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TUV NORD (Malaysia) SDN BHD No. 20, Jalan Tiara 3, Tiara Square, Taman Perindustrian UEP 47600 Selangor, Malaysia. Phone: +603 8023 2124 Fax: +603 8023 4410 RSPO P&C RECERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORT New Britain Palm Oil Limited – Poliamba Limited <Poliamba Oil Mill and its Supply Bases> Date of assessment 06/02/2017 to 10/02/2017 Date of Additional Verification 04/04/2017 to 06/04/2017 Number of ASA Recertification 1 / Transfer RSPO-F04 / R1 Page 1 of 64 RSPO Principle & Criteria Company Name: New Britain Oil Palm Ltd – Poliamba Limited Certifying Unit: Poliamba Limited Client Number: 92-011 Type of Audit: Recertification 1 / Transfer Contents 1 Scope ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Organizational information / Contact person ................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Certification Details ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Identity of Certification Unit ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 Production Volume ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Description of Fruit Supply Base..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Date of Planting and Cycle ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1.7 Progress of Associated Smallholders or Outgrowers Towards Compliance With Relevant Standards .......................... 12 2 Partial Certification ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.1 General ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Requirements for time-bound plan ................................................................................................................................ 13 2.3 Requirements for uncertified management units and/or holdings .................................................................................. 14 2.4 Progress against Time-Bound Plan by Parent Company .............................................................................................. 15 2.5 Summary Findings of Partial Certification ..................................................................................................................... 15 3 Assessment Process .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Certification Body ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Qualifications of the assessment team ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 Assessment Methodology ............................................................................................................................................ 19 4 Assessment Findings ............................................................................................................................................................. 30 4.1 Findings by RSPO Principle and sample of the Criteria ................................................................................................ 30 4.2 Stakeholder Consultation ............................................................................................................................................. 30 4.3 Issues raised by stakeholders ...................................................................................................................................... 34 4.4 Summary of Green House Gases ................................................................................................................................. 35 New Planting GHG Summary Reporting .............................................................................................................................. 36 4.5 Noteworthy positive components and identified non conformances .............................................................................. 37 5 RSPO Supply Chain Certification ........................................................................................................................................... 59 5.1 Supply Chain Declaration ............................................................................................................................................. 59 5.2 Supply Chain Declaration ............................................................................................................................................. 61 5.3 Noteworthy positive components and identified non conformances .............................................................................. 62 6 Certified Organization’s Acknowledgement Of Internal Responsibility .................................................................................... 62 Annex 1: List of of Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................... 644 RSPO-F04 / R1 Page 2 of 64 RSPO Principle & Criteria Company Name: New Britain Oil Palm Ltd – Poliamba Limited Certifying Unit: Poliamba Limited Client Number: 92-011 Type of Audit: Recertification 1 / Transfer 1 Scope 1.1 Organizational information / Contact person Name of Unit of certification New Britain Palm Oil Limited – Poliamba Limited Principle Contact Person Ipiso Junior Business address Kavieng District, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea Telephone Number +675 984 2079 / +675 79811695 Fax: +675 984 2081 E-mail address [email protected] Web site www.nbpol.com.pg Other certifications held: NA 1.2 Certification Details RSPO membership number: 1_0016_04_000_00 Parent company name (if applicable): New Britain Palm Oil Limited Certificate number: 500 92 011 Date of assessment 06/02/2017 to 10/02/2017 Date start of certificate 19/03/2017 Date of expiry certificate 18/03/2022 Current Certificate Validity (One Year) 18/03/2018 1.3 Identity of Certification Unit New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL) is a plantation organisation with operations in 5 provinces in Papua New Guinea and one operation in the Solomon Islands. NBPOL is operating 11 mills, one refinery and 4 bulking terminals in Papua New Guinea and 1 mill and 1 bulking terminal in the Solomon Islands. Poliamba Limited (POL) consists of 1 oil mill with a supply base of 5 internally owned estates and 1,785 Village Oil Palms (VOP) associated smallholders as per table below. The audit of the mill, estates and smallholders was conducted according to the RSPO P&C Generic Version 2013 and PNG National Interpretation Guideline 21/03/2016 and RSPO SCC version 2014 The methodology for collection of objective evidence included physical site inspections, observation of tasks and processes, interviews of staff, workers and their families, review of documentation and monitoring data. Checklists and questionnaires were used to guide the collection of information. The comments made by external stakeholders were also taken into account in the assessment. During this recertification audit, applying the RSPO sampling formula of square root number of estates / smallholders x 0.8, a minimum 2 estates and 34 smallholders have to be selected. The selected estates are Kara and Noatsi and 41 smallholder members from North, South and West areas. RSPO-F04 / R1 Page 3 of 64 RSPO Principle & Criteria Company Name: New Britain Oil Palm Ltd – Poliamba Limited Certifying Unit: Poliamba Limited Client Number: 92-011 Type of Audit: Recertification 1 / Transfer Name of Mill Location of mill Coordinates Poliamba Oil Mill Kavieng District, New Ireland E151o 16’ 35”; S02o 52’ 29” Province . Name of Supply Base Location of Supply Base Coordinates Kara Estate Kavieng District, New Ireland S02° 42' 23''- S02° 48’ 39.6” Province E151° 01’ 42”- E151° 11’ 5.9 Nalik Estate Kavieng District, New Ireland S02° 52' 14''- S02° 55’ 57” Province E151° 12' 54''- E151° 25' 47'' West Coast Estate Kavieng District, New Ireland S02° 48' 49.4''- S02° 58' 56'' Province E151° 1' 9.1''- E151° 17' 34.7'' Noatsi Estate Kavieng District, New Ireland S02° 57' 38''- S03° 06' 35'' Province E151° 27' 23''- E151° 42' 19'' Madak Estate Namatanai District, New Ireland S03° 08' 35''- S03° 15' 35'' Province E151° 45' 21''- E152° 02' 28'' North Smallholders Kavieng District, New Ireland E150°57' 0" - E150°15' 24" (613) Province S02°41' 2" - S02°52' 48" South Smallholders Kavieng & Namatanai District New E151°17' 10" -E151°50' 8" (863) Ireland Province S02°52'.16"- S03°11' 17" West Smallholders Kavieng District, New Ireland S02°48'34" - S02°59'56" (309) Province E151°01'42" - E151°20'43" RSPO-F04 / R1 Page 4 of 64 RSPO Principle