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Working with Suppliers

WORKING WITH
SUPPLIERS

Maintained 100% Working Towards 100% Traceability

traceability to supplying mills to Plantation Level
since 2015
Achieving traceability to plantation (TTP) is an ongoing
process as some of the commercial mills we source
from purchase their FFB from aggregators, which adds
an additional layer of complexity to the upstream supply
41% chain.

Estimated percentage
Supplying of palm oil supplied
Mills FFB Sources to our refineries*

59% Estate 54.04%
(<25 and >25 ha)

Smallholders
(Organised as
Suppliers’ FFB source cooperatives, groups 16.20%
■ Own Estate ■ Third-party Plantations or linked to mills)
Dealers
(Sourced from 29.76%
29% independent
smallholders)

Volume Plantations are required to be in close proximity to
mills as FFB needs to be processed within 24 hours
of harvest to maximise yield and the quality of oil
71% extracted. Achieving traceability to a mill thus provides
an indication of the approximate location of their FFB
suppliers.
We have improved our TTP year-on-year. In 2016,
Suppliers’ FFB source
■ Own Estate ■ Third-party Plantations we recorded 27% TTP. In the last five years, Apical
expanded the coverage of our TTP. Although we were
not able to meet our target to achieve 100% TTP by
2020, we remain committed to our goal and have
The names and coordinates of all
supplying third-party mills are published revised our target to 2022.
on their respective Traceability
Declaration Document (TDD), which is
updated quarterly and can be assessed
on our website.

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