Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil...Sei Kunyit, Sangir Balai Jinggo sub-district, Solok Selatan...

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Public Summary Report

Report no.: 117288

Certification assessment against the

RSPO Principles & Criteria [Indonesia year 2008]

Name of client Wilmar International Limited

PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Plantation and Mill

Location of client’s holding Jorong Sei Kunyit, Sangir Balai Janggo Sub-District,

Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera Indonesia

Report prepared by:

Dian Susanty Soeminta

Malaysian office: TUV Rheinland Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. No. 26 – 32, Jalan Perindustrian USJ 1/6, Taman Perindustrian USJ 1, 47600 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Tel: +6 03 8024 2400 Fax: +6 03 8023 1505 www.tuv.com

Indonesian office: PT TÜV International Indonesia Menara Karya 10th Floor Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Block X-5 Kav 1-2 Jakarta 12950 Tel : +62 (0)21 – 579 44 579 Fax : +62 (0)21 – 579 44 575 www.tuv.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 3

1.1 National Interpretation Used 3 1.2 Type of Assessment 3 1.3 Location and Maps 3 1.4 Description of Supply Base 4 1.5 Dates of Plantings and Replanting Cycles 5 1.6 Other Achievements and Certifications Held 5 1.7 Organisational Information / Contact Person 6 1.8 Description of Company History and Environment 6 1.9 Time Bound Plan for Other Management Units 7 1.10 Area of Plantation (Total, Planted and Mature) 8 1.11 Approximate Tonnages Certified 9 1.12 Recommendation for Certification 9 1.13 Date of Certificate Issued and Scope of Certificate 9 2.0 ASSESSMENT PROCESS 10

2.1 Certification Body 10 2.2 Qualifications of Lead Assessor and Assessment Team 10 2.3 Assessment Methodology 11 2.4 Stakeholder Consultation and Stakeholders Contacted 14 2.5 Date of Next Surveillance Visit 14 3.0 ASSESSMENT FINDINGS 14

3.1 Summary of Findings 14 3.2 Identified Non-conformances, Corrective Actions Taken and Auditors Conclusions 40 3.3 Noteworthy Positive Components 44 3.4 Issues Raised by Stakeholders and Findings Pertaining to Issues 44 3.5 Acknowledgements of Internal Responsibility and Formal Sign-Off by Client 48 APPENDICES 49

Appendix 1: Details of Certificate 49 Appendix 2: Certification Audit Plan 50 Appendix 3: List of Abbreviations 52 Appendix 4: List of Stakeholders Interviewed and Contacted 53 Appendix 5: Observations and Opportunities for Improvement 54

RSPO Certification Assessment Report - Kencana Sawit Indonesia – West Sumatera

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1.0 SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 1.1 National Interpretation Used

The operations of the palm oil mill(s) and its supply base of FFB were assessed against the National Interpre-tion Indonesia year 2008] of the RSPO Principles & Criteria.

1.2 Type of Assessment

The main certification assessment was carried out on one mill and one (1) estate with three (3) divisions under PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia owned by Wilmar International Indonesia.

1.3 Location and Maps

Figure 1: Location map of PT Kencana Sawit within the West Sumatra Province, Indonesia

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Table 1: GPS locations for all estates and mills included in certification assessment

1.4 Description of Supply Base PT Kencana Sawit mill is one of the palm oil mills owned by Wilmar International in West Sumatera. PT Ken-cana Sawit Indonesia mill was established in July, 2001 with a production capacity of 45 tons/hours. The com-pany was initially a National Investment Company owned by Tidar Kerinci Agung group, and the company then changed status to a Multinational Investment Company i.e PPBOP Sdn. Bhd, based on “Surat Keputusan Menteri Negara Agraria No. 1-VIII-1998 regarding Land Use Right transfer Permit from PT Tidak Kerinci Agung to PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit. Based on notarial decree letter no. 96 (Notaris Buntario Tigris SH, SE, MH), the name of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit was changed to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia (PT KSI). This was confirmed by a decree letter from Minister of Justice and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia No. C-14 718 HT.01.04.TH.2006 about approval of company’s charter (Anggaran Dasar) changing of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia. Currently PT Kencana Sawit Indoneia Mill is receiving approximately 80% of its supplies of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from 1 company-owned estates comprising of 3 divisions (KSI 1, KSI 2 and KSI 3) and the remaining 20% from the company’s smallholder schemes, a neighbouring plantation, PT Perke-bunan Nusantara IV, and independent outgrowers surrounding the Solok Selatan District. The company has 2 smallholders groups supplying FFB to PT Kencana Sawit Mill i.e. KKPA (Koperasi Kredit Primer Anggota) Sei Talao and KKPA Sei Kunyit, while the mill only purchases FFB from independent outgrow-ers that have already signed a contract with PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia mill, and are commited to supplying only legal and responsible FFB to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Mill. Details of the mill’s supply base are as per the table below: Table 2: FFB Supply Information for PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Palm Oil Mill

FFB supplied 2009 FFB supplied 2010 FFB Contributors

Tonnes % Tonnes %

Company owned estates:

PT KSI Division 1 63,669.85 28.6 55,542.96 24.0

PT KSI Division 2 66,619.34 29.9 65,085.25 28.1

PT KSI Division 3 49,259.76 22.1 54,746.99 23.7

Sub Total 179,548.95 80.7 175,375.20 75.8 Smallholders / outgrowers:

Smallholders (KKPA Sei Kunyit & Talao) 7,984.98 3.6 7,170.05 3.1

Others PT Perkebunan Nusantara VI 33,987.25 15.3 46,147.19 19.9

GPS locations Name of mill / estate Location Latitude Longtitude

PT KSI Mill Sei Kunyit, Sangir Balai Jinggo sub-district, Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera, Indonesia

01° 99’ 46” 101° 37’ 48”

KSI Estate, Division 1

Sei Kunyit, Sangir Balai Jinggo sub-district, Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera, Indonesia

01° 26’ 20.32” 101° 32’ 24.54”



01° 29’ 27.5” 101° 27’ 06.6”



01° 29’ 23.86” 101° 31’42.23”

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Independent Smallholders 1,037.98 0.5 2,644.30 1.1

Sub Total 43,010.21 19.3 55,961.54 24.2

TOTAL 222,559.16 100 231,336.74 100

1.5 Dates of Plantings and Replanting Cycles The company follows a replanting cycle of 25 years. Information on the dates of plantings are as per the table below. Table 3: Age and year of plantings of company estate supplying to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Mill

Oil palm planted area at each estate(ha) Age & Year of Plant-ings PT KSI Division 1 PT KSI Division 2 PT KSI Division 3

0 – 5 yrs (2005 – 2009) 70 - 100

5-10 yrs (1999 – 2004) 884.97 912.56 525.92

10-15 yrs (1994 – 1998) 1577.02 1941.01 1716.94 TOTAL 2531.99 2853.57 2342.86

Table 4: Planned and actual oil palm replanting activities for PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Total planned replanting area for

each estate (ha) Year

Total planned re-

planting area (ha)

PT KSI Division 1

PT KSI Division 2

PT KSI Division 3

Actual total area replanted

(ha)

2020 783.98 - 39.01 744.97 - 2021 607.89 - 274.04 333.85 - 2022 749.58 138.93 571.36 39.29 - 2023 1354.03 553.39 517.70 282.94 - 2024 1739.49 884.70 538.90 315.89 -

1.6 Other Achievements and Certifications Held Table 5: Details of other certifications or awards held by PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia

Name of mill /

estate

Certification Standard / Award achieved

Certification Body / Awarder

Date Achieved

Proper (blue level) (Award from Ministry of Environment for good Environmental Performance, a National standard)

Local Government West Sumatera

2004/2005

Proper (blue level) Local Government West Sumatera

2007/2008

Investment company Local Government Solok Selatan

2009

PT KSI Mill & Estate

Proper (blue level) Local Government West Sumatera

2009

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1.7 Organisational Information / Contact Person

Contacts details of the company are as follows:

1.8 Description of Company History and Environment 1.8.1 Company’s History

The history of PT Kencana Indonesia Palm plantation started in 1995, when the company was named PT Tidar Kerinci Agung owned by Tidar Kerinci Agung Group. The company has the land use right for a total land area of 10,216.1 hectares based on their HGU (Land Use Right) certificate no. 4/HGU/BPN/1997 valid for 35 years commencing on 22 January 1997. In the Year 1998 there was the transfer of land use right ownership of PT Tidar Kerinci Agung to PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit (TSS), a company owned by Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok under PPB Oil Palms Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., based on “Surat Keputusan Menteri Negara Agraria No. 1-VIII-1998 regarding Land Use Right transfer Permit from PT Tidak Kerinci Agung to PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit. Based on notarial decree letter no. 96, Notaris Buntario Tigris SH, SE, MH the name of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit was changed into PT Ken-cana Sawit Indonesia (PT KSI). This was confirmed by a decree letter from Minister of Justice and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia No. C-14 718 HT.01.04.TH.2006 about approval of company’s basic budget (‘anggaran dasar’) for changing of the name of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia. The land use rights certificate (HGU) for company’s area was issued based on decree letter from the Minister of Agrarian Affairs / Head of BPN on 22 January 1997, no. 4/HGU/BPN/97. HGU decree letter includes 2 measurement books (buku ukur)/, which are maps showing the areas within the company’s land whch legally belong to other parties. In this case, measurement book no. 1 covers an area of 7222.5 ha belonging to the community of Sei Kunyit Village, while measurement book no. 02 covers an area of 2993.6 ha belonging to the community of Talao Village, both of which are located within PT KSI’s HSU area in Sangir Sub-District, Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera. In 2007 when PPB Oil Palms Sdn. Bhd merged with Wilmar Group to become Wilmar International, the PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia was then automatically included as part of Wilmar International Group.

1.8.2 Description of Estate Environmental Parameters

On its operation, PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia estate is divided into 3 divisions to facilitate their estate management, namely PT KSI division 1, PT KSI division 2 and PT KSI division 3. The total area owned by PT KSI is 10,216 ha, with the area of mature plantation area covering 7728.42 ha. All FFB produced by the 3 PT KSI’s plantation division are processed at PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Palm Oil Mill which is been located in PT KSI 1 estate. PT KSI mill has an installed capacity of 45 tons per hour of FFB processed. The mill receives FFB supply from PT KSI’s owned estate divisions, smallholder schemes, and independent outgrowers from within the communities’ oil palm plantation surrounding the Solok Selatan District. Table 6: General information on PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia

Company Location PT Kencana Sawi Indonesia (Estate 1, 2 and 3), Sangir Balai Janggo Sub District, Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia

Geographical location 1010 30’ 50.3” BT ; 10 28’ 17.7” LU Location of local government admin office

Solok Selatan District

1.

Location of plantation administra-tion office

Dinas Perkebunan Solok Selatan

Company Name: PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia

Sei Kunyit, Sangir Balai Jinggo sub-district, Solok Selatan district, Address:

West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Contact Person: Michael Tay

Telephone: +62-81278204888

Email: [email protected]

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Boundary area Stakeholders located at north boundary of estate

PT PN Nusantara 6 and PT Tidar Kerinci Agung

Stakeholders located at east boundary of estate

Talao Village and PT Tidar Kerinci Aung

Stakeholders located at south boundary of estate

PT Tidar Kerinci Agung

2

Stakeholders located at west boundary of estate

Sungai Kunyit Village

3 Watershed areas & other waterways

Juhjuhan watershed and Kulai River

4. Total Land Area 10,216 ha 5. Land Condition Dry land and Volcanic soil 6. Soil type Podzolic 7. Climate condition Type A

1.9 Time Bound Plan for Other Management Units

The time frame laid out below is considered to be both challenging and realistic. The company will be using the experience of this main assessment to ensure that the other management units conform to the RSPO Princi-ples & Criteria. The audit team is satisfied that the company conforms to the RSPO requirements for partial certification as laid out in Clause 4.2.4 of the RSPO Certification Systems document. Table 7: Time Bound Plan of Wilmar International Group

Name of Estates Location Land area (ha) Year of Audit PT Milano (SDE, BSE & MBE) North Sumatra 4975 2009 PT Mustika Sembuluh Central Kalimantan 15,897 2009 PT Tania Selatan (BT & BB) South Sumatra 3775 2010 PT Kerry Sawit Indonesia Central Kalimantan 14,980 2010 PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia West Sumatra. 7,728 2010 PT Bumi Sawit Kencana Central Kalimantan 7,266 2011 PT AMP Plantation West Sumatra 7,541 2011 PT Primatama Muliajaya West Sumatra 1,397 2011 PT Sarana Titian Permata Central Kalimantan 14,995 2011 PT Buluh Canang Plantations South Sumatra 223 2011 PT Tania (Bamboo Kuning) South Sumatra 1800 2011 PT ANI (Sambas) West Kalimantan 9,095 2011 PT Daya Labuhan Indah North Sumatra 5,010 2012 PT Milano (CDE) North Sumatra 618 2012 PT Citra Riau Sarana Riau 2,268 2012 PT Gersindo Minang Plantations West Sumatra 3,146 2012 PT Permata Hijau Pasaman West Sumatra 2,363 2012 PT Mentaya Sawit Mas Central Kalimantan 7,120 2012 PT Asiatic Persada Jambi 15,223 2012 PT Pratama Prosentindo West Kalimantan 3423 2012 PT Putra Indotropical West Kalimantan 3133 2012 PT Sinarsiak Dianpermai Riau. 1,114 2012 PT ANI (Landak) West Kalimantan 4281 2013 PT Murini Sam Sam Riau 1,288 2013 PT Agro Palindo Sakti South Sumatra 872 2013

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PT Musi Banyuasin Indah South Sumatra 4473 2013 PT Karunia Kencana Permaisejati Central Kalimantan 8,070 2013 PT Agro Palindo Sakti West Kalimantan 5033 2013 PT Daya Landak Plantation West Kalimantan 3774 2013 PT Indoresins Putra Mandiri West Kalimantan 3730 2013 Total 164611

Name of Palm Oil Mills Location CPO output (mt) Year of Audit

PT Milano (Pinang Awan) North Sumatra 27,554 2009 PT Mustika Sembuluh Central Kalimantan 81,350 2009 PT Tania Selatan South Sumatra 12,800 2010 PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia West Sumatra. 37,200 2010 PT Kerry Sawit Indonesia Central Kalimantan 51,335 2010 PT Bumi Sawit Kencana Central Kalimantan 27,700 2011 PT AMP Plantation West Sumatra 37,900 2011 PT Buluh Canang Plantations South Sumatra 33,800 2011 PT Agro Nusa Investama (Sambas)

West Kalimantan 17,600 2011

PT Sarana Titian Permata Central Kalimantan 37,800 2011 PT Sinarsiak Dianpermai Riau 6,400 2012 PT Daya Labuhan Indah-2 North Sumatra 25,800 2012 PT Citra Riau Sarana (ML) 1 + 2 Riau 46,300 2012 PT Gersindo Minang Plantations West Sumatra 35300 2012 PT Mentaya Sawit Mas Central Kalimantan 28,800 2012 PT Asiatic Persada Jambi 57,300 2012 PT Agro Nusa Investama (Landak)

West Kalimantan 30,600 2013

PT Murini Sam Sam Riau 7,500 2013 PT Musi Banyuasin Indah South Sumatra 35,400 2013 PT Karunia Kencana Permaisejati Central Kalimantan 41,400 2013 PT Agro Palindo Sakti 1 West Kalimantan 19,400 2013 PT Citra Riau Sarana 3 Riau 20000 2013

Total Total 719,239

1.10 Area of Plantation (Total, Planted and Mature)

Table 8: Oil Palm Planted Area Summary, FFB Production and Average yield/ha for PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia for 2010

Estate Name Total area (ha)

Oil Palm Planted area

(ha)

Mature (Production)

area (ha)

Immature (Non-production)

area (ha)

FFB Production

(tonnes)

Average yield/ ha

KSI Division 1 3,446.92 2,531.99 2,531.99 - 55,542.96 21.94 KSI Division 2 3,263.32 2,853.57 2,853.57 - 65,085.25 22.81 KSI Division 3 3,505.76 2,342.86 2,342.86 - 54,746.99 23.37

TOTAL 10,216.00 7,728.42 7,728.42 175,375.20 22.69

Table 9: Land use data for PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia

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Land used for other purposes (ha)

Estate Name Total area (ha)

Oil Palm Planted

Area (ha)

HCV/ Potential

HCV areas* (ha)

Local Government

office Nursery Cleared Area

Other uses

KSI Division 1 3,446.92 2531.99 800.92 - - - 114.0 KSI Division 2 3263.32 2853.57 321.17 - - - 88.6 KSI Division 3 3,505.76 2342.86 1,107.50 - - - 55.4 TOTAL 10,216.00 7,728.82 2,229.59 257.99

* data from the HCV assessment document prepared by AKSENTA (2010)

1.11 Approximate Tonnages Certified The approximate tonnages certified, based on average crop production of 177,462 tonnes of FFB from 2009 and 2010, is as follows: Crude Palm Oil (CPO) : 37,888 tonnes/year (OER 21.35%) Palm Kernel (PK) : 8,074 tonnes/year (KER 4.55%)

1.12 Recommendation for Certification PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia has established and maintains an effective system to ensure compliance with the RSPO principles and criteria. The audit team has confirmed through the audit process that the company’s prac-tices complies with, adequately maintains and implements the requirements of RSPO Principles and Criteria National Intrepretation Indonesia version 2008. TUV Rheinland Malaysia recommends that PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia be approved as a producer of RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil.

1.13 Date of Certificate Issued and Scope of Certificate

The scope of the certificate covers production of palm oil from PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia mill and its supply base, which includes PT KSI estate. The date of certificate issued is 21 April 2011. Further details of the certifi-cate are as per Appendix 1.

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2.0 ASSESSMENT PROCESS 2.1 Certification Body

TUV Rheinland Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is member of Group TÜV Rheinland Group, a global leader in independent testing and assessment services. The TÜV Rheinland Group was established in 1872 with offices located in over 420 locations in 61 countries on all five continents. TUV Rheinland Malaysia offers certification for a wide range of management systems according to established international standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, SA 8000, as well as CDM Project Validations. TUV Rheinland Malaysia’s office is located in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

2.2 Qualifications of Lead Assessor and Assessment Team

Name Position Qualifications / Experience

Dian S. Soeminta

Lead Auditor

Education: Bachelors Degree in Forestry - Bogor Agriculture Institute. Indonesia, (1990 to 1995). Trainings attended: ISO 9001:2000 lead assessor course 1996 - Neville Clark; ISO 14001 lead assessor course - PE International; OSHAS: 2007 training, Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) - Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) system training; Chain of Custody training for FSC System. Working experience: Professional forester since 1995 to 2000. Lead Auditor for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forest Certification (SFC) and Chain of Custody (COC) Certification, Lead auditor for Environmental Management System (EMS) and Quality Management System (QMS) audits. Conducted sustainable forest management certification audits on FSC and Indonesian Ecolabel Institute (Lembaga Ecolabel Indonesia - LEI) standards for 20 companies, 50 COC FSC/LEI audits, and EMS and QMS audits at more than hundred companies for TUV Rheinland Indonesia. Instrumental in the preparation of TUV Rheinland Indonesia for Sustainable Forest Management Certification System and TUV Rheinland Malaysia for RSPO Certification. Member of Task Force for Indonesian National Interpretation (Guidance on scheme smallholder RSPO certification). Developed TUV Rheinland RSPO Gap Assessment Checklist and report template.

Fadli Auditor

Education: Bachelor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology - Univer-sity of Indonesia, Jakarta. Trainings attended: Sustainable Natural Production Forest Management (Pengelolaan Hutan Alam Produksi Lestari - PHAPL) assessor training (May 2003); Forest Plantation Management (August 2003) training - Indonesian Ecolabel Institute (LEI), Forest Management and Agriculture Auditor Train-ing; ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14000:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 trainings - Smartwood/Rainforest Alliance; SA8000 training - SA International; RSPO Lead Auditor Training -Indonesian Palm Oil Commissions. Working experience: Experienced as lecturer for D3 Tourism programme, University of Indonesia. Social Aspect Auditor of PT. TUV International Indo-nesia for Sustainable Forest Management and RSPO Principles & Criteria. Researcher of Stakeholder Mapping With CSR Indonesia.

Agus Salim Alfat Auditor

Education: Bachelor Degree of Chemistry - Bandung Institute of Technol-ogy, Indonesia (1988 to 1993); Master Degree of Quality, Safety and Envi-ronment - Otto Von Geuricke, Magdeburg University, Germany (2001 - 2002). Trainings attended: ISO 9000:2000 Series Auditor / Lead Auditor Training - PE International (Jakarta), IEMA Advanced EMS Auditor (IEMA / EARA ISO 14001) Auditor / Lead Auditor Training Course - PE International (Jakarta), OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor Training Course - PE International (Jakarta). Working experience: Experienced in Quality Control from 1994-2004. Audi-tor for Quality Management System since 2004 – present. Auditor for Envi-

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ronmental Management System since 2005 – present. Auditor for OHSAS 18001 since 2007 - present. Conducted over 100 Quality Management Sys-tem audits since 2004, over 50 Environmental Management System audits since 2006 , and over 25 OHSAS audits since 2007

Rahmawati Noor Auditor

Education: Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Sriwijaya University Palem-bang and Master of Occupational Health and Safety, Univerity of Indonesia, Jakarta. Trainings attended: RSPO, Jakarta, 13-18 July 2009, Komisi Minyak Sawit Indonesia. Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Working Experience: Joined PT. TUV International Indonesia in 2001, and has audited more than 100 companies. Involved in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS audits for several palm oil plantations and mills. Since 2007, involved in CDM validation projects for several palm oil mills in Indonesia. Had 5 years experience as environmental consultant for PT. Dames and Moore Indonesia, prior to working for PT. TUV International Indonesia.

Riena Widiyanti

Aziz Auditor

Education : Bachelor of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University Trainings attended: ISO 14001 Auditor training, Sustainable Forest Man-agement (SFM) Working Experience: In a Consultant Company since 1998, and then joined PT. FOCUS QE in 2004 as a Quality and Environmental Consultant (ISO 9001, ISO 14001) and as an assessor for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). Since 2009, joined PT. TUV Rheinland Indonesia as SFM auditor, le-gal verificator for Wood Industry. Has audited several Forest Management companies and Wood Industries especially environmental audits

2.3 Assessment Methodology The certification assessment was conducted betwen 22 to 25 November 2010 as per the assessment pro-gramme below. The assessment was carried out in accordance with TUV Rheinland Malaysia’s RSPO audit procedure as well as the RSPO Certification Systems document. During assessment, the qualified TUV Rheinland assessors used the RSPO standard as endorsed for the country in which the assessment took place and recorded their findings. Due to the location and proximity of the estates, combined with common management systems, it was possible to carry out both field and document assessments of all estates and the mill within the time frame without com-promising the integrity of the assessment in any way. All 3 KSI estate divisions and 1 mill were visited and the assessment team carried out field and document as-sessments of compliance to all the RSPO principles and criteria. Common systems were identified and specific evidence was recorded for individual estates. Interviews were conducted at all estates and the mill. The company proposed the correction and corrective actions for all identified non conformities raised to the cer-tification body 10 days after the closing meeting. Verification and documentation of closure of major non-conformances was conducted 15 days after the closing meeting of the main assessment and implementation of corrective actions for minor non-conformities will be verified during the next suriveillance audit. The certification assessment agenda is as explained below. Main Assessment Agenda

Date Location / Main sites Main activities

21.11.2010 Traveling to Muara Bungo, Jambi

22.11.2010 Muara Bungo Ho-tel

Stakeholder Consultation

23.11.2010 Estate Office Division 1, 2 and 3 and Plant Tour

Principle 2 and Criteria 2.1 and Principle 6. • Interview personnel in charge of identifying and checking compliance

to all relevant legal and other requirements such as those associated with environmental, labor, OHS, and Plantation Regulation.

• Checking of related documented procedures and records

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Principle 3, Criteria 3.1 Document checks of company budget, forecasted replanting plan document, finance report. Principle 4, Criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,4.4, 4.5 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 • Interview personnel (estate manager and division manager) associ-

ated with SOP and implementation and also monitoring activities. • Interview personnel responsible for handling of agrochemicals and

used chemical containers (warehouse operator) • Interview division assistants and estate managers responsible for ap-

plication of agrochemicals (best practice) • Interview personnel that are responsible for training of workers (opera-

tors) • Interview doctor responsible for health checks of operators • Checking of all documents related to criteria 4.6 & 4.7 • Plant Tour / checking of actual condition of chemical warehouse (es-

tate), and hazardous waste store (estate). • Interview personnel responsible for OHS and First Aid monitoring • Interview personnel responsible to handle training of OHS and First

Aid • Plant tour to Head Office area, Warehouse, Workshop, and Clinic to

check availability of OHS and First Aid equipment and fulfillment of OHS requirements

• Document Check of records of regular soil, leaf, and visual analysis. • Document Check of records of efforts to maintain and increase soil

fertility (e.g. use of fertilizer, leguminous cover crops, compost, and land applications of POME or EFB)

• Checking related document procedures • Document Check to identify of Maps of fragile soils • Interview personnel (estate manager and division manager) to check-

ing a management strategy for plantings on slopes above a certain limit (needs to be soil and climate specific).

• Checking related document procedures and records of implementation and monitoring activities.

• Document Check to related procedures and records of implementation of protection of watercources

• Interview personnel responsible for maintaining and restoring appro-priate riparian buffer zones at or before replanting. Principle 6.

• Interviews with Head of Talao village and community leaders 24.11.2010 Division 2, Divi-

sion 3, Housing, Generator Set, Harvesting Col-lection Point

• Site visit to division 2 and division 3 to check the implementation OHS and First Aid and also handling of agrochemicals.

• Interview worker (harvesters, manurers and sprayers) • Interview FFB transporters • Interview to road maintenance contractor • Checking availability of PPE, OHS and first aid equipment to worker

and in vehicles and fulfillment of OHS requirements • Checking of generator set, use of diesel and handling of waste • Visit to housing at Division 2 and 3 and make sure all waste handling

follow RSPO requirements • Checking the landfill for wastes (organic and inorganic) at Division 2 • Checking of chemical handling, management of chemical waste and

other hazardous waste handling at divisions, and housing. • Interview contractors (transportation) • Checking all documents and records related to the implementation of

these aspects • Site visit to marginal soil area as identified on maps of fragile soils at

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Field 068, 069, 188, 189, 190, 191, 020, 021 Principle 5, criteria 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 • Site visit to areas with steep slopes (fields 190, 189, 173) and im-

plementation of land erosion treatment (e.g Silt Pit, Tapak Kera, Cover Crop planting)

• Site visit to all HCV areas Principle 1, Criteria 1.1, 1.2 , 2.1 and Principle 6 Interview of workers & observation of housing condition and facilities at Salo block and other housing areas. Interview with Head of Sei Kunyit Village and community leaders, inter-view with head of KUD Swamata (plasma) and Nagari Talao Sei Kunyit Interviews with female workers and the contractors Visit to housing of temporary workers

25.11.2010 Palm Oil Mill Principle 4, Principle 5, Principle 6 and Principle 8 • Plant tour to the whole area of POM to checking the implementation of

PPE, OHS and waste handling. • Interview worker, contractors and suppliers • Checking of actual condition of chemical storage and hazardous waste

storage Principle 2 and Criteria 2.1 about law and regulation. • Interview personnel in charge of identify and checking compliance

to all relevant legal and other requirements such as those associ-ated with environment, labor, OHS, and mill regulations.

• Checking related document procedures and records. .

Principle 4, Criteria 4.1, 4.7 • Interview personnel (operational head) associated with the SOP

and implementation and also monitoring activities. • Interview personnel responsible for OHS and First Aid monitoring • Interview personnel responsible for training of OHS and First Aid • Interview doctor responsible for conducting regular health checks

for operator • Checking of documents related to above Principle 5, Criteria 5.2 (HCV areas) • Riparian (Reservors/Quarries/Streams) Rivers (Ganeh River, Kulai

River, Jujuhan River, Suwir River) • Bukit Harimau (Bukit Kerdil). • Bukit Tengah Pulau. • Bukit Salo • Embung (Field 107/108, Div. II) • Rawa Kodok (Field 30, Div. I) • Gua Kelelawar (Field 30, Div. I) Site visit to fields 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 for verification of road main-taining works (gravelling, road service, resurfacing) Document checks and interviews with workers • Preparation of Closing Meeting • Closing meeting

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2.4 Stakeholder Consultation and Stakeholders Contacted The stakeholder consultation involved both external and internal stakeholders. External stakeholders were noti-fied to make comments on the certification assessment by placing an invitation to comment on the RSPO web-site. Stakeholders included those immediately linked with the operations of the company such employees, out-growers, the local government, NGO’s, trade and labour unions and local communities. The stakeholder consultation took place in the form of meetings and interviews. Meetings with stakeholders were held to seek their views on the performance of the company with respect to the sustainability practices outlined in the RSPO Principles & Criteria, and to comment on aspects where improvements could be made. Meetings with local communities were held at their respective premises within and near the company’s area. A stakeholder consultation meeting was also held at Bungo Plaza Hotel on 22 November 2010. Letters inviting individual stakeholders to the stakeholder consultation meeting were prepared and sent to the individual stake-holders, while electronic mail and telephone calls were made to arrange the meetings. In all the interviews and meeting, the objectives of the RSPO and the purpose of the assessment was clarified at the outset followed by an evaluation of the relationship between the stakeholders and the company before discussion proceeded to obtain the stakeholders feedback on the company’s compliance to different aspects of the RSPO Principles & Criteria. Although several stakeholders were not familiar with RSPO but they agreed with its objective and expressed their willingness to collaborate in the promotion of sustainable palm oil in West Sumatera province. In all interviews and meeting, the assessment team did not restrict discussion of both the positive and negative aspects of operations conducted by PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia estates and mill. The stakeholder consultation meeting held with stakeholders during the audit was extensive and productive, with an attendance of more than 30 participants. This was followed by site inspections, including visits to the lo-cal communities, interviews with land claimants and contractors, and inspections of worker amenities and infra-structure. All stakeholder issues raised were recorded and forwarded to the management for their written reponse, and this is summarized in Section 3.4.The list of stakeholders that attended the stakeholder consulta-tion meeting and stakeholders interviewed during the assessment is included as Appendix 4.

2.5 Date of Next Surveillance Visit

The next surveillance visit is planned for February 2012.

3.0 ASSESSMENT FINDINGS 3.1 Summary of Findings

Since the company became a member of RSPO in September 2005, the company’s management has commit-ted to comply to all RSPO principles and criteria in all company operations activities. As implementation of its commitment, the company applied to TUV Rheinland Malaysia to conduct the assessment of their compliance to all RSPO requirements for Kencana Sawit Indonesia mill and the 3 estates of PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia which supply their palm oil mill. A pre - assessment was conducted in July 19 to 23, 2010 and the company has worked hard to address all identified non conformities raised during the pre-assessment. There is evidence of a considerable effort on behalf of all staff in the preparation of manuals, standard operat-ing procedures and other documents not only to conform to RSPO requirements, but for company’s improve-ment of process effectiveness and efficiency. The stakeholder consultation meeting held before main audit was an extensive and productive meeting at-tended by more than 35 persons including local community representatives, suppliers, local government per-sonnel, NGOs, and FFB transporters. The stakeholder consultation was follows by site inspections of infra-structure and social amenities. The management responded to all of the issues raised and this is summarized in section 3.4.

PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia has allocated a total 2,229.59 ha HCV area, including conservation zone in some protected area such as Bukit Harimau, Bukit Lipai 1 & 2, Bukit tengah, Bukit Salo, and a riparian zone along rivers that flow through PT KSI’s area. A HCV assessment of PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia has been conducted by a consultant (AKSENTA) as reported on HCV identification document. The HCV areas identified included wet lands, streams and flood control areas as well as habitats of protected birds, riparian river buffer zones and some other company locations as explained on section 3.2 of HCV assessment document. The company made a plan for HCV management and monitoring to ensure that existing values from identified HCV could be sus-tained.

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Most applicable legal and other requirements related company’s operation have been fulfilled by PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia Plantation and Industry including those pertaining to environmental and social aspects, and-worker issues. However, the company has not yet complied to certain regulations and this was raised as a ma-jor non conformity (nonconformity 1 of 12 under Section 3.2). The company has a good relationship with local communities and also has many Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) programmes. Evaluation of compli-ance to legal requirements is regularly conducted according to the relevant standard operation procedure and evidence of efforts made to comply with other legal requirements is well maintained, e.g. an environmental monitoring report is submitted to relevant authorities every six months. The company has a worker agreement approved by local government, and minimum wages for worker is increased every year according to regulations from local government. As the company already implements a quality management system and environmental management system, the company has SOP’s covering all plantation and mill activities which are well implemented. A social impact assessment has been conducted by consultant (AKSENTA) that was prepared with the participation of affected parties and local communities, although a documented management plan that encompasses social impact as-sessments in accordance with existing RSPO requirements was still not established yet at the time of audit. Requests for information made by stakeholders were recorded in one document as required by company’s pro-cedure. The company has a documented procedure for communication and consultation with the communities and the stakeholders and maintains all records of meetings held with the stakeholders and requests raised by the local communities are recorded together with follow-up actions and responses of the company to these re-quests. The company has established a communication procedure for periodic meetings to create awareness of com-pany regulations, grievances mechanism, procedure for complaints and suggestions, sharing of information and so on. This procedure has been shared to the communities through events in every village, however not all vil-lagers are very aware of this procedure. The company recognizes that this procedure needs to be more inten-sively informed to the company stakeholders. The company provides facilities for their employees such housing facilities for employees at all estates, polyclin-ics, educational facilities, places of worship, a sports hall, and a sports club. The company has an equal oppor-tunities policy, which is well implemented. No child labour was found in company’s estates and mill during the main assessment. A documented company policy on sexual harassment and violence is available as part of company’s Management's RSPO Policy signed by Plantation Head on August 2009 and stated in a working agreement for the period of 2008-2010. The company’s sexual harassment policy is also a part of the Working Agreement ("Perjanjian Kerja Bersama") with the Workers Union. The company has a specific grievance and violence mechanism. The company has a good relationship with local communities and also has many Corporate Social Responsibili-ties (CSR) programmes. The company’s contributions through CSR programmes for local communities are documented by the General Affairs Department. The company's budget for local communities is allocated for education, economic, social and health, sports, environment, places of worship, and infrastructure programmes. However the company’s CSR programme was not developed based on social impact assessment results, and this should be improved by the management of PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia. Continuous improvement is evident throughout all of PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia and it is apparent that im-provements have been since the pre assessment conducted in July 2010. In general, objective evidence was obtained from each of PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia estates as well as its mill. The results from the assessment of each site within the certification unit have been aggregated to provide an assessment of overall conformance of the company’s to each criterion. During the certification assessment, 1 nonconformance was assigned against a Major Compliance indicator while 11 nonconformities were assigned against Minor Compliance Indicators. 8 observations or opportunities for improvement were identified. Further explanation of the non-conformities raised and corrective actions taken by the company are provided in Section 3.2. The observations & opportunities for improvement are listed in Appendix 5. The following is a summary of findings made for the criteria listed in the RSPO Principles & Criteria Indonesia National Interpretation year 2008.

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Criterion 1.1: Oil palm growers and millers provide adequate information to other stakeholders on environmental, social and legal issues relevant to RSPO Criteria, in appropriate languages & forms to allow for effective participation in decision making.

Findings: The company has a written commitment to transparency on information requested, as long as informa-tion provided does not result in significant negative impact on the company. The company’s commit-ment to transparency was documented in their communication procedure. The procedure is about re-ceiving and handling information from external parties, no doc: Dok. KSI-Pro-BNM-03 issued on 15 June 2010. The document also includes the procedure for receiving and responding to stakeholder re-quests for the provision of information related to the company’s operations (including the estates and palm oil mill). All incoming and outgoing information both letter or telephone comunication will be re-corded on communication log book, controlled by company’s Relationship Development (‘Bina Mitra’) department. To date, most letters received by the company are requests for assistance and funding from the sur-rounding communities. There has so far been no requests for information related to environment, social and legal aspects from stakeholders. All incoming letters are recorded in a log book used to record in-formation about stakeholders who send these letters, such as date of the letter or request, name, or-ganization, and the information or type of assistance requested. The company also maintains records of their responses to letters and requests received by stakeholders. Sample letters requesting assis-tance from the company, as well as the company’s responses, are as follows: - Letter on March 01, 2010 no: 420/DP.07/SD 04/2010 from Sei Gading 04 Elementery School regard-

ing invitation on training to increase competency of school teachers. The company responsed with a management instruction for Mr. Zamrud, who works as a teacher in company’s school, to attend the seminar, with evidence in SPPD (Surat Perintah Perjalanan Dinas) letter dated March 18, 2010

- Letter on March 23, 2010 no. DP/MTQN/IV/2010 from MTQ organizer (Musabaqoh Tilawatil Quran) regarding donation for the MTQ activities. Company can not response this letter since there is no clear information about the event organizer, no address or details of the contact person.

- Letter on June 14, 2010, letter no. 001/103/bang/VI/2010, from the Village Development Body (Badan Pembangunan Desa, or BPD) Sei Kunyit regarding the location permit for the company’s micro hydro dam project development. The company’s response was to give the permit to BPD, although it was observed that there is no record in the company’s log book of this request.

- Letter on August 2, 2010, letter no021/YNI/PP HUT RI/VIII-2010, from Islamic school (leader M. Natsir) regarding request of donation, company give donation for IDR 200,000. Company response and give donation as seen on the transmittal note on September 1, 2010, received by Mr. Zainal from Islamic School Alahan Panjang

- Letter on September 30, 2010, no. 900/305/DPPKAD-2010 from the Solok Selatan Government Head, regarding request information of RAB (Renacana Anggaran Biaya), which is not recorded in the log book, however company responded through letter no. 43/BM-Ext/XI dated November 24, 2010 to Solok Selatan Government Head.

- Log books records on a telephone communication on October 5, 2010, regarding request for ambu-lance service from a Talao villager. The company provided an ambulance to villagers as recorded on the log book.

As stated on the SOP about records control no doc: KSI-PRO-BNM-03, issued June 15, 2010 the re-tention time for records keeping is at least for 3 years for administrative documents, where requests for information and the responses made are included, except financial and accounting records for which the retention time is 10 years. In KSI mill there is another procedure for records control i.e PRO-Mill-008 dated January 1, 2010, in the procedure stated that all incoming and outgoing records will be main-tain for 4 years except finance records which shall be maintained for 10 years and personnel records are to be retained for 7 years. Records maintained beyond the stated retention time will be destroyed upon approval by the general manager. Notes on destroyed records are maintained. Compliance status: Compliance with observations

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Criterion 1.2: Management documents are publicly available, except where this is prevented by commercial confidentiality or where disclosure of information would result in negative envi-ronmental or social outcomes.

Findings: On the procedure KSI-PRO-BNM-03, there is a statement regarding information or company docu-ments that are made publicly available and can be accessed by stakeholders (except commercially confidential documents). Documents made publicly available include the company’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (AMDAL), annual company report, company policies, land use certificates (HGU) and related permits, monthly production reports of estates and the mill, estate and mill opera-tional hectarage and related maps, map of rivers inside estate areas, the standard operational proce-dures of estates and the mill, company organisation structure, and High Conservation Value (HCV) as-sessment report. There is a signed document from stakeholders stating that they have received the let-ter sent by the company. Checks with local communities’ surrounding the company's area confirmed that they already received written information from the company about the publicly accessible documents; these included villagers from Sei Kunyit and Talao villages. The company has a regulation to maintain all records for a minimum of 3 years, as stated in their re-cords control procedure no doc: KSI-Pro-BNM-03. To date, there have been no requests made by stakeholders to view any of the documents stated above. The mill manager issued a public memorandum on June 01, 2010, which states the company’s list of confidential documents which are not to be published or made publicly available, i.e: - Salary payment slips of company workers and staff - Management plans for staff promotion - Management plans for salary increment for workers and staff - Company annual budget Compliance status: Full Compliance

Criterion 2.1: There is compliance with all applicable local, national and ratified international laws and regulations.

Findings: The company provides a mechanism for evaluation of implementation and compliance to applicable le-gal requirements in a procedure KSI-PRO-BNM-01 rev.00 dated 15 September 2010. There are also procedures which defines the mechanism of evaluation of compliance to regulations related to the company's plantation (KSI-BNM-FRM-13), legislation related to the environment (KSI-FRM-GEN-21), legislation relating to labour (KSI-FRM-HR- 40), and regulations related to health and safety (KSI-FRM-HR-41). The SOP states that the identification and evaluation is to be carried out 2 (two) times a year and conducted by the staff, to be assisted by the EHS Binamitra officer and PGA (Personnel and Gen-eral Affairs) and supported by the Head of Operations / field and other departments within the company organization. The company maintains a list of all applicable legal requirements relating to environmental, occupa-tional safety and health, company plantations, and employment as well as records of internal compli-ance checks to legal requirements. The company’s list of applicable rules and regulations is as below: For PT KSI plantation : -> List of List of Legal and other requirements of Environment-EHS-002 FRM -> List of Legal and other requirements of Plantation Regulation KSI-FRM-13-BNM -> List of Legal and other requirements of Labor FRM-003-MILL -> List of Legal and other requirements of Occupational Health and Safety-EHS-001 FRM For PT KSI mill : -> List of List of Legal and other requirements of Environment-EHS-002 FRM -> List of Legal and other requirements of Plantation Regulation KSI-FRM-13-BNM -> List of Legal and other requirements of Labor FRM-003-MILL -> List of Legal and other requirements of Occupational Health and Safety-EHS-001 FRM

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The lists of legal requirements is update with according to changes in regulatons and also includes in-formation on status of the company’s fulfillment of applicable clauses and articles within the listed legal and other requirements, as part of internal compliance checks by the company. Other evidence that the company has made efforts to comply legal regulations/requirements is as fol-lows: - All operators of heavy equipment, lifting equipment and boilers are certified by the department of

manpower and transmigration of Indonesia e.g. 1. Alkusnadi, a Class I boiler operator, holding a certificate no. 08.0170/PNK3-PUBT/OB-I/III/2008

dated March 18, 2008 2. Samsuar, a Class I boiler operator, holding a certificate no. 07.0140/KMP/OB-I/VIII/07 August 27,

2007 3. Jasman, as a Class I boiler operator, holding a certificate no. 111/PNK3-PUBT/OB-I/II/2009 dated

February 6, 2009. - The company’s contractor for hazardous waste collection, PT. Wirasasta Gemilang Indonesia (PT.

WGI) has the required permit for hazardous waste collection in accordance with the decree from the Minister of Environment No. 490 years, 2009 and is only permitted to collect waste in the form of used lubricating oils B3. As PT WGI has not branch office in West Sumatra region, the contractor appointed another company, CV Arwana, to collect hazardous waste from PT KSI on their behalf. CV Arwana has an appointment letter from PT. WGI, letter no. 02/SP/WGI/JB/IV-01 dated 24 April 2001.

- CV Arwana is using a vehicle licensed for hazardous waste collection by the relevant authorities ac-cording to license no. AJ.309/54/010/DJPD/2009/31004098 dated 24 June 2010 to 24 November 2010, for vehicle with license number BA 9372 JN. The vehicle was originally owned by the previous hazardous waste contractor for PT KSI, which is PT. Nirmala Tipar (appointment letter for waste transportation no. 005/NTS-SP/XII/2006.)

- Training for operators of lifting equipment and heavy equipment has been done on 17 May - 21 May 2010 for all operators and Operator Permit Licenses (SIO – Surat Izin Operator) were already issued and received by all operators.

There is evidence that PT KSI has made efforts to comply with changes in applicable legal and other requirements. For example, there is decision letter of the West Sumatra Governor concerning regional minimum wage of West Sumatera Selatan Province valid since January 1, 2010 which states that minimum wages for workers in industries such as agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fisheries is IDR 940,000 per month or IDR 37,600 day, and the company has revised their workers salaries to comply with this regulation. Other examples of the company’s efforts to comply with changes in the regulation include evidence of application for license to temporarily store hazardous waste. However the company has not complied to certain legal requirements, for example: - Although CV Arwana is collecting all types of hazardous wastes from PT KSI, CV Arwana’s hazardous waste collection permit from the Ministry of Environment only states permission to collect wastes in the form of used lubricating oils, not other types of hazardous wastes. This was seen from sample hazard-ous waste collection manifest No. 0000991 for collection of 13 drums of used oil, 11 pieces of used bat-tery containers, 96 Glisat containers, 8 Gramoxone containers, and 291 pcs of used oil filters by CV Arwana. - PT KSI is storing their collected hazardous wastes temporarily in a warehouse at their central work-shop which is not licensed for storage of hazardous wastes by the Environmental Department (Bapedalda). As stated in the appendix of the company’s permit for temporary storage of hazardous wastes from the Ministry of Environment (license no. 254 of 2009 dated June 10, 2009), temporary storage of hazardous wastes is only permitted at the palm oil mill. Compliance status: Major Non Compliance, See NCR No. 1 of 13 The company has not complied to certain legal requirements, such as: 1) CV. Arwana’s permit for hazardous waste collection only states permission for collection of used lubricating oils and used oil, but not other types of hazardous wastes, although the contractor is collecting other types of hazardous wastes. 2) The company is temporarily storing hazardous waste in a central warehouse that has not been approved for temporary waste storage by the Ministry of Environment or Bapedalda.

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Criterion 2.2: The right to use the land can be demonstrated, and is not legitimately contested by local communities with demonstrable rights.

Findings: The company can demonstrate the right to use land, documents showing ownership of the land in ac-cordance with relevant laws, such as follows: The company has the land use right for a total land area of 10,216.1 hectares based on their HGU (Land Use Right) certificate no. 4/HGU/BPN/1997 valid for 35 years commencing on 22 January 1997. In the Year 1998 there was the transfer of land use right ownership of PT Tidar Kerinci Agung to PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit (TSS), a company owned by Malaysian businessman Robert Kwok under PPB Oil Palms Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., based on “Surat Keputusan Menteri Negara Agraria No. 1-VIII-1998 re-garding Land Use Right transfer Permit from PT Tidak Kerinci Agung to PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit. Base on notarial decree letter no. 96, Notaris Buntario Tigris SH, SE, MH the name of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit was changed into PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia (PT KSI). This was confirmed by a decree letter from Minister of Justice and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia No. C-14 718 HT.01.04.TH.2006 about approval of company’s basic budget (‘anggaran dasar’) for changing of the name of PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit to PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia. Base on a decision letter from the National Land Agency(BPN) head dated January 22, 1997, no 4/HGU/BPN/97, HGU decree letter includes 2 measurement books (buku ukur)/, which are maps showing the areas within the company’s land whch legally belong to other parties. In this case, measurement book no. 1 covers an area of 7222.5 ha belonging to the community of Sei Kunyit Village, while measurement book no. 02 covers an area of 2993.6 ha belonging to the community of Talao Village, both of which are located within PT KSI’s HSU area in Sangir Sub-District, Solok Selatan District, West Sumatera. The plantation boundary was delineated by a black line on a map of the estate. The company uses a colouring system to identify each estate block on the map. Boundary stones are used in the field to identify HGU border area (BPN boundaries) and borders with other plantations, such as communities or plasma plantation. Estate boundaries are clearly identified and demarcated on the field with markers made by the National Land Agency (Badan Pertanahan Nasional), initially there was 130 BPN bound-ary stone (as seen on a cadastral map) however due to poor maintenance programme, there are only 38 remaining BPN boundary stones. To develop clear boundaries with land not located in the com-pany’s HGU area, the company installed wooden boundary markers temporarily until the BPN officers replaced the broken boundary stones with new ones. All boundaries have been marked on the map with GIS coordinate. Boundary stone no. 25 located at S.01º28' 46.3" dan E 101°25' 39.5" was viewed on-site and GIS coordinates were checked and found to be accurate as per the company’s map. The company has a Geographic Information System (GIS) Department responsible for conducting pe-riodic boundaries monitoring programme. As informed by communites from both Talao and Sei Kunyit village during interviews, the villagers are happy with PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia, because they are now not isolated anymore since PT KSI opened the road and allows communities to using the road for their activities, and communities can get increase in monthly income from the Plasma Programme. The change of name of the company from PT Tidar Kerinci Agung to PT Sawit Kencana Indonesia was informed to relevant parties by the regents of South Solok region. Following recommendations from the regents, the community provided their land to the company for development of oil palm plantations, and received land compensation. There is no evidence that the villagers were forced or coeirced in to performing this land transfer. The following is evidence of land compensation conducted: 1) Payment records and letter regarding claim deduction made to Limin Adis with total value IDR 2,210,000 for total land area of 2.1 Ha dated 23 May, 2008. 2) Records of payment of IDR 680,000 made to Ajiah for 0.68 ha, and payment of IDR 680,000 made to Mariah for 0.68 ha. There are records of land compensation made for plasma (smallholders) area in Talao Village dated 26 May, 2008 for 107 community members. There is no more land compensation issues in PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia both in Talao village and Sei Kunyit village. And no land conflict between the company and surrounding communities. The company has a conflict mechanism procedure i.e. KSI-PRO-BNM-04, and even though the development of the conflict mechanism procedure did not involve the local communities, the company’s Binamitra department held an event on October 16, 2010 to inform the communities on the content of procedure as well as to inform them on the company’s RSPO system. The agenda of the event was to

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inform on the company’s mechanism for stakeholders to provide information to PT KSI, mechanism for receive complaints and disputes, mechanism for communication, consultation and coordination, discussion of activities and traditional rights, as well as to establish a communication forum (FORKAS). The minutes of the meeting was signed by the estate manager, Mr. Wali Nagari Sei Kunyit, as well as community leaders (Rush Dt R. Basa, Muslim Spd, H. Matt Moses, Walid Gani Arise (PGA). There are minutes of this meeting stating that both parties have approved the procedures of the company, and also accommodates community input for conflict resolution before any cases are escalated to the government or to court. Compliance status: Full Compliance

Criterion 2.3: Use of land for oil palm does not diminish the legal rights, or customary rights, of other users, without their free, prior and informed consent.

Findings: The only group that has traditional rights within the company’s areas was just newly identified as “Orang Rimba”, a community of indigenous people sometimes also known as “Suku Anak Dalam”, which are nomads that occasionally enter PT KSI’s location to fish, gather fruits and hunt animals. There are no other groups that are claiming traditional rights within in PT KSI’s area. There were no formal negotiations with the “Orang Rimba” community regarding their traditional 'rights, but the management has issued an internal memo to all staff and employees, signed by the General Manager Estate on November 10, 2010, No: 16/MEMO-GEM/XI/2010, regarding a policy on “Orang Rimba” i.e : - The “Orang Rimba” is permitted to carry out activities in all PT KSI area to maintain the livelihood for their group such as looking for food, hunting and fishing. Other activities are not allowed. - All workers and staff were informed not to disturb the “Orang Rimba” during their activities withiin PT KSI’s area. There is a copy of minutes dated on November 25, 2010 as evidence that an internal memorandum pertaining to the “Orang Rimba” and a location map of “Orang Rimba” activities was provided to all employees, including harvesters, section heads, assistant managers, division managers and estate managers. This policy has not been communicated to contractors and communities surrounding the company’s area, to ensure that their activities do not interfere with the traditional rights of the existing “orang rimba” within PT KSI plantation. This was raised as an observation under Appendix 5. Compliance status: Compliance with observations

Criterion 3.1: There is an implemented management plan that aims to achieve long-term eco-nomic and financial viability.

Findings: The company has a long term management plan for a 5 years period i.e. budget for 2010 and projec-tion for 2011 to 2015 with information on this document consisting of company activities such profit and loss information from Total Revenue and Total Operating Cost, including information about gross oper-ating cost, profit/loss before tax and profit and loss after tax. The company has a financial schedule for yearly budget. Information on document consist of general routine operational activities such plantation maintenance, harvesting, fertilizer, investment plans such enrichment planting (planting of various plant species to enhance biodiversity), mill activities such FFB processed, projected oil extraction rate (OER) and kernel extraction rate (KER), projected crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel (PK) production, CSR programmes and environmental monitoring, HCV management plan and other activities to fulfil RSPO requirements. The company has also developed a medium term plan for a 5-year period (2011-1015), containing information on the budget for each activity (including activities for environmental management programmes and all CSR related expenses, legal compliance and RSPO P & C compli-ance) and revenue from company's production including all company's liabilities. The amount of profit estimated to be achieved each year was clearly calculated. The company has implemented SAP pro-grammes for financial controlling. The company has also developed annual plans that included detailed information about the company's activities, expenses and revenue. e.g. "Detailed Expenditure for year 2010" is made for year 2010 in PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia. From the information stated on the

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document, the company will gain positive profit with range 32 to 36% from the total cost every year per year for period of 2010 to 2015, it is estimated that company will gain good profit for long term period at least for 5 years period and economic viability. Financial projections on the company’s 5 year plan is stated in the document as below:

• Year 2011 total cost IDR186,294,470,449 and total revenue IDR 346,933,125,000 • Year 2012 total cost IDR 192,922,871,357 and total revenue IDR 358,467,525,000 • Year 2013 total cost IDR 154,002,256,570 and total revenue IDR 321,104,179,125 • Year 2014 total cost IDR 196,508,431,532 and total revenue IDR 372,949,613,010 • Year 2015 total cost IDR 199,523,665,866 and total revenue IDR 376,994,681,890

Projected Yield FFB per ha/year is 23.5 tonnes/ha; projected OER is 21.5%, and projected KER is 4.5%. The oldest mature plantation in PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia was planted in 1994 covering a total area of 783 ha and the youngest was planted in 2003 covering a total area of 7728 ha. Plantation rotation is 25 years and replanting will commence in 2019 for the 1994 planted areas. Due to this, PT KSI does not have a detailed replanting plan but only estimation of total area and locations. Compliance status: Full Compliance

Criterion 4.1: Operating procedures are appropriately documented and consistently imple-mented and monitored.

Findings: The SOPs for estates are available at the main office and all estates, and includes SOPs for nursery management, land clearing, spraying, fertilizer application, pruning, harvesting and FFB loading. The company also has more detailed procedures for conducting estate operations such as the nursery, land clearing, planting, treatment, harvesting and usage of pesticides, for example: - Land Clearing without burning KSI-SOP-EST-01, rev.0 dated May 1, 2010 - Nursery (Nursery), KSI-SOP-EST-02, dated May 1, 2010 rev.0 - Planting KSI-SOP-EST-03, dated May 1, 2010 rev.0 - Harvesting KSI-SOP-EST-04, dated May 1, 2010 rev.0 - Integrated Pest Management (IPM), KSI-SOP-EST-05, rev.0 dated May 1, 2010, by means of

chemical, biological and manual methods - Circle and Path spraying, KSI-SOP-EST-06, rev.0 dated May 1, 2010 - Selective / spot spraying KSI-SOP-EST-07, rev.0 dated May 1, 2010 - Weeds spraying KSI-SOP-EST-08, dated May 1, 2010 rev.0 - Slashing KSI-SOP-EST-09, rev.0 dated May 1, 2010, for control of weeks using machetes The SOPs for the mill is available on file at the main office and at the mill e.g.:

- Procedure for reception of FFB, PRO-001-Mill rev.0 January 1, 2007. - FFB Sorting Procedure, KSI-PRO-EST-02, dated May 1, 2010 rev.0 with FFB sorted into unripe,

mengkal, ripe, over ripe, empty fruit bunches (EFB), and rotten. - Loading Ramp SOP-07-Mill rev.0 January 1, 2010. - Sterilizer SOP-10-Mill, rev.0 January 1, 2010, - Press SOP-Mill-15 rev.0 date January 1, 2010, which states hydraulic pressure to be 40 to 50 Bar,

hot water levels in the cylinder shall be 30 s / d 40%, and screw press shall be at 42 Ampere to 50 Ampere.

- Digester SOP-16-Mill rev.0 January 1, 2010, in which the digester temperature shall be set between 60-95 degree.

- Vibrating Screen SOP-17-Mill, rev.0 January 1, 2010. - Crude Oil Tank-COT, SOP-18-Mill rev.0 January 1, 2010 - Storage tanks SOP-26-Mill rev.0 1 January 2010, in which the temperature in the storage tank is to

be maintained at 45-55oC Checking or monitoring of operations in each Estate is so far only performed for harvesting and main-tenance activities in every estate with daily reports of internal audit produced, e.g. internal audits re-ports dated October 9, 2010 for field 066, 132, 158 for findings on aspects such as uncollected loose fruits (whether in the circular area of trees, paths or FFB collection areas), unharvested FFB, deliv-ered FFB, pruning, frond stacking arrangement, and presence of weeds. There has been no evidence of inspection or monitoring activities carried out on other operations asides from harvesting and main-tenance activities at the estate.

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In the mill. The last internal audit was conducted on September 28, 2010 by appointed internal audi-tors i.e. Mr. Rahman, Mr. Hasroni Noverdo, Mr. Dwi Hari, and Mr. Runadi. The internal audit included inspection or monitoring of operational activities on environmental, health and safety, and quality as-pects. The internal audits results were documented and followed up by the company. Internal audits to inspect and monitor operational activities should also be focused on day-to-day operations across all departments based on the SOP that has been established for each department.

Compliance status: Non Compliance, See NCR No. 2 of 12 There is no evidence that checking or monitoring for all estate operations activities (i.e. internal audit) to ensure compliance with the company’s SOPs for estates has been carried out.

Criterion 4.2: Practices maintain soil fertility at, or where possible improve soil fertility to, a level that ensures optimal and sustained yield.

Findings: A soil analysis report for PT KSI’s 3 estates is available and documented in report entitled ‘Soil Verifica-tion Study with Special Reference to oil Palm Estate West Sumatera, PBB Oil Palms Berhad, Agromac SDN.BHD, February 2006’. According to the report, the main soil types identified at the estate (accord-ing to the Malaysian Soil Series) are the Typic Kandiudox (80.5%), Xanthic Kandiudox (19%), Aquic Kandiudox (0.3%). As explained on the soil analysis report the soils are categorized as podsolic with a high content of volcanic soils, which are all soils of medium to high fertility status and medium to well drainage. The report includes recommendations to provide good fertilizer inputs for most soils, with irri-gation if possible during dry season. Leaf analysis results for sampled fields of PT KSI’s estate are also available with test parameters for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), cal-cium (Ca), & boron (B), with results dated June 2010 by the Eco-Management Unit Central Kalimantan Project. The result of leaf nutrient status was as follows: N Deficient, P Probably Deficient, K Deficient, Mg Deficient, B Probably Excessive. PT KSI estate has records of fertilizer application programme for year 2010 and actual fertilizer applica-tions for Urea, NPK, MOP, Kieserite, RP, Dolomite, and Borate. The fertilizer application programme was developed internally by Willmar’s Research & Development Department, based on the results of the leaf and soil analysis reports. Records of actual fertilizer applications shows that applications are carried out according to the recommended amounts. Land application of EFB and POME is also re-comeded for PT KSI estate, as per the soil analysis report recommendations. To prevent erosion and maintain soil fertility, the company carries out fertilizer application, planting of leguminous cover crops, and composting. PT KSI still has not carried out land application yet, the proc-ess is ongoing to get recommendation from relevant institution currently. In addition, decanter cakes made from palm oil mill waste is applied as fertilizer for land areas with slope more than 20% as re-quired the the company’s SOP for Application of Solid Decanter Cake (Solid) - SOP-EST-024. Informa-tion from the estate’s ‘Fertilizer Usage Register’ dated November 24, 2010 and monthly report ex-plained that for 2010, PT KSI fertilizer utilization for all fertilizer types (Borate, Dolomite, Kieserite, MOP/KCL, NPK Super K, Urea, Rock Phospate, Boiler dust) was as follows: Division I: 2.151.380 tonnes Division II: 2.217.720 tonnes Division III: 1.922.700 tonnes Until now, soil fertility in PT KSI estate remains quite good with no apparent reduction in soil fertility as evident through the estate’s good FFB yield per ha i.e. 22.70 tonnes/ha by end of 2010 Compliance status: Full Compliance

Criterion 4.3: Practices minimise and control erosion and degradation of soils.

Findings: PT KSI has done an identification of soil types within the estate, including identification of available marginal soils within PT KSI’s area. A soil map for PT KSI estate, which includes fragile soil, is avail-able. Based on soil identification, there were areas of sandy soil identified in several locations i.e. Block 065, 066, 067, 068, 069 and Block 017, 019, 020, 021 with 261.98 with 172.93 ha, and these were also mapped on a marginal soil map dated November 19, 2010 (source: map done by Tanah Agromac Sdn.Bhd, 2005). However, during site visits to these blocks, the soil types observed at these

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areas are not sandy soils. PT KSI should make a detailed analysis about the soil to determine whether these are marginal soils or not. As seen from the company’s contour map (topographic map), some part of the estate area is hilly with a slope of more than 25% which is plantable. Areas identified with slope more than 25% are blocks 051, 069, 068, 067 of Division I and blocks 172, 173, 188, 189, 190, and 191 of Division III. Areas with more than 40% slope cannot be planted and are designated as conservation areas. The company has a management strategy for plantings on slopes above a certain limit, i.e. more than 25%, such line terracing and “Tapak Kuda” (hoof method, which is a technique to level only the areas where individual trees are planted, in order to reduce soil erosion), as referred to Agriculture Manual and SOP for Oil Palm tahun 2008, as well as SOPs for the “Tapak Kuda” method and silt pits. Since the company has planted in slope area > 20%, the risk for erosion is very high, however there is no information about erosion levels since PT KSI has not conducted any monitoring of this. This is raised as a non-conformity. PT KSI has a monthly road maintenance programme for year 2010 made by each estate manager as stated on the estate’s SOP for road maintenance (KSI-SOP-GEN-17), which includes the budget for road maintenance activities for each estate, and records of actual road maintenance activities con-ducted such graveling, road service, and re-surfacing. The Assistant Road Superintendant is responsi-ble for ensuring road maintenance activities are carried out according to plan. Records of actual road maintenance activities conducted shows that maintenance is regularly carried out, according to planned and actual costs were above the planned budget for Jan to July 2010 e.g. field 133, 134, 135, 136, 137. From site visits, it was observed that estate roads are well maintained, and has good drainage to ensure minimum erosion. Some roads within PT KSI estate were in poor condition due to high rainfall in 2010, especially sloped areas, such as in field 069, 071, 021, 022 However, during stakeholder consultation, there were comments from surrounding villages that FFB trucks travelling on the roads produce a lot of dust and damaged the road and the company was re-quested to help reduce this problem. The estates have an improvement plan for year 2010 in which air pollution from the road dust and damaged roads was identified as significant issues, but there was no activity listed in the company’s action plan to deal with this issue. This was raised as an observation. No peat land is present within PT KSI estate. Compliance status: Non Compliance, See NCR No. 3 of 12 and 4 of 12 • Identified fragile soil areas as per the company’s soil map is not the same with actual fragile soil dis-

tribution in the field • The company does not monitor erosion levels for land which has more than 25% slope

Criterion 4.4: Practices maintain the quality and availability of surface and ground water.

Findings: The company made an SOP for protection of riparian buffer zones of watercourses and wetlands, in-cluding maintaining and restoring appropriate riparian buffer zones, prohibition of agrochemical applica-tion activities nearby rivers or watercourses. To protect watercourses and wetlands within the estate area at or before replanting, PT KSI marked the riparian/buffer zones in along the river within the estate covering an area of 745.7 Ha, as follows:

• Ganeh River, 97.3 Ha • Kulai River, 234.1 Ha • Suwir River, 170 Ha • Jujuhan River, 244.3 ha

PT KSI also prepared a hydrology map. The big rivers flowing through PT KSI area include Juhjuhan River and Kulai River.The company has long term and medium term riparian zone management plans from the year 2010 to 2021, as follows

- short term planning for period October 2010-2013 - medium planning for period October 2013 to October 2014 - long term planning for period October October 2014 to October 2020

The plan explained what action will be taken for each period, such as for the short term plan, the com-pany will place boundary markers along the Ganeh River with a total of 494 boundary pegs along 1,880 m. There will be no spraying or manuring for oil palm trees along the riparian buffer zones. The com-

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pany has taken water samples from 8 sampling points to monitor water quality of all rivers flowing through PT KSI. From water analysis results in November 2010, the pH, BOD, COD, TSS, and oil & grease levels of water samples taken are within the government standard for water quality of class II rivers. There is also a wetland area in the form of a small swamp area which is also already being protected by PT KSI management. However, it was observed that the company’s management plan for water-courses does not include a management plan for wetland areas as required by the company’s SOP for management of rivers. This was raised as an observation under Appendix 5 The company has developed and implemented a documented water management plan. For supplying water at the housing area, the company has plans to develop water treatment facilities at Division 3 and 2, and well groundwater at Division 1. Currently the water treatment facility at Division 3 just has been constructed but is not in operation yet. The contractor for construction of the waste water facility at Divi-sion 2 and ground water well at Division 2 has been selected. Currently, division 2 housing area has a facility to collect and utilize rain water. Water for housing in es-tates is supplied by PT KSI mill. The mill uses water from Jujuhan River and pond. The water is treated by the mill and distributed at the boiler (28.2%), for process (47.25%), for domestic use (21.23%), and for floor cleaning (3.32%). Currently flow meters are available at water uptake points from the river and pond/dam, water intake points to clarifiers/water treatment tanks, distribution points to housing areas, and at boilers. The quality of treated water is monitored periodically and recorded in the form “Rainfall Analyses Report”. Water consumption for staff housing is also supplied by PT KSI mill. Monitoring of water quality was conducted with results as per monitoring report No. 5391/LHU/BLK-SB/VII/2009 con-ducted by the Health Laboratory Technical Unit (UPTD Balai Laboratorium Kesehatan) of West Su-matera on June 22, 2009. Each division has a facility to wash chemical spraying equipment, apron, hand gloves and other per-sonal protective equipment for sprayers. The waste water from washing activity is collected and reused for next spraying activity. Water usage is monitored every day and recorded on a daily basis, with monthly and yearly summary records available. As summarized in monthly water consumption records, it was stated that average water consumption was 1.58 m3/ tonnes FFB. Compliance status: Compliance with observation

Criterion 4.5: Pests, diseases, weeds and invasive introduced species are effectively managed using appropriate Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques.

Findings: The company has developed an SOP for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and SOP for detection and pest census of oil palm trees diseases (KSI SOP-EST-05 Rev.0 01 May 2010). The company’s IPM is conducted as follows: - Chemical control is only conducted in cases of major pest outbreaks; - Biological control is through viral infection of the pest itself; - Manual control through hand picking, - Culturalcontrol using host plant (‘tanaman inang’) i.e. planting of beneficial plants (e.g. Turnera subu-

lata) to attract natural predators of leaf pests, and this plan was well implemented during field checks at both estates.

Plantings of turnera subulata were observed throughout the estates roads; To monitor levels of pest infestations, the company conducted census on a sampled area as an early warning system. For example, a full census will be conducted if evidence of leaf-eating pest attack are detected in 20% of fronds within the sampling area. Pest monitoring/detection and IPM activities commenced in September for year 2010. Monitoring is planned to be conducted for all blocks in the estate. The most common pests found include bagworms (mahesa corbetti) and termites. IPM training was conducted on 20/08/2010 for 5 workers. Training materials included information on types of pests, chemical control, biological control, cultural control and physical control methods. Training for 4 workers who conduct pest detection activities was conducted on 22/09/2010. The company monitors and records pesticide usage in 2010. In year 2010, records show that the use of pesticides is very small e.g. up to October 2010, consumption of Klerat is (rat bait with a.i. brodi-facoum 0.05%) was used and application was only 0.0000004 g of a.i. per tonne FFB or 0.000007 g of

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a.i. per ha. This amount was very small. Compliance status: Full Compliance

Criterion 4.6: Agrochemicals are used in a way that does not endanger health or the environ-ment. There is no prophylactic use of pesticides, except in specific situations identified in na-tional Best Practice guidelines. Where agrochemicals are used that are categorised as World Health Organisation Type 1A or 1B, or are listed by the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions, growers are actively seeking to identify alternatives, and this is documented.

Findings: The organization has a list of chemicals identified as WHO Type IA, IB, and Type II, and has a permit the use and consumption of these pesticides from the Service, Manpower and Transmigration of Solok Selatan district through letter no. 560/63/DSTKT/X/2010. The permit includes permission to use the herbicides Garlon 480 EC, Glisat, Starane 200 ec, 865 U.S. Starmin, and Trap 20 WP, and the insectisides, 28 EC and BM Delta Wazary 10 FW. Fungicides used include Agristic 400 L and rodenticides include Klerat RM-B. The list of all agrochemicals used in 2010 by PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia are: 1. Glisat 480 SL (active ingredient: Isopropyl amine glyphosate) 2. Gramoxone (active ingredient: Paraquat dichloride) 3. Starmin U.S. 865 (active ingredient: 2,4-Dimethyl Amines) 4. Trap 20 WP (active ingredients: Methyl Metsulfuron) 5. 2-4D Amine (active ingredient: 2,4-Dimethyl Amines) 6. Antarlang 480 BL (active ingredient: Glyphosate Isopropylamine) 7. Kenlon 480 EC (active ingredient: Trichlopyr Butoxy Ethyl Ester) 8. Garlon 48 EC (active ingredient: Trichlopyr Butoxy Ethyl Ester) 9. Agristic (active ingredient: Alkylaryl Polyglycol Ether) The companys develops chemical spraying programmes and maintains records of actual work carried out, such as when annual spraying is applied, the amount used per hectare and the number of times of application, for example: - The company had a programme for circle spraying in 2010 using the chemicals Glisat (containing

glyphosate) and Trap. For Division I, 2010, it was planned to conduct spraying 4 times a year for each block. Circle spraying for blocks 001, 002, 005, 006, 007, and 008 was planned for January, April, July and November, while circle spraying for blocks 003, 004, 009, 010, 011, and 012 were planned in February, May, August, and December. Sample records showed that in the month of January, spraying was conducted for 204.69 ha of blocks 001, 002, 005, 007, 480 and 008 using 79.25 liters of Antarlang BL (Isopropilamina Glyphosate). Dosage used was 0.387 L / Ha, while recommended dosage by the supplier is: 1.5 to 3 L / Ha. Amount of Trap used on the same block was 3.750 Gr and the dosage used was 18.32 Gr / Ha (recommendation from the supplier is 50 g / ha for broadleaf weeds)

- The company has a programme for selective spraying using Gramoxone, planned to be conducted twice a year for each of its blocks. For example, for Division I, selective spraying of blocks 034, 037, 038, 044, 045, 046 was planned for January and July 2010. Applications carried out in February and August 2010. In February, chemical application was carried out at blocks 037, 045 and 046 covering an area of 88.58 hectares are used as much as 25 liters and the dose used was 0.282 L / Ha (recommendation of the supplier are: 1.5 to 3.0 L / Ha)

Usage of agrochemicals is appropriate for the target species, given at correct dosage and applied by trained personnel in accordance with the product label and storage instructions, such as follows: 1. Glisat 480 SL is used for wide and narrow leaved weeds such as Borreria alata, Ischaemumtimorenase, Ottochloa nodosa. 2. Gramoxone is used for broadleaf weeds such as Borreria latifolia, Agerathrum sp, Melastoma sp, Clidemia hirta 3. Starmin U.S. 865, is used for Assystasia weeds 4. Trap 20 WP, mixed together with other herbicides such as Gramoxone 5. 2-4D Amine, is used for Assystasia weeds 6. Antarlang BL 480, used for broadleaf weeds and narrow weeds like Borreria alata, Ischaemumtimorenase, Ottochloa nodosa. 7. Kenlon 480 EC, is used for woody weeds 8. Garlon 48 EC, is used for woody weeds

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9. Agristic used as an adhesive agent with Glisat. The average dosage of chemicals used during the whole of year 2010 in all divisions are as follows: 1. Gramoxone (pa

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