August 1st, 2024
Notification of RSPO Re-Certification Assessment of Extractora Sicarare SAS, Colombia
RSPO Membership: 2-0637-16-000-00
To Whom It May Concern:
Extractora Sicarare SAS of Colombia has commissioned SCS Global Services to conduct an RSPO Re-Certification Assessment of its palm
oil mill and supply basin located near KM 11 AL SUR DE CODAZZI, AGUSTIN CODAZZI, DEPARTAMENTO DEL CESAR, 202050, Colombia.
The assessment will be conducted of 1 Palm Oil Mill and 1 Oil Palm Plantations, 2 Outgrowers, 0 Scheme Smallholders.
SCS Global Services plans to conduct the Re-Certification assessment of the Extractora Sicarare SAS mill from September 2 – 6, 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 theColombia/2020).
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.
Extractora Sicarare SASDescriptionMill Name
PalmTrace ID
Mill Capacity (tonnage/hour)
Supply Chain Model
Address
GPS Reference (Palm Oil Mill)CPO Tonnage (Projection 2024-2025)
PK Tonnage (Projection 2024-2025)
FFB Tonnages (Projection 2024-2025)
Farms / Estate /Association
Palmas Sicarare
Palmeras de La Cartuja
Distrimora Ltda

Mill and Supply base
Extractora Sicarare SAS
RSPO_PO1000004026
30 mt/hrIP/MB
KM 11 AL SUR DE CODAZZI, AGUSTIN CODAZZI, DEPARTAMENTO DEL CESAR, 202050,
Colombia
Lat: 9.931944
Long: -73.262494
16,9904,692
80,905

Location

GPS Coordinates

Agustín Codazzi,
Cesar
Agustín Codazzi,
Cesar
San Diego,
Cesar

9.9332639,-73.2628694
9.9507056,-73.3083028
10.0872808,-73.4091308

TOTAL
New Planting Procedure
NPP Reference Number
Country of the NPP submission
Name of Management Unit:

Planted Area
MatureImmature
Palm (ha)Palm (ha)CertifiedArea(ha)3,218.38

04,312.25

71,125291.970309.53

8,280

61.27

0299.16

1,500

3,571.62

04,920.94

80,905

Annual FFB
Projection (MT)(Check if N/A)

Name(s) of Estate(s) covered under thismanagement plan
Location of NPP area
Address of NPP area
GPS Reference
Total area as per permit
Area for new planting
Date of Completion
RACP Procedure(Check if N/A)

Liability disclosure☒ Yes Extractora Sicarare SAS☐ NoAnnex 2 disclosure☒ Yes Extractora Sicarare SAS☐ NoSCS 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 standardfor flowers and foliage, the Fair Trade 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 inLatin 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 Extractora Sicarare SAS:
NameWeesmery Navarro

América Gonzalez

Role
Audit Aspects
Lead Auditor
Environmental
AgronomicTeam Auditor
Social - Labour

Qualification and Experience
Education: Environmental and sanitary engineer, specialist in quality management.
Trainings attended: RSPO P&C v2018 Lead Auditor Course, RSPO SCCS v2020 LeadAuditor Course, HSEQ Auditor updated version 2015, RSPO SCC Oleochemical Course,
ISH RSPO Standard Auditor, Diploma in the promotion of formalization of employment,
safety and health at work in the palm sector (ILO).
Working experience: 13 years of work experience, of which 9 years have been in the oilpalm agribusiness. During this time, she has worked as responsible for environmental
processes in oil mill plants and has collaborated in the adoption of sustainable
technologies with small, medium and large producers. She has also worked as anauditor in national ISO and OSHAS certification standards, and as an implementer ofinternational certification standards such as RSPO and ISCC. Fluent in English andSpanish.
Education: Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Specialist.
Trainings attended: SA 8000 Social Responsibility lead auditor course (2021), RSPO
Independent Small Holder (2022), RSPO P&C lead auditor course 2018 (2021 and 2023),
RSPO SCCS lead auditor course (2020), ISCC EU and PLUS (2020), BONSUCRO P&C +SCCS (2020), COVID-19 response protocols (2020), Industrial Safety and Occupational
Health Management (2019), ISO 9001:2015 ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 leadauditor (2018), Environmental Impact Assessment (2009 -2012).
Working experience: 12 years of experience in management systems, team leader, legalcompliance assessments, environmental impact assessment and wastewater

Gloria Alejandra
Maurello

Team Auditor
Environmental
Health & Safety

Dina CortésTeam Auditor
Supply Chain
Health & Safety

management. 7 years of experience as an environmental consultant registered with theMinistry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala. One year of experiencein carbon footprint calculation. Registered with the Guatemalan Ministry of Labor as ahealth and safety professional. She fluent in Spanish and English.
Education: Environmental engineer, specialist in environmental assessment of projects,
specialist in occupational health and occupational hazards and candidate for Master inBusiness Administration "MBA" + Project Management.
Training attended: AUDITOR RAINFOREST ALLIANCE SCHEME 2020 Version 1. 3 (2023),
AUDITOR FOOD SECURITY STANDARD - FSS (2023), LEADER AUDITOR P&C RSPO (2019)- UPDATE COURSE (2023), LEADER QUALITY AUDITOR ISO 9001:2015 "IRCA" (2018),
diploma in hygienic risk management and industrial safety, diploma in management
systems and evaluation in occupational safety and health, diploma in climate change
management, diploma in quality management ISO 9001: 2015, diploma in integratedsystems in quality, environment and occupational health and safety management(HSEQ), circular economy - green growth.
Work experience: professional with more than 8 years of experience in the agroindustrial, livestock and service sectors, performing different functions such as strategic
direction of the environmental management system, sustainability certification
auditor, and environmental management system consulting. Fluent in Spanish.
Education: Production Engineering with emphasis on environmental management.
Specialist in Environmental Education and Management.
Trainings attended: SA8000® Introduction and Basic Auditor Training – SAI – 2022, ISCC
PLUS Training – Circular Economy and Bioeconomy – 2022, ISCC EU and PLUS Basic
Training – 2021, P&C RSPO Lead Auditor Update v.2018 (2021), ISO 9001:2015 QMS
Lead Auditor Training Course (2019), GLOBALG.A.P Chain of Custody (2020),
GLOBALG.A.P QMS – Auditor for group certification – (2020), GLOBALG.A.P GRASP –(2020), Lead Auditor RSPO principles and criteria (2017), Internal Auditor in ISO 9001 –ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000 (2011).
Working experience: with five years of experience in process planning and schedulingmanagement, inventories, resource allocation, budget and cost preparation andtracking, management software management (Visual Manufacturing, SIIGO andSalesforce); six years of experience in supporting the accreditation, maintenance andauditing of management systems of sustainability standards for the agricultural sector:
Rainforest AllianceTM certification, Nespresso AAA program, Starbucks C.A.F.E
Practices, 4C Code of Conduct, UTZ Certified, RSPO, GLOBALG.A.P, among others. Leadauditor and trainer for different sustainability standards in the agricultural sector.

SCS Global Services invites stakeholders to provide written comments on any of the following issues related to the operations ofExtractora Sicarare SAS, 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 thecertification 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 your correspondence 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: +1.786.281.2707
Email: acala@scsglobalservices.com

Thank you for your comments and feedback.
Sincerely,Adriana Cala
RSPO Program Manager

And/orNatalia Hernández
SGI Coordinator
Extractora Sicarare S.A.S.
Calle 70 No. 9-36
Bogotá, Colombia
Tel: +57 6017443531
Email: natalia.hernandez@cosargo.com.co