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New Britain Palm Oil Sustainablilty Report
We are pleased to announce the publication the second New Britain Palm Oil Sustainability Report, covering the 2009 calendar year. The report details our sustainability strategy, management, governance and performance. It also highlights the opportunities, challenges and dilemmas we face.
The report scope has been substantially increased since our 2007/8 publication, and now covers all of our plantations across Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (as at 31 Dec 2009). Although focused on 2009 performance, we have also included a short overview of the two latest additions to the NBPOL Group - New Britain Oils refinery in Liverpool, UK and the recently acquired ex-Cargill plantations in PNG.
As in 2007/8, we have asked Aidenvironment to provide an overall assurance statement. In addition, we have gone a step further and invited comments from a broader range of stakeholders - WWF, United Biscuit, F&C as well as a local landowner from West New Britain.
We hope that you will find the time to read the report and provide us with your feedback. Please feel free to contact us if you would like a hard copy, or if you have any questions or comments.
31 May 2010 |
Quick Facts
- NBPOL has spearheaded an international organisation seeking to improve the sustainability credentials of the Palm Oil Industry, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (www.RSPO.org)
- NBPOL is an executive member of the RSPO
- Dr. Simon Lord, head of research at NBPOL is vice President of the RSPO
- The RSPO has over 260 members representing producers, consumers, the food and chemical industry and 12 NGO organisations
- NBPOL is in a very rare position in the palm oil industry because it has control over its harvesting, milling, refining, transportation and shipping, hence it can trace individual shipments to the EU back to source, vital to proving the sustainability of its oil
RSPO
The Directors of NBPOL are acutely aware of the need to maintain the highest level of sustainability credentials practically possible and believe that NBPOL's attention to this key aspect of the business is both a strength and a differentiating factor. NBPOL has been certified to the only standard issued by the International Standards Organisation ("ISO") related to environmental management, known as ISO 14001, which relates to what the Company does to:
- minimise harmful effects on the environment caused by the Company's activities; and
- achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance.
ISO 14001 is a general environmental standard applicable to a wide range of organisations and is followed by nearly one million organisations across 161 countries. However, NBPOL wanted to exceed these standards and achieve certification to a new standard specifically related to the sustainability of the palm oil industry. To this end, NBPOL is an Executive Board Member of an industry group known as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ("RSPO"). The RSPO comprises approximately 160 organisations representing growers, buyers, and 12 non-governmental organisations ("NGOs"). Its aim is to "promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil", and to develop a specific set of criteria against which companies can be assessed and accredited. Dr Simon Lord, the head of research at NBPOL is currently Vice President of the RSPO.
A pre-audit of the Group's operations against RSPO criteria was undertaken in July 2007 by an independent qualified auditor and NBPOL believes it could become one of the first plantation companies certified to the new RSPO standard.
The NBPOL group is a fully integrated business: it controls and produces its own seed; plants its own land; harvests, mills, processes, and refines its own product; and contracts directly with its end customers in the EU. This integrated model allows NBPOL oil products to be fully traceable back to source by its customers. NBPOL believes it is this level of control which gives us the ability to address the sustainability issue across the entire production and supply chain. By investing in its sustainability credentials, NBPOL believes that the it is well placed to benefit from any future sustainability related legislative or incentive environment which may impact the palm oil industry.
Download - NBPOL Sustainability Handbook Version 3 - 01.09.09.pdf
PDF Format, 13.6MB
Download - NBPOL Sustainability Handbook Version 2 - 17 03 08.pdf
PDF Format, 124KB
Download - RSPO - BSI Public Summary report - 23.01.09
RSPO - BSI Public Summary report.pdf
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700KB
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