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Doc_2_2_30_1_3_En RSPO PRINCIPLES & CRITERIA PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORT Compañía Industrial Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A – Coto 54 Mill South Pacific Region of Costa Rica. Certificate number: CA5961/15 Lead Auditor: David Ogg FICFor. Certification decision date: 29/06/2015 Certification expiry date: 28/06/2020 Main Audit report. 19/03/2015 Certification Audit report. 22/06/2015 IBD CERTIFICAÇÕES LTDA Rua Amando de Barros, 2275 CEP: 18.602-150 Botucatu – SP – Brasil Tel / fax: +55 14 3811-9800 www.ibd.com.br – [email protected] MQ III IBD Revisão 16.03.2015 GED/DOCUMENTOS/MODELOS E REFERENCIAS/2-SETOR DE INSPEÇÕES/2_2-RELATÓRIOS DE INSPEÇÃO/2_2_30_1_3_En – RSPO P&C Public Summary Report Página 1 de 33 Doc_2_2_30_1_3_En Contents 1. Scope of the Certification Audit 1.1 Normative references 1.2 Company and Contact Details 1.3 RSPO Membership Details 1.4 Audit type 1.5 Location of the Palm Oil Mill 1.6 Palm Oil Mill Output and Approximate Tonnages Certified 1.7 General Description of Supply Base 1.7.1 Location of the Supply Base 1.7.2 Statistics of the Supply Base and Estimated Tonnes of FFB/year 1.7.3 Biodiversity (Conservation & HCV Area for the respective Supply Bases) 1.7.4 Calculation of the Number of Production Units (N) to Sample for the Mill 1.7.5 Calculation of the number of subcontractors to be sampled 1.8 Progress of associated Smallholders or Out-growers towards compliance 1.9 Location Map for this Certification Unit 2. Partial Certification 2.1 Management Organization 2.2 Time-bound plan 2.3 Progress made on the time-bound plan 2.4 Non-conformities 3. Audit Process 3.1 IBD - The Certification Body 3.2 Audit Team 3.3 Audit Methodology 3.3.1 Audit Agenda 3.3.2 List of stakeholders consulted prior to and during the audit. 3.3.3 Outline of how stakeholder consultation was managed. 3.3.4 Issues that arose during stakeholder consultation and company responses. 4. Audit Findings 4.1 Summary of findings 4.2 Non conformity register 4.2.1 Verification of previous assessment non-compliances 4.2.2 New non-compliances raised at this audit 4.2.3 Observations 4.3 Lead Auditor Recommendations for the RSPO Principles & Criteria certification. 4.4 Comments for next audit. 5. Formal signing of audit findings 5.1 Acknowledgment of internal responsibility by the Client 5.2 Signing by the Lead Auditor. 6. Major non-compliances follow-up actions MQ III IBD Revisão 16.03.2015 GED/DOCUMENTOS/MODELOS E REFERENCIAS/2-SETOR DE INSPEÇÕES/2_2-RELATÓRIOS DE INSPEÇÃO/2_2_30_1_3_En – RSPO P&C Public Summary Report Página 2 de 33 Doc_2_2_30_1_3_En 1. SCOPE OF THE CERTIFICATION AUDIT 1.1 Normative references The Palm Oil Mill and the supply base was audited against the following documents: RSPO International Principles and Criteria (April, 2013 version) National Interpretation (approved version XX/20XX) Local indicators (approved version 08/2011, updated by IBD) Module D and E of RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard. New Planting Procedures (September, 2009 version) 1.2 Company and Contact Details Company name Compañía Industrial Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A. Finca Coto 54, Guaycara de Golfito, Provincia de Puntarenas Business address Costa Rica. The production and sale of RSPO Certified Sustainable Crude Palm Oil and Palm Scope Kernels through the Identity Preserved RSPO supply Chain Model. Products Crude Palm Oil and Palm Kernels. Contact person Alfredo Villavicencio Telephone +506 2284 1320 E-mail [email protected] Web site www.gruponumar.net Other certifications held Global Gap. 1.3 RSPO Membership Details 1-0112-12-000-00. RSPO membership number 12th January 2012. Palma Tica S.A. and Compañia Industrial Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A. Parent company as are both companies owned by Numar Group, RSPO membership number 2- applicable 0403-13-000-00. 1.4 Audit type Date of previous audit Date of this audit 16th March to 19th March 2015. Main or ASA (1 to 4) Main Date of next surveillance Within 12 months of date of RSPO P&C certification. audit 1.5 Location of the Palm Oil Mill Palm Oil Mill (POM) Mill Capacity GPS Reference Location Address Name MT/Hour Longitude Latitude Compañía Industrial Finca Coto 54, Guaycara de Golfito, 90mt FFB -83.002992 8.629799 Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Cuatro S.A. – Coto 54 Mill 1.6 Palm Oil Mill Output and Approximate Tonnages Certified The 12 month output is the average over any 12 month period and the actual production for the 12 months from the date of certification will be included in the annual summary. These figures exclude any output product from non-certified suppliers. For the 12 month period ending December 2014 the mill received 421.375 mt of FFB. The estimate for the last 12 months is applicable to Annual Surveillance Audits and is the Projection for the next 12 months from the previous audit. The actual production for the last 12 months is the audited quantity since the last audit. The projection for the next 12 months is given by the company. FFB received and processed by the mill for the 12 months prior to this audit: Mt RSPO Certified FFB: Mt Conventional FFB: 421.375 Estimate for last 12 Months (MT) Actual Production for last 12 months Projection for next 12 Months (MT) [State of IP or MB] (ASA audits). (MT) Identity Preserved Non-certified. Prior to main audit. CPO PK PKO CPO PK PKO CPO/IP PK/IP PKO/IP 88.479 22.119 n/a 94.810 21.124 n/a Notes: Whilst the POM produced PKO, it is not possible for them to sell PKO under the new RSPO rules for the supply chain certification. The kernels are “transferred” to the internal kernel crushing plant and that plant is audited against the RSPO SCC and the PKO figures are applicable to that audit only. MQ III IBD Revisão 16.03.2015 GED/DOCUMENTOS/MODELOS E REFERENCIAS/2-SETOR DE INSPEÇÕES/2_2-RELATÓRIOS DE INSPEÇÃO/2_2_30_1_3_En – RSPO P&C Public Summary Report Página 3 de 33 Doc_2_2_30_1_3_En 1.7 General Description of Supply Base History of the company. Palma Tica S.A is the principal palm oil producer in Costa Rica and considered being the original motor of palm oil cultivation in Central America. Palma Tica is operating in the Central Pacific (Quepos and Parrita) and South Pacific (Coto, Golfito, Corredores) region. The company has always been known for its innovative character and benefits from that until today as not only modern techniques and best practices are used but also production rates are recognized all over the world. The company´s name exists since 1990 when the “Compañía Bananera de Costa Rica” (CBCR, subsidiary of the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica) decided to change names due to the total abandon of banana cultivation in the country in 1984. The first oil palms however were planted already in 1944 in Quepos division. In the beginning oil palms were cultivated for investigative purposes but when experiments and results turned out to be promising, palm oil cultivation took off and went hand in hand with the continuous abandon of banana cultivation. In 1996 Palma Tica, owned by Chiquita Brands Int., decided to sell its oil palm branch to the present owners of the company. Despite Palma Tica’s independence from banana business nowadays, it is sometimes still associated with the famous United Fruit Company and its paternalism. Therefore, the company has been working with a strong focus on sustainability and its certification in order to strengthen and reinforce positive impacts that the company stands for, now and in the past. A large supply base of 796 associated smallholders also provides the FFB to the mill. Although the company helps them with technical and management support, and they are considered as associated, these growers have autonomy to plant whatever crops they desire within their lands, however, concerning oil palm, they need to commit themselves with Palma Tica’s and RSPO’s requirements. The growers have a written contract to supply FFB, however the main intention is to include the requisites of RSPO, so Coto 54’s supply base, especially the associated growers, would comply with RSPO requirements as well. Details of the unit of certification. RSPO membership is under Compañía Industrial Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A., which is also the company name under which all 3 mills operate. Palma Tica S.A. An agricultural company responsible for the growing of all Oil Palm and for the Associated Growers. There are 2 divisions for the management of Oil Palm. Coto Division. (South Pacific Region). Quepos Division. (Central Pacific Region). An RSPO P&C audit was conducted for the Quepos Divison over the w/c 9th March, just prior to this audit. Compañia Industrial Aceitera Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A. There are 3 mills (all of them going through certification): CIA Coto 54 S.A. Main Mill. Located at Coto in the South Pacific Region of Costa Rica. CIA Coto 54 S.A Secondary (Naranjo) Mill. Located at Quepos in the Central Pacific Region. Latin America Agrialim. Located at Parrita in the Central Pacific Region about 40 km from Naranjo Mill. This audit is of the CIA Coto 54 S.A Main Mill – Coto Division – and its supply base. The Coto Division supply base comprises 3 Districts covering 14.743 ha of oil palm. Palmar. 6.381 ha total area. 9 farms. Coto North. 4.741 ha total area. 7 farms. Coto South. 3.621 ha total area.