Traceability

We need to source about 90% of our downstream business needs from third-party suppliers. This list of suppliers provides a glimpse of our Group’s supply chain.

Data from Supplier

1. Mill name
2. Name of a parent company
3. Coordinates of mill

Supplier Overview

Date range for data: July – September 2021

Our operational network spans across different islands on the Indonesian archipelago. The below supply chain map provides easy reference to the locations of our refining and kernel crushing facilities. Further information on the facilities’ supplying mills can be found in the individual reports appended.

To view or download our concession maps, please search for Musim Mas on https://rspo.org/members/georspo.

Traceability to mill refers to the traceability level of products processed by the refinery, right down to mill. The data is derived from the amount of traceable product derived by the total amount of products received by the refinery. For a mill to be considered traceable, we require the parent company name, mill name and address, and the volume of its products for our facility.

Traceability to plantation refers to traceability level of products right down to plantation. For a plantation to be considered traceable, we require the company name, plantation name, the plantation map, and the size of the concessions. For smallholders to be considered traceable, we require the information of the farm location with the size of the farm or the village name where the farm located.

We provide annual updates on the progress of our traceability work in our Progress Reports (up to December 2017) and Sustainability Reports.

With 50% of our supply base coming from third-party suppliers and 40% from smallholders, implementing traceability exercises on that scale is resource intensive.

We employ two approaches in mapping the supply base of our processing facilities.

One of the key challenges with TTP is to trace back the ownership of the land. This is especially so for independent smallholders. For a mill’s supply chain that has its own plantations, third-party plantations, farmer cooperatives, or a trans-migrant farmer program initiated by the government, traceability to plantation is possible. The entire registration process in the Regional Plantation Office (Dinas Perkebunan) or National Land Agency (Dinas Pertanahan) is clear. However, most independent smallholders are not registered with the government. This means we must carry out our own identification and traceability independently. Furthermore, the produce from independent smallholders makes up a large percentage of smallholder crops, which adds to the complexity of the traceability problem.

We train and help our third-party suppliers to conduct mapping and traceability activities. This is a long-term commitment on our part to ensure sustainable development and livelihood enhancement for independent smallholders who contribute significantly to the industry.

Traceability in the palm oil industry is complex. We understand we cannot solve all the associated challenges alone. We collaborate with external stakeholders, other plantation companies, government agencies, donor organizations, NGOs and consultants to maximize positive impacts within the landscapes where oil palm is grown.

Control Union Certifications B.V.

Control Union Certifications B.V. carried out independent verification of our reporting on Traceability to Mill and also against No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation Implementation Reporting Framework (NDPE IRF). The scope of work is for our 17 facilities In Indonesia between January to December 2020.