Palm oil sustainability assessment of Indofood Agri Resources Commissioned by: September 2015 Colophon Report: Palm oil sustainability assessment of Indofood Agri Resources Commissioned by: Rainforest Foundation Norway, Rainforest Action Network. Authors: Albert ten Kate, Adriani Zakaria. Project number: 3152 Date: September 2015 Cover photo: IndoAgri Kedang Makmur estate, East Kalimantan May 2015, © Aidenvironment Coordinates: S 0°26'12.60"; E 116°1'31.63" Aidenvironment Barentszplein 7 1013 NJ Amsterdam The Netherlands + 31 (0)20 686 81 11
[email protected] www.aidenvironment.org Palm oil sustainability assessment of IndoAgri 2 Contents Executive Summary 4 1. Basic facts about Indofood 7 1.1 Indonesia's largest food company 7 1.2 Indofood companies 7 1.3 Ownership structure 8 2. Oil palm business 9 2.1 The number 3 private palm oil company in Indonesia 9 2.2 Oil palm planted area 9 2.3 Oil palm expansion 10 2.4 IndoAgri’s palm oil customers 11 2.5 Indofood’s joint ventures 13 3. Sustainability assessment 15 3.1 Methodology 15 3.2 Sustainability policy 15 3.3 Metau forest 18 3.4 Lonsum and its land disputes 23 3.5 Fires 25 3.6 Greenhouse gas emissions 28 3.7 Conserving biodiversity 29 3.8 Salim group clearing orangutan habitat 30 4. Stakeholders demanding sustainability 32 Conclusion 34 Glossary and explanation of terms 35 References 36 Palm oil sustainability assessment of IndoAgri 3 Executive Summary Oil palm business and ownership structure PT Indofood Sukses Makmur (Indofood) is Indonesia's largest food company. Its revenue for 2014 was IDR 63.6 trillion, equivalent to USD 5.1 billion.