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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT

DRIVING IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOOD OF
TRANSFORMATIVE AND SMALLHOLDERS
SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN

THE AGRI SECTOR Our Smallholder Inclusion for Better
Livelihood & Empowerment (SMILE)
Sustainability is our way of programme, a joint effort between Kao
thinking, being and operating Corporation, Apical and Asian Agri is
our business. While we continue enhancing the social and economic resilience
to expand our global footprint of smallholders by addressing the barriers
and accelerate our vertically affecting their productivity. Our efforts are
integrated mid-stream refining centred on bridging the knowledge gap,
and value-added downstream sharing technical knowhows to improve
segments, we believe in their yields and paving the way for them
ensuring as a business, to obtain RSPO certification.
we contribute positively by
having a lasting sustainability
impact on the environment,
climate and communities.
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ADVANCING OUR

OUR VISION OUR BUSINESS ENSURING THE HIGHEST SUSTAINABILITY
COMMITMENT WITH
LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY
APICAL2030
PHILOSOPHY We are committed to NDPE Centred on creating a

To be the most (“No Deforestation, No Peat, and positive social, environmental
No Exploitation”) and we go to great and business impact,
reliable integrated We are guided by our 5Cs business lengths to ensure our traceability Apical2030 includes ambitious
to origin maintains an unparalleled
processor of philosophy of doing what is good for record. Our Traceability to Plantation sustainability-focused targets
around
strategic
four
(TTP) is over 99% and Apical was also
sustainable vegetable the community, country, climate, rated as one of the top three most pillars namely Transformative
Partnerships, Climate Action,
transparent palm oil companies
oil and value-added customer and only then, will it be globally in the SPOTT (Sustainable Green Innovation and
Inclusive Progress. As the
downstream products. Palm Oil Transparency Toolkit) industry continues to evolve
Assessment.
good for the company. rapidly, Apical2030 will
enable us to commit to
meaningful actions for a
lasting impact.