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Sustainability Issues 2019 Commitment(s) Progress in 2020 Future Targets
Moderate Priority (cont’d)

Human rights, • Strengthen our policy on • Updating of Apical’s • Finalise the update of
including child labour social requirements within Sustainability Policy is our Sustainability Policy
our supply chain under way to strengthen social
• No reported cases or requirements within our
incidents of abuse or supply chain
discrimination within our
operations
Innovation • Implement the Apical • SUSTAIN was temporarily • Explore converting used
Sustainability Assurance on hold in 2020 due to cooking oil into biodiesel,
System (ASAS) pandemic and to proceed in a shift towards a circular
• Continue collaborating with selection of best approach
with peers and innovate deployment platform
business processes moving forward
through SUSTAIN

Sustainability standards • To achieve RSPO or • 3% of our palm oil and oil • To achieve RSPO or
and certifications relevant certification for palm products processed relevant certification for
all our existing processing are RSPO certified all our existing processing
facilities by 2022* • Increased volume of facilities by 2022*, and
RSPO-certified raw for all new refineries
materials sourced by 20% to obtain certification
compared to 2019 within three years from
• 16% increase in ISCC- the commencement of
certified raw materials operations or acquisitions
sourced compared to 2019
Training and development • Ensure our employees have • Conducted virtual learning • Continue utilising Workday
the necessary skills to carry sessions due to COVID-19, Platform and Zoom to
out their work including the use of our provide training to all
Workday Platform and employees
Zoom
Waste management • Continue to adopt • Ensured safe and • Explore waste
best practice in waste sustainable management management approaches
management and disposal of waste through APICAL2030
Water management • Continue to look for • Continued to recycle • Continue to explore
opportunities to reduce the wastewater generated opportunities to reduce
use of water during operational usage water consumption
• Review and revise our through the development
water intensity target in of APICAL2030
2020
Note:
* Updated as at 31 December 2021

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