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Working with Suppliers

WORKING WITH
SUPPLIERS

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Apical’s
endeavour to

make sustainable
palm oil the norm
requires our
suppliers to be We proactively engage with our suppliers through various Anchor
programmes
on board.
We actively engage our suppliers and bring them along
with us on our sustainability journey to build a traceable
and transparent palm oil supply chain. This strategy not
only helps us to minimise supply chain risks and ensure
our products are sustainably sourced, it also expands our
suppliers’ access to global markets.

Our Supply Chain Profile

As a midstream processor, exporter and trader, Apical mainly procures Crude Palm Oil (CPO), Crude Palm
Kernel Oil (CPKO) and palm kernel (PK) for our refineries and plants. Apical does not own any upstream
assets or facilities such as plantations and mills. We rely on third party supplying mills to provide us with raw
materials.
In Indonesia

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direct CPO direct CPKO of our procurement spend for our
supplying mills suppliers Indonesian operations is from local
suppliers

Note: 28% & 3%
i. CPKO suppliers are different from CPO mills as palm kernel will have to be
processed at the kernel crushing plant before reaching our refineries.
ii. The figures above cover only our facilities in Indonesia. External suppliers for our of our procurement spend is on
facilities in Spain and China are not included in the figures above. local suppliers for our operations in
China and Spain respectively

Note: Local suppliers are defined as those based
locally, in the same region.

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