20/09/2024
Notification of RSPO Re-Certification Assessment of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC - Main Estate and Extension 1, Nigeria
RSPO Membership: 1-0269-19-000-00
To Whom It May Concern:
Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC - Main Estate and Extension 1 of Nigeria has commissioned SCS Global Services to conduct RSPO ReCertification Assessment of its palm oil mill and supply bases located near Okomu-Udo, Ovia Southwest Local Government Area, Benin
City, Edo State – Nigeria. The assessment will be conducted on 1 Palm Oil Mill and 2 Oil Palm Plantation Estates.
SCS Global Services plans to conduct the Re-Certification assessment of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC - Main Estate and Extension 1
from 4th to 8th November 2024. The assessment will be conducted against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil requirements,including the Principles & Criteria (RSPO P&C 2018 including Supply Chain requirement for mills), using as reference the National
Interpretation of the P&Cs for Nigeria/2021.
The assessment will cover legal, environment, economical, workers’ health and safety, and social aspects as required by the RSPO
Principles & Criteria. Below is general information related to the certification unit.
COMPANY NAMEMill Name
PalmTrace ID
Mill Capacity (tonnage/hour)
Supply Chain ModelAddress
GPS Reference (Palm Oil Mill)CPO Tonnage (Projection 2024 - 2025)
PK Tonnage (Projection 2024 - 2025)
FFB Tonnages (Projection 2024 - 2025)

Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC - Main Estate and Extension 1
RSPO_PO1000009990
60 mt/hrMB
Okomu-Udo, Ovia Southwest Local Government Area. Benin City, Edo State – Nigeria
6.40527778, 5.23527778
38,992.24
6,366.08
159,152.01

Location

GPSCoordinates

Planted Area
MatureImmature
Palm (ha) Palm (ha)Okomu Main
EstateOvia Southwest LGA

6.3920083,5.2112138

8,484.1

0

Okomu Ext. 1

Ovia Southwest LGA

6.3617, 5.3944

1,968.55

02,099.33

40,964.97

TOTAL

10,452.65

011,482.65

159,152.01

New Planting Procedure
NPP Reference Number
Country of the NPP submission
Name of Management Unit:
Name(s) of Estate(s) covered under this management plan
Location of NPP area
Address of NPP area
GPS Reference
Total area as per permit
Area for new planting
Date of Completion(Check if N/A)
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XX°XX'XX.XXXXX"N, XX°XX'XX.XXXXX"
XXX
XXX
DD/MM/YY

Farms / Estate /Association

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Certified Area(ha)9,383.32

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Annual FFBProjection (MT)118,187.05

RACP Procedure(Check if N/A)

Liability disclosure☒ Yes

FARM / ESTATE NAME

☐ No

FARM / ESTATE NAME

Annex 2 disclosure☒ Yes

FARM / ESTATE NAME

☐ No

FARM / ESTATE NAMESCS serves the food industry and agribusiness with a large variety of programs throughout the entire value chain. We have more than
25 years of experience in the development of standards, third-party verification and rigorous scientific analysis to clients around theworld, helping them to manage risk and increase their market share, and positioning them as leaders. Among our innovations is thedevelopment of the first "Pesticide Free" certification in the 1980s. We were pioneers with the VeriFlora Sustainably Grown standard
for flowers and foliage, the FairTrade standard for social compliance and the development of Starbucks C.A.F.E. Standard Practices toevaluate the responsible purchase of coffee. SCS currently manages this program for Starbucks and accredits certification bodies in
Latin America, Africa and Asia. Our agricultural certification programs include, among others, ISCC, RSB, Bonsucro, SQF, GLOBALG.A.P.,
Tesco, and BRCGS.
SCS Global Services has appointed the following team for the assessment of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC:
Name
JosephWilliam
Osei

Role
Lead
Auditor

Audit Aspects
HCV,Environment,
Health andSafety Expert,
Continuous
Improvement

Frank
Kwesi

AuditorSocial Expert.
Smallholder
Inclusion andSupply ChainDr.
Akinwumi
AdeyemiADESOJI

AuditorEnvironment,
Legal Issues,Local Expert

Qualification and Experience
Natural Resources Manager with specialization in Forest Economics and more than 16years’ experience in forest plantation and natural forest management. He is an RSPO andFSC Lead auditor and has ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certificate. He is also a lead auditor forother certification schemes including the UEBT, VCS, among others. He has led andparticipated in over 30 forest management/forest Carbon, chain-of custody audits, FLEGTVPA and RSPO baseline and P&C assessment in over 8 countries in Africa. He holds a BSc.
in Natural Resources Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science andTechnology, Kumasi, Ghana; MSc. in Tropical Forestry with specialization in Forest
Economics from the Technology University of Dresden, Germany and Master of Business
Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management, from the Paris Graduate School ofManagement, Paris, France. He is fluent in English and in local language.
Master’s degree in environmental management and policy, 17 years in sustainableprojects including oil palm and forestry industries. RSPO P&C (2013) Lead Auditor Course,
RSPO SCCS (2017) Lead Auditor Course, RSPO SCCS (2020) Lead Auditor, RSPO P&C (2018)
Lead Auditor Update, SA8000 Lead Auditor Training, ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor course,
RA and FSC FM/CoC Lead Auditor course, HCV Assessor Training, OHSAS 18001 CertifiedAuditor course, RA SAS Lead Auditor course, ISCC EU and Plus Lead Auditor. He is fluent
in English and in local language.
PhD in Forest Resources Management, MSc in Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing andBSc in Forest Resources Management from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. HCV Lead
Assessor’s Course by Proforest in 2015; Certificate Course in Google Earth Engine
Applications to Natural Resources Management Google Headquarters, Mountain View,California, USA in 2017; Geomatics, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon in 2017;
FSC/PFC Certification Course by the Soil Association Certification, Bedfordshire, UK in
2018; HCS-HCV in 2018; RSPO Lead Auditors’ Supply Chain Certification Audit Course by
Proforest in 2019. He worked on RSPO Mock-audit with Proforest in March 2018; TwoRSPO P&C Audits at Siat Nigeria Limited and Presco Plc. in 2018; Two RSPO Supply ChainCertification Audits at Siat Nigeria Limited and Presco Plc., Nigeria in October andNovember, 2018; RSPO P&C and SCC Audits of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc. in 2019. Heis fluent in English and in Local language.

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CharlesKouadio

AuditorSocial Expert,
Best
AgronomicPractices,

Agronomy Engineer (Specialty: Economics and Management of Agricultural Enterprises,
Council in agriculture, social and rural management, production, marketing andmanagement systems, Management of optimal conditions for animal and plantproduction) at School of Agronomy of Polytechnic Institute Felix Houphouet-Boigny inYamoussoukro.
Trained in RSPO P&C (2013) Lead Auditor Course. RSPO Lead Auditor P&C 2018. RSPOSCCS (2017) Lead Auditor Course. Course for senior auditor in Organic regulations and insocial standards as SMETA. ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor course. Certificate on climatechange and food security. Certificate on Humanitarian Project Management. Certificate
on Monitoring/Evaluation of projects. SA8000 Social Accountability International LeadAuditor course (2021).

SCS Global Services invites stakeholders to provide written comments on any of the following issues related to the operations ofNorplam Ghana Limited, particularly related to social and environmental impacts.
Topics that you may wish to comment on are as follows:▪ Environmental Protection▪ Biodiversity conservation▪ Opportunity for employment▪ Company approach to community
development

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Your relationship with the company
Participation in decision making
Free, prior and informed consent
Suggestion for improvement

Comments received within 30 days from the date of this notification will be considered during the certification assessment.
Please include the following details in case we need to contact you for additional information or clarification on any issued raised:
Name:___________________
Address:___________________
Email:___________________
Phone number: ___________________
If you wish your comments to be treated confidentiality or remain anonymous, please indicate ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ in yourcorrespondence to us. Please send comments to:Ms. Adriana Cala
RSPO Program Manager
SCS Global Services
2000 Powell Street, Suite 600
Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
Tel: +57.321.290.2642 WhatsApp
Email: acala@scsglobalservices.com

And/orMikle George
Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC
HSE Manager
Okomu-Udo, Ovia South West Local
Government Area, Benin, Edo, Nigeria
Tel: +2348033353686
Email: mgeorge@okomunigeria.com

Sincerely,

Adriana Cala
RSPO Program Manager
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