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Partnership, Memberships and Certification
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Sustainability issues within the palm oil sector with the aim to build collaborations, align efforts
are complex and cannot be solved by one and help create an industry-wide solution
company alone. Achieving our sustainability for palm oil traceability and sustainability.
goals requires collaboration with not just our For more information on SUSTAIN, please
supply chain partners, but also across other refer to the section on Working with Suppliers
stakeholder groups. and Smallholders.
Since November 2017, Apical has been a We continue to play an active role in
partner of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 certification and membership organisations,
(TFA 2020). TFA 2020 is a global public-private such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm
partnership that brings together governments, Oil (RSPO) – including the RSPO P&C Review
private sector, and civil society organisations Taskforce and the RSPO Indonesia National
to exchange knowledge, expertise and best Interpretation Working Group, the International
practice on forest and ecosystem conservation. Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC),
and the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO).
In September 2018, Apical co-founded We also contribute to standard revisions at
the Sustainability Assurance & Innovation industry level and at the same time, interact
Alliance (SUSTAIN) with a group of companies with and benchmark against fellow members
comprising oil palm growers, consumer goods to keep ourselves abreast with emerging trends
manufacturers, not-for-profit organisations and and new standards.
technology leaders. SUSTAIN was founded

Apical Sustainability team continuously engage with our suppliers to understand challenges and issues on the ground

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