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KEY FACTS: APP & CERTIFICATION

OVERVIEWAPP is committed to going beyond compliance to make paper responsibly, which means ensuring that itsfber is procured rom legal sources and orest managed in a sustainable way, and its production acilities

ollow global best practices. APP dEmOnstRAtEs thIs

cOmmItmEnt In tWO WAys:

1. Requiring every pulpwood supplier to meet or exceed allnational law and relevant international regulations onorestry management and conservation.

2. Embracing voluntary third-party certifcation by such highlyrespected independent certifcation organizations as the

Programme or the Endorsement o Forest Certifcation (PEFC),Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) and Société Généralede Surveillance (SGS).

 A a reul, APP:• Developed one of the pulp and paper industry’s strictest set of 

protocols to combat illegal logging in 2003.

• Has, along with its ber suppliers, consistently implemented allimprovements recommended by third-party environmentalauditing organizations.

• Conforming to Japan’s Green Purchasing Law by implementingthe Green Purchasing Method which certiy the legality andsustainability aspects o the raw material. APP adopted thesel-certifcation method or GPL in 2006, becoming the frstone in Indonesia.

• Takes pride that APP’s pulp and paper mills have received Chaino Custody certifcation rom PEFC and LEI to produce certifedpulp and paper products

 APP’s chAIn OF cUstOdy/

LEGAL ORIGIn VERIFIcAtIOn

(cOc/LOV) systEms tImELInETo conrm the integrity of its ber supply andcombat illegal logging, APP created one o the pulpand paper’s most comprehensive Chain of Custody/Legal Origin Verifcation (CoC/LOV)

systems in 2003. As part of APP’s commitment,the system is continually reviewed and revisedto become more robust, as highlighted in theollowing timeline:

• 2003: APP develops and implements its CoC/LOV system toconorm to the Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) Standard orWood Fiber Material.

• 2005:  APP’s CoC/LOV system is voluntarily audited by Société

Générale de Surveillance (SGS), one of the world’s leadingenvironmental auditors. That year, and every year since, SGS hasound no indication o any illegal fber being introduced into theber supply at APP’s mills.

• 2007: The APP system is enhanced when SGS evaluates APPand its ber suppliers against the standards of its “Timber Legalityand Traceability (TLTV) program. SGS also conducts a Gap Analysiswhich was implemented on APP’s system. APP began its phasedCoC certifcation process or its mills starting with the PEFC scheme.

• 2008: The system grows even more sophisticated and more

APP mills were certied under the PEFC CoC scheme. APP’spulpwood suppliers were also reviewed by SGS, and were awardedTLTV-VO (Verication of Origin) certication

• 2009: APP mills start its phased approach or LEI CoC scheme.After audits by TŰV, the mills were awarded certication

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mAJOR ImPROVEmEnts

REsULtInG FROm cOc/LOV 

systEmsWith sustainability beyond compliance as the ulti-mate objective, APP and its fber suppliers contin-ue to expand their CoC/LOV systems to enable thesuppliers to meet full certication by the TLTV stan-dard. As SGS has noted in each o its annual auditreports, APP has consistently implemented all o the improvements recommended in those reports.Improvements recommended by other third-party

organizations have also been implemented. Todate, major improvements have included: • Spatial planning policy• Supplier compliance• Wood legality documentation• Environmental, human rights and social improvements• Security capacity building• Community awareness• Multi-stakeholder participation• Radar mapping and planning• Digital camera ID• Online tracking system• GPL tracking system• Wet land operation: weigh bridge/weigh scale• Plantation planning: man power, health & safety compliance• Set-aside area monitoring• Concession inventory methodology• Stakeholder consultation 

GREEn PURchAsInG LAW &

 APP’s sELF-cERtIFIcAtIOn

PROGRAmIn 2001, the Ministry of the Environment of Ja-pan established the “Green Purchasing Method,”creating regulations requiring local and nationalgovernments to set targets or green purchasingactivities and or businesses and citizens to practicegreen purchasing to the greatest possible extent.The Green Purchasing Law was revised in 2006 toadd regulations designed to certiy the legality and

sustainability o pulpwood.

In response to the revisions, APP established a “Sel-Certifcation”program, becoming the frst pulp and paper company to do so in Japan. The ultimate goals of the program are threefold:

1. To complement the Green Purchasing Method’s goal to requiregreen purchasing by governments and promote greenpurchasing by Japan’s businesses and citizens

2. To certify the legality and sustainability of pulpwood productswithin APP’s operations as spelled out in the Green Purchasinglaw by creating:

• Comprehensive standards and procedures for APP andits fber suppliers

• A strict ber procurement and sustainability policy• A GPL certication policy & code of conduct

3. To provide a foundation for APP’s Sustainability Reporting andearn environmental certifcations rom third-party environmentalorganizations recognized in Japan