A comprehensive and participatory independent social and environmental

SUCOFINDO INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION SERVICES Sucofindo ICS FRM 3.04 Issue 04 Rev. 6 64of 117 Darma and UD. Surya Gemilang. They supply average of 10 from the total FFB processed at Sisumut Mill. The company makes Letter of Agreement in its partnership which is in re-new every 3 months. Sample of Letter of Agreement about FFB purchasing between District of Labuhan Batu II and CV. Sawit Lestari No. DLAB-IISPJ122014 on 27 January 2011. The agreement states that the company agrees to purchase 25 tonnes per day. According to the fruit quality standards, the fruits are not allowed to be very raw fruit, raw fruit, diseased fruit and empty fruit bunch. In addition, minimum fruits in each bunch are 8, the maximum length is 2,5 cm of the stalk, minimum weight is 8 Kg and the maximum dura type fruit is 10. The price of FFB is determined by the company and that price is changeable depends on developments or changes in CPO price and core which is decided by commercial section at PTPN III. The company makes payments every two weeks for FFB purchasing. Compliance status: Compliance 6.11 Growers and millers contribute to local sustainable development wherever appropriate Oil palm estates and mills contribute to local community development as well as the payment of taxes to the local government. Here is the contribution of sampled Business Units in the form of taxes, patronized partners, as well as environmental development data of 2011 up to September :  Sisumut Mill, in the form of taxes income tax of Article 21, Article 22 and the levy of Rp. 1.054.827.334, - and environmental development of Rp. 15.400.000, -  Aek Nabara Estate, in the form of article 23 income tax amounting to Rp. 55.455.512,- and Article 21 income tax of Rp. 649.092.323, - Compliance status: Compliance 7 RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLANTINGS – Not Applicable TSS

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impact assessment is undertaken prior to establing new plantings or operations, or expanding existing ones, and the results incorporated into planning, management, and operations The company has been doing development area for the location of Opu and Ampolu Estuary area of 1,324.21 ha. SUCOFINDO INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION SERVICES Sucofindo ICS FRM 3.04 Issue 04 Rev. 6 65of 117 Location permit is obtained from the Regent South Tapanuli Permit Number: 01 PERMIT 2010 dated January 28, 2010 on behalf of PTP Nusantara III Persero for the land area of ± 1,500 Ha. The location is situated in the village of Rianiate II Ampolu and Muara Upu, District of Batang Toru, South Tapanuli. The location permit is valid for 3 years. Company PT. PN III is in the process of obtaining land use permits HGU for an area of 1324.21 hectares in Muara Upu location Ampolu, Muara Batang Toru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra Province. The company has been doing land clearing and planting since 2010. In a report issued by the Biological Resources and Biotechnologycal Research Centre PPSHT Institute for Research and Community Service, Bogor Institute of Agriculture, there are reports as follows: Estate HCV Area No Location Width of RiverCanal m Width of Riparian m Total area Ha Ampolu 1. Rparian rivercanal a. SP Sibirong 4 10 3,59 Total Area 1 3,59 2. Peat land a. Peat area GBT - - 66,33 Total area 2 66,33 3. Slope area 40 a. Simulak Anjing hill - - 76,08 Total area 3 76,08 4. Plant protection area a. Nephentes protection area - - 0,50 Total area 4 0,50 Total 146,50 During certification audit, it was found a major non-conformity in which the company has not made HCV Assessment in Muara Opu and Ampolu areas. At the time of follow-up audits carried out on 10-12 December 2012, the company has done HCV Assessment for these areas. The SUCOFINDO INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION SERVICES Sucofindo ICS FRM 3.04 Issue 04 Rev. 6 66of 117 team made a visit to the site and found that the company does not applied New Planting Procedure NPP and also there are areas of HCV that has been planted in accordance with the table top area of 146.50 Ha. In HCV Consultant report, there is a recommendation that the area in the category of HCV should be restored. In this case, the problem has been informed to the RSPO so that it has entered into Remediation and Compensation Plan and is handled by the BHWG RSPO. Compliance status: Handled by BHCV WG 8 COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN KEY AREAS OF ACTIVITY 8.1 Growers and millers regularly monitor and review their activities and develop and implement action plans that allow demonstrable continuous improvement in key operations Internal Audit is carried out every year according to the Work Procedure No. PK-3.12-03 Audit Management System. Internal Audit is done every year in integrative way which covers Quality Management System, Environmental Management System, SMK3 and RSPO. A meeting of management review is done every year. A meeting of evaluation performance is done every 3 months included production, costs and operational problems. Audit Internal is as Internal Monitoring Unit SPI. In addition, monitoring is done by MR District every 3 months and the output is monitoring report submitted to CMR Representative of Corporate Management. Result of Internal Audit shows mismatches where aspect of identification and environmental in 2013 are not available in the processing section including environmental objectives and targets because there is no evaluation evidence. The company has made correction through aspect of identification and environmental, environmental objectives and targets as well as evaluation have been available in the processing section. While in audit internal of SMK3, there are mismatches where light fire extinguishers APAR in the water treatment are not palced appropriately. The company has made corrective action that all APAR have been moved to the place according to the position in the map layout. The results of self-assessment activities related to the RSPO requirements should be provided the status of completion. This is issued as an Observation Compliance status: Observation SUCOFINDO INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION SERVICES Sucofindo ICS FRM 3.04 Issue 04 Rev. 6 67of 117

D. Certified Organizatio n’s Acknowledgement of Internal