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Materiality
Assessment Appendix 1: Appendix 2: Appendix 3:
Climate Green Inclusive and Stakeholder GRI Content Assurance Glossary of
Action Innovation Progress Engagement Index Statement Terms

Traceability to Mill (TTM) Methodology
Our TTM efforts also extend to tracing the origins of FFB. In addition, considering Apical buys CPO and
CPKO from traders, who themselves source from various suppliers, tracing FFB origins can pose a challenge.
Nonetheless, given that FFB must be processed within 24 hours of harvesting to ensure oil quality and
plantations need to be within a day’s journey to a mill, we have devised a method to trace FFB supplier locations
as seen in the infographic below:

Unveiling Our Supply Chain: Transparency for Sustainability

Mandatory Traceability Declaration
Document (TDD)

Updated quarterly
on Apical’s website

Detailed information from mill
• GPS coordinate
• Legal Company names
• Mill addresses
• Universal Mill List (UML)

We confirm the accuracy of GPS data through:

• Database Checks: Verification against a master • Unique Identification: Once validated, each mill
database ensures consistency receives a unique ID logged in the UML
• Satellite Imagery Analysis: Satellite images • UML: A shared resource developed by World
confirm the physical location of the mills Resources Institute (WRI) and Rainforest Alliance

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