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ROADMAP VISION 2020
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Foreword from Aida Greenbury,
Managing Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, APP
We launched our Sustainability Roadmap Vision 2020 in June 2012, setting our
company on an ambitious path to embed sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
In February 2013, we announced a new Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), which included
a commitment to an immediate cessation of all natural forest clearance throughout our
entire supply chain.
This third report brings you up to date with the latest developments, including
an absolute deadline of 31 August 2013 for all natural forest wood felled prior to

1 February 2013 to have reached APP’s pulp mills. After this date, no natural forest
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concessions in Indonesia.
We are still in the early stages of delivering the FCP and our systems are not yet perfect.
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let me be clear - our commitment to stop natural forest clearance was absolute. There
are no planned exceptions. If an oversight is made during the implementation of FCP, we
will address and use it to strengthen and improve our systems.
We have been engaging and consulting with stakeholders in Indonesia and beyond,
responding to and investigating grievances, and continuing the hard work on the ground
with The Forest Trust (TFT).
This update is published simultaneously with the re-launch of our website,
www.asiapulppaper.com, which contains details of our Sustainability Roadmap and
Forest Conservation Policy. APP is also unveiling a pilot online progress monitoring
system, developed with TFT. This prototype version will be the subject of extensive
consultation in the coming months, to ensure it meets the information and transparency
requirements of our many stakeholders.
As ever, your comments are welcome, and you can send these to

[email protected]

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respondents highlighted that there is a need to establish an absolute
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[ 1.3 Transparency ]
‡ The new Forest Conservation Policy has been shared with local stakeholder
groups in Indonesia through a series of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)
in February and March 2013.
‡ The aim of the FGDs and sharing sessions was to explain the content of the
new FCP, to seek feedback on the draft FCP implementation protocols and to
invite the active participation of Indonesian civil society in the implementation
and monitoring process.
‡ The inputs received from those discussions have been used to enhance APP’s
FCP implementation protocols.

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Figure 4.
Focus Group Discussions Chronology

Case study on issues submitted through grievance:

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in February and March 2013. They were attended by over 50 participants
from civil society and the academic community.

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two APP suppliers in West Kalimantan.

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to up-to-date technical information relating to the implementation of the FCP.
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to review current progress on the ground and to see moratorium boundary
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APP will be consulting with its stakeholders on the format and content of the
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‡ As a result of learnings from grievances received, APP has introduced a risk
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any potential future issues in the FCP implementation process. The team will
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were actively clearing forest in breach of the FCP moratorium.
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to check the situation on the ground.
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not by APP or either of its two suppliers. Rather, companies with concessions
overlapping the APP suppliers’ concessions were carrying out the forest clearance.
Improvement actions:
APP has raised this issue with the respective companies and with the local and national
government.
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process. In addition, TFT and APP are currently mapping all possible license or other
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government authorities.

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undertaken by an APP supplier in Riau, PT RIA, after February 1st, in breach of the
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took place on May 29.
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in 2011, been allocated for community livelihoods – an obligation of concession owners.
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as the investigation is completed. APP has introduced a risk assesment project team
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[ 1.4. Natural Forest Wood Monitoring ]
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accepting natural forest wood felled prior to February 1st. In response, APP has
now issued an absolute cut-off date of 31st August 2013 for accepting natural
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[ 1.5. Third-Party Monitoring ]
‡ To support supplier adherence and third party observer monitoring, APP and
TFT have developed a draft detailed set of protocols:
- Moratorium on Natural Forest Clearance
- Monitoring Implementation of FCP
- Grievance Protocol
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The protocols are designed to be “living” documents, and are open to constant
improvement through discussion with all stakeholders. Input on these protocols
has been sought from regional, national and international civil society groups
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‘APP will support the Government of Indonesia’s low emission
development goal and its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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the peatland landscape’.

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