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Apical’s Sustainability Policy
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Published in September 2014, Apical’s Sustainability Policy serves as our roadmap in guiding the
group’s efforts towards becoming a sustainable global processor and trader of palm oil.

Apical’s Sustainability Policy
Apical aims to build a traceable and Our policy commitments extend to all of
transparent palm oil supply chain that is Apical’s subsidiaries and to the refineries
committed to: that we own and manage. The realisation of
these commitments requires us to work with
our suppliers in the adoption of sustainable
The protection of high practices and ensure that our palm oil is
conservation value (HCV) areas sourced responsibly. Developed in 2015,
and high carbon stock (HCS) our Sourcing Policy details our commitment
areas
to sourcing from suppliers who agree to
comply with our Sustainability Policy.
The protection of peat
regardless of depth
Refer to our website for more information on our
policy commitments and sourcing strategy.
Driving positive socio-economy
impact for people and
communities

We are in the process of developing APICAL2030, a 10-year sustainability commitment
with ambitious targets and actions plans. We will be revising our Sustainability Policy in parallel
with the development of APICAL2030, which will be introduced in our next report.

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