary Report - RSPO Annual Surveillance Assessment (ASA1) Page 1 SUMMARY 1.2 Production Volume The production tonnages for CPO and PK for the 12 BSi Group Singapore Pte Ltd (BSi) has conducted an months prior to ASA1 (01/04/2011– 31/03/2012) and Annual Surveillance Assessment (ASA1) of Sime Darby projections for the next twelve months are listed in Plantation Sdn Bhd Management Unit SOU7 (SOU7) Table 2. The Mill has advised that higher OER is forecast operations comprising the Bukit Kerayong Mill, supply but lower PK extraction is anticipated. base, support services and infrastructure. BSi concludes that SOU7 operations comply with the requirements of RSPO Principles & Criteria: 2007; MY-NI Indicators and Table 2: Production Tonnages Guidance : 2010; and RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard : November 2011 (Mass Balance Mechanism). Bukit Kerayong Palm Oil Mill CPO PK BSi recommends the continuation of the approval of SOU7 as a producer of RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Estimate at Certification 36,605 7,639 Oil. 01/07/2010 – 30/06/2011 Actual 01/04/11 – 31/03/12 31,707 9,117 ABBREVIATIONS AMESU All Malayan Estates Staff Union Projected 01/04/12 – 31/03/13 32,960 8,979 BOD Biological Oxygen Demand CHRA Chemical Health Risk Assessment CPO Crude Palm Oil DOE Department of Environment 1.3 Certification Details DOSH Department of Occupational Safety & Health EFB Empty Fruit Bunch Sime Darby RSPO Membership No: 035-04(O) ERP Emergency Response Plan BSi RSPO Certificate No: SPO 550181 FFB Fresh Fruit Bunch Initial Certification Assessment: 28 and 31 July 2009 HCV High Conservation Value Date of Certification: 15/04/2011 HIRAC Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Control MAPA Malayan Agricultural Producers Association MPOA Malaysian Plantation Owners Association MPOB Malaysian Palm Oil Board 1.4 Description of Supply Base MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet MY-NI Malaysian National Interpretation The supply base consists of FFB from three (3) Company NUPW National Union of Plantation Workers owned Estates and a small quantity of crop that was OSH Occupational Safety & Health diverted from adjacent Sime Darby Estates. The FFB PK Palm Kernel production from the SOU7 Estates and adjacent Sime POME Palm Oil Mill Effluent Darby Estates, for the 01 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 PPE Personal Protective Equipment reporting period, is listed in Table 2. SIA Social Impact Assessment SOP Standard Operating Procedure Table 3: FFB Tonnages Processed 1.0 SCOPE OF SURVEILLANCE ASSESSMENT Actual Projected Estimate at Source 01/04/11 – 01/04/12 – 1.1 Identity of Certification Unit Certification 31/03/12 31/03/13 The SOU7 Mill and Estates are located at Selangor, SOU7 Estates 52,186 47,311 38,275