3F Industries Limited

RSPO AnnualCommunication ofProgress 2019

Particulars
About Your Organisation
1.1 Name of your organisation
3F Industries Limited
1.2 What is/are the primary activity(ies) or product(s) of your organisation?
Palm Oil Grower
Processor and/or Trader
Consumer Goods Manufacturer
RetailerBank and/or Investor
Social and/or Development NGO
Environmental and/or Conservation NGO
Affiliate

1.3 Membership number
2-0435-14-000-00
1.4 Membership category
Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders
1.5 Membership sector
Ordinary

Particulars

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Processors & Traders
1. Operational Profile
1.1 Please state your company's main activity within the palm oil supply chain.
Refiner of CPO and PKO
Palm Kernel Crusher
Trader with Physical Possession
Trader without Physical Possession
Integrated Refiner-Trader-Processor
Food and Non-Food Ingredients Producer
Power, Energy and Biofuel Processor
Animal Feed Producer
Oleochemicals Producer
Distribution & Logistics
Other

Other-

2. Palm Oil and Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Consumption
Information in Section 2 - Palm Oil and Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing is a mandatory declaration in yourACOP. This includes volume data on palm oil and palm oil products consumed, to enable the RSPO to accurately
calculate uptake on a member, sector and total level. ACOP reports without reported volume data will be considered
incomplete and will not be accepted.
2.1 Please include details of all operations using palm oil, owned and/or managed by the member and/or all entities
that belong to the group.
2.1.1 In which countries does your company sell goods with palm oil and palm oil products?
Chile ,Germany ,India ,Italy ,Mexico ,Sri Lanka ,United States
2.2 Total volume of all palm oil and palm oil products sourced in the year:

Description

Tonnes

Crude palm oil, including derivatives refined from CPO (tonnes)

145000.0

Crude palm kernel oil, including derivatives refined from CPKO (tonnes)

0.0

Crude palm kernel expeller (tonnes)

0.0

Total

Processor and/or Trader

145000.0

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2.3 Volume of RSPO-certified palm oil and oil palm products sourced in the year (tonnes):

Description

Crude Palm
Crude Palm Kernel Oil
Oil (CPO) (CSPKO) and Palm Kerneland CSPOCSPKO
Expeller
Derivatives Derivatives(CSPKE)RSPO Credits from Mill / Crusher

0.0

0.0

0.0

RSPO Credits from Independent Smallholder

0.00.00.0

Mass Balance (MB)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Segregated (SG)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Identity Preserved (IP)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.4 According to the volume information you have provided in Question PT.2.2 and Question PT.2.3, your company's
certified palm oil and palm oil products uptake is:0.00%

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3. TimeBound Plan
3.1 Which year did your company achieve/obtain (or expects to achieve/obtain) the RSPO supply chain certification orRSPO trader/distributor licence?
2018
3.2 Which year did your company start (or expect to start) to source any RSPO-certified palm oil and oil palm
products?
2018
3.2.1 If the previous target year for PT.3.2 has not been met, please explain why.
Due to Very high price of RSPO certified raw material and products. Poor availability of RSPO certified products in India.
3.3 Which year did your company achieve (or expects to achieve) 100% RSPO certification of all palm productprocessing facilities.
2030
3.3.1 If the previous target year for PT.3.3 has not been met, please explain why.
We try to achieve by 2030 .
3.4 Which year did your company begin (or expects to begin) sourcing only 100% RSPO-certified palm oil and oilpalm products.
2030
3.5 If the TimeBound Plan commitments declared above do not cover all countries in which the member sells goods
with palm oil or palm oil products, please explain whyINDIA
3.6 How does your company proactively promote RSPO and RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil and oil palm
products to your customers?
There is neither adequate awareness nor demand for RSPO certified palm oil and products India, Where all our refined oils andOleo chemicals predominantly sell. Even if there is any, the buyers/ consumers are not prepared to pay the premium for the same.
However, 3f being fully committed to the cause of RSPO, are endeavoring to create this awareness and promote the same to its
customers/consumers.

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4. Actions For Next Reporting Period
4.1 Please outline activities that your company will take in the coming year to promote the production or consumptionof certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO)
3F shall continue its efforts to create awareness on RSPO certified oil with the support and guidance of RSPO. We seek pertinent
literature and details of awareness programs to pass on to our customers to convince them to switch over to RSPO certified palmoil usage.

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5. Shared Responsibility
The Board of Governors of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) approved new Shared Responsibility rules on
31 October 2019, requiring all members to share sustainability requirements and obligations. Reporting of Shared
Responsibility indicators will be done through several channels, including ACOP. As the implementation of Shared
Responsibility reporting is still on-going and in development, the Shared Responsibility section in ACOP is not yet finaland may change in future ACOP cycles. For more information on Shared Responsibility, please go tohttps://rspo.org/news-and-events/news/what-are-the-new-shared-responsibility-rules or email the ACOP team at
acop@rspo.org
Labour & Labour Rights
5.1 Does your company have a publicly-available policy covering Labour & Labour Rights?
Yes
5.1.1 Does the policy cover:No discrimination
Wage and working conditions
Freedom of association
No child labour
No harassment
No forced or trafficked labour

5.1.2 Has your company previously uploaded or linked its Labour & Labour Rights policy in previous ACOP
reporting cycles?
No
Ethical Conduct & Human Rights
5.2 Does your company have a publicly-available Policy covering Ethical Conduct & Human Rights?
Yes
5.2.1 Does the policy cover:
Recruitment
Contractors
Sub-Contractors & Third-Party Contractors

5.2.2 Has your company previously uploaded or linked its Ethical Conduct & Human Rights policy in previous ACOP
reporting cycles?
NoLand Use
5.3 Does your company have a publicly-available Policy covering Land Use?
Yes
5.3.1 Does the policy cover:Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Compensation

5.3.2 Has your company previously uploaded or linked its Land Use policy in previous ACOP reporting cycles?
NoProcessor and/or Trader

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Occupational Health & Safety
5.4 Does your company have a publicly-available Policy covering Occupational Health & Safety?
Yes
5.4.1 Has your company previously uploaded or linked its Occupational Health & Safety policy in previous ACOP
reporting cycles?
No
Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
5.5 Does your company have a publicly-available policy covering Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas (GHG)?
NoComplaints & Grievances
5.6 Does your company have a Complaints & Grievances Mechanism?
Yes
5.6.1 Is your Complaints & Grievances mechanism in line with the RSPO's grievance mechanism? For details of theRSPO's grievance mechanism, please go to https://askrspo.force.com/Complaint/s/
NoSmallholders
5.7 Does your company support oil palm independent smallholder groups?
No
5.7.3 Do you have any future plans to support oil palm Independent Smallholders?
No
5.7.4 Please explain why you are not planning to support oil palm independent smallholders
Since ours it is not planation company.

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6. Challenges
6.1 What significant obstacles or challenges has your company encountered in the promotion of certified sustainablepalm oil (CSPO)? What efforts has your company taken to address these obstacles or challenges?
Awareness of RSPO in the market
Difficulties in the certification process
Certification of smallholders
Competition with non-RSPO members
High costs in achieving or adhering to certification
Human rights issues
Insufficient demand for RSPO-certified palm oil
Low usage of palm oil
Reputation of palm oil in the market
Reputation of RSPO in the market
Supply issues
Traceability issues
No challenges faced
OthersOthers
Educating our palm oil consumers on the impact of palm plantation on the environmental and the pertinence of CSPO through:i.Regular brochures mailed to every employees of the companies that enlist the benefits of CSPO to the health of the planet. ii.
Periodic emails about the changing palm oil practices across the globe.
6.2 In addition to the actions already reported in this ACOP report, what other ways has your company supported thevision of the RSPO to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm?
Engagement with business partners or consumers on the use of CSPOEngagement with government agencies
Promotion of CSPO outside of RSPO venues such as trade workshops or industry associations
Promotion of physical CSPO
Providing funding or support for CSPO development efforts
Research & Development support
Stakeholder engagement
No actions takenOthers

OthersInternal training sessions for our own employees sales teams and Managers and educate on what is CSPO ? How can we urge
customers to buy it.
6.3 If your company has any other publicly-available reports or information regarding its palm oil-related policies andactivities, please provide the links here
website: RSPO-"News"

Processor and/or Trader

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