PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORT INITIAL RSPO CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT SIME DARBY PLANTATION Sdn Bhd Management Unit SOU19a Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia Report Author Charlie Ross – Revised October 2010 [email protected] Tel: +61 417609026 BSi Group Singapore Pte Ltd (Co. Reg. 1995 02096‐N) BSi Management Systems Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Co.Reg. 804473 A) 3 Lim Teck Kim Road #10‐02 Suite 19.05 Level 19 Wisma Goldhill Singapore Technologies Building 65, Jalan Raja Chulan SINGAPORE 088934 50200 Kuala Lumpur Tel +65 6270 0777 MALAYSIA Fax +65 6270 2777 Tel +03 2032 2252 (Hunting Line) www.bsi‐asia.com Fax +03 2032 2253 Soon Leong Chia: [email protected] ii TABLE of CONTENTS Page No SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................... 1–5 1.1 National Interpretation Used .................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Certification Scope .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Location and Maps .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Description of Supply Base ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.5 Date of Plantings and Cycle ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 Other Certifications Held .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.7 Organisational Information/Contact Person ............................................................................................. 4 1.8 Time Bound Plan for Other Management Units ........................................................................................ 4 1.9 Area of Plantation ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.10 Approximate Tonnages Certified ............................................................................................................... 4 1.11 Date Certificate Issued and Scope of Certificate ........................................................................................ 5 2.0 ASSESSMENT PROCESS .............................................................................................................................. 5–6 2.1 Certification Body ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Assessment Methodology, Programme, Site Visits .................................................................................... 5 2.3 Qualifications of Lead Assessor and Assessment Team ............................................................................. 5 2.4 Stakeholder Consultation and List of Stakeholders Contacted .................................................................. 6 2.5 Date of Next Surveillance Visit .................................................................................................................. 6 3.0 ASSESSMENT FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................ 6–16 3.1 Summary of Findings ................................................................................................................................. 6 3.2 Detailed Identified Nonconformities, Corrective Actions and Auditor Conclusions ...................................................................................... 15 3.3 Noteworthy Positive Components .......................................................................................................... 16 3.4 Issues Raised by Stakeholder and Findings with Respect to Each Issue ................................................................................................................ 16 3.5 Acknowledgement of Internal Responsibility .......................................................................................... 16 3.6 Formal Sign‐off of Assessment Findings .................................................................................................. 16 LIST of TABLES 1 Mill GPS Location ................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Mill Supply Base ................................................................................................................................................... 1 3 Age Profile of Palms ............................................................................................................................................. 4 4 Estate and Areas Planted ..................................................................................................................................... 4 5 Approximate Tonnages Certified .......................................................................................................................... 4 LIST of FIGURES 1 SOU19a Location Map.......................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Yong Peng Estate Layout ...................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST of APPENDICES A Sime Darby Time Bound Plan B SOU19a RSPO Certificate Details C Certification Assessment Programme D List of Stakeholders Contacted E Drinking Water Laboratory Test Results Public Summary Report ‐ RSPO Certification Assessment Management Unit SOU19A Page 1 SUMMARY Interpretation (MY‐NI : 2008) of the RSPO Principles and Criteria : 2007. BSi Group Singapore Pte Ltd (BSi) has conducted an assessment of Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd Management Unit SOU19a (SOU19a) operations 1.2 Certification Scope comprising One (1) mill, supply base, support services and infrastructure. BSi concludes that SOU19a The scope of certification is the production from the operations comply with the requirements of RSPO Yong Peng Palm Oil Mill that is sourced from SOU19a Principles & Criteria: 2007 and MY‐NI Indicators and Yong Peng Estate with a total planted area of 3,249 ha, Guidance : 2008. adjacent Sime Darby Estates, and an FFB Trader. The Certification Assessment of SOU19a was carried out between 30 June and 02 July 2009, but the submission of 1.3 Location and Maps this Report to RSPO was delayed until the RSPO SOU19a consists of the Yong Peng Mill and Yong Peng Executive Board agreed to the resolution of issues (May Estate that are located in Johor, Malaysia (Figure 1). An 2010) at Sime Darby properties in Indonesia that additional map showing detail of Yong Peng Estate is affected Partial Certification compliance requirements. included (Figure 2). The GPS location of the Mill is BSi recommends that SOU19a be approved as a shown in Table 1. producer of RSPO certified sustainable palm oil. Table 1: Mill GPS Location ABBREVIATIONS MILL EASTING NORTHING AMESU All Malayan Estates Staff Union BOD Biological Oxygen Demand Yong Peng 103°08’54∙22” E 2°03’31∙71” N CPO Crude Palm Oil DOE Department of Environment DOSH Department of Occupational Safety & Health EFB Empty Fruit Bunch 1.4 Description of Supply Base EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMS Environmental Management System The majority (58∙5%) of the Yong Peng Mill supply base is ERP Emergency Response Plan sourced from Yong Peng Estate and the remainder is FFB Fresh Fruit Bunch from nine (9) adjacent Sime Darby Estates (8∙8%) and an HCV High Conservation Value FFB Trader (32∙7%). FFB is diverted from the adjacent HIRAC Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Control Sime Darby Estates to Yong Peng Mill, which has spare IPM Integrated Pest Management processing capacity. LTA Lost Time Accident MAPA Malayan Agricultural Producers Association The FFB production from SOU19a Estate, adjacent Sime MPOA Malaysian Plantation Owners Association Darby Estates and FFB Trader for the 01 July 2008 – 30 MPOB Malaysian Palm Oil Board June 2009 reporting period is listed in Table 2. MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet MY‐NI Malaysian National Interpretation Table 2: Mill Supply Base NUPW National Union of Plantation Workers OHSAS Occupational Health & Safety Assurance System Source FFB (t) OSH Occupational Safety & Health SOU19a Estate PK Palm Kernel Yong Peng 54,849 POME Palm Oil Mill Effluent PPE Personal Protective Equipment Adjacent Sime Darby Estates QMS Quality Management System SOU19 P Bukit/T Renchong 5,196 R&D Research and Development SOU20 Sungai Labis 217 SIA Social Impact Assessment SOU20 North Labis 23 SOCSO Social Security Organisation (Malaysia) SOU18 Serkam Estate 491 SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOU14 PD Lukut Estate 225 SOU Strategic Operating Unit SOU16 Muar River Estate 402 SPKS Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (Oil Palm SOU13 Labu Estate 130 Smallholders Association) SOU21 Bukit Paloh Estate 1,165 SPMS