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Our
About This President’s About 2023 Apical2030 Approach to Transformative
Report Statement Apical Highlights Highlights Sustainability Partnerships

APICAL GROUP
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023

HIGHLIGHTS

Pillar Target Progress Status
Transformative 100% NDPE • Achieved 93% for Delivering Category
Partnerships Compliant by 2025 No-Deforestation based on the NDPE IRF which have
been independently verified by Control Union
• Engaged 51 mills through PSEP and CARE in 2023
100% Traceability • Verified 72% of our suppliers
Verification by 2025
Protect and/or SLV@Aceh:
conserve 150k ha • Focus Group Discussion (FGD) completed with 6
forest and peatland villages in 2023
• Established a local forest monitoring and response
protocol and team
• Implemented alerts tracking deforestation activities in
Aceh Singkil since June 2023 with local partner, Yayasan
Ekosistem Lestari
• Implemented community programs since September
2023
SLV@KalTim (East Kalimantan):
• Completed scoping exercise with external consultant
• Identified 3 villages for community program
implementation
Collaborate • Collaborated with Asian Agri on the commissioning of a
with suppliers to biogas plant in December 2023
promote clean
energy through 20
biogas plants
Climate Action Reduce 50% GHG • Completed Scopes 1, 2 & 3 Emissions Profiling
emission intensity Template and Training
in our production • Evaluated carbon management softwares
against 2020 • Mangroves rehabilitation: completed restoration of
baseline by 2030 12,600 mangroves in Dumai and Jakarta
• Transition of 1 medium pressure boiler, 2 oil thermal
heaters from coal to natural gas in SDO(M)
• Commenced Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of all Apical
Products
Net Zero by 2050 • Completed LCA of refined, bleached, deodorised palm
kernel oil for KRN refinery
• Completed LCA of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
produced from crude palm oil, and palm oil waste and
residues

In Progress In Exploration Phase Achieved

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