Sustainability Statement
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Lam Soon Plantations are committed to conduct all its sustainability policy within its operating unit, suppliers, and contracted parties to contribute to the sustainable agenda. We will continue to support sustainability effort and adhere to relevant laws, RSPO, MSPO and other certification requirement that will ensure sustainability in all operating units (Estates and Mills).
To ensure sustainable future for all, our company are contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are committed to No Deforestation, No Planting on Peat, and No Exploitation.
We are committed to eradicate all form of Forced Labour, Child labour and upheld the core convention of ILO Labour Standards. Action to prevent sexual harassment and violence are exercised at all our operating units.
We are committed to Good Governance and conduct our business ethically in line with Environmental Social Governance (ESG) approach. We strive for continuous improvement through benchmarking our performance and setting up targets in-line with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Environmental Policy
- We are committed to comply to Environmental Quality Act 1974 and all relevant laws and guidelines.
- We are committed to "No Open Burning" Practices throughout our operations and apply exclusion according to EQA 1974 and ASEAN Policy on Zero Burning.
- We are committed to preserve and protect High Carbon Stock (HCS) and High Conservation Value (HCV) Areas. The company prohibit hunting, trading, or killing of species listed under IUCN RED List and local government protected species.
- To conduct our operation according to Good Agricultural Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices.
- We are committed to maximized output while minimizing negative impacts of our operations to the environments.
- To conduct positive and negative impacts assessment and establish sound and robust action plan to mitigate the negative impacts and promote positive impacts.
- We practice no planting on Peat soil regardless of depth.
- No planting on land with excessive gradient of 25o and greater.
- Soil and water conservation measures such as terracing, trenching and cover crop during replanting.
- To conduct inter-row fronds stacking and EFB application to recycle nutrient back to the soil and maintained soil moisture.
- We practice Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to optimize our landfill utilization.
Social Policy
- Lam Soon Plantations respect the fundamental human rights within our operations stipulated on UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights and ILO Core Convention on Labour Standard.
- We are committed to No Forced Labour or Trafficked Labour throughout our operations via No Forced Labour Policy below:
- No abuse to those who are vulnerable, and recruitment are based on voluntarily basis with agreement between employer and employee. Termination of employment as per the contract agreement are allowable by giving reasonable notice.
- No deceptions during recruitment process including prohibiting contract substitutions.
- No restriction of movement to all workers in accordance with company procedure and local laws and regulations.
- No form of isolation to all workers.
- No act of violence and harassment are to allow in all our operations.
- No intimidation and threats to workers.
- Identity documents are to be always kept by workers and used as per their needs.
- No withholding wages.
- No debt bondage and implementation of zero recruitment fee.
- Prohibition of abusive working and living condition. Conducive working environment being prepared as per Minimum Housing and Employee Housing Standards Act 2019.
- No excessive overtime to workers and working hours in accordance with local laws and regulations.
- Prohibition of child labour at all our operations. We are committed to ensure kids welfare and protection. To ensure access to education for all the kids in our operating units. No local under the age of sixteen or foreigner under the age of eighteen is to be employed.
- There shall be equal opportunity for promotion for all based on merit and management sole discretion without any discrimination.
- We are committed to the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace in accordance with Code of Practice on the Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
- We are committed to the women empowerment through establishment of Gender Committee.
- We respect women reproductive rights. Women are assessed for their needs to breastfeed; and to be given specific break times to enable effective breastfeeding.
- We are committed to no discrimination at workplace regardless of ethnic origin, caste, national origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, union membership, political affiliation, or age.
- We uphold the right of employee to form association and collective bargaining to represent them in dealing with employer with regards to work related issues or social issues.
- We are committed to carry out our recruitment process responsibly in accordance with local laws and regulations. We provide equal employment opportunity for all without any discrimination.
- All workers will be treated the same as permanent workers in-terms of wages, benefits, and accommodations.
- We are committed to establish a safety and health plan to provide and maintain a safe and healthy working environment of our employees, customer, and visitors. The management is committed to take reasonable steps to prevent occupational accident and promote safe and healthy working environment for all its stakeholder. To realize this commitment, we established Occupational Safety and Health Policy below:
- Comply to OSHA 1994 and its related guidelines on occupational safety and health at workplace.
- Conduct Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) based on Guidelines for Hazard Identification, Risk Analysis and Risk Control 2008.
- Established occupational safety and health plan, implement, and monitor this plan at work.
- Provide employees with training and to create awareness that they are responsible for their occupational safety and health.
- Provide necessary personal protective equipment's as per CHRA and HIRARC.
- Ensure that suppliers and contractors in our premises always abide by the safety and health procedures outlined by the company.
- We are committed to conduct relevant trainings to all workers, contractors, and stakeholders on company sustainability policies and implementation whenever related.
- We are committed to the fair and transparent grievance, complaints, and request mechanisms. Our Transparency Policy are:
- All workers and stakeholder’s grievance, complaints, and request will be managed fairly and as per the procedures.
- Grievances, complaints, and request are to be communicate in timely manner.
- Result and conclusion to be reverted to the relevant personnel.
- Anonymity of complaints and whistle blowers will be protected ensuring no repercussions.
- We are committed to protect Human Rights Defender (HRD) and prohibit retaliations against them.
Governance
- Lam Soon Plantations are committed to transparency related to management documents for RSPO and MSPO requirements and guidelines.
- We are committed to Ethical Business Conduct and respect fair conduct of business and prohibit all forms of corruption, bribery and fraudulent use of funds and resources with all our associates, suppliers and contracted third parties.
- We are committed to protect the confidentiality of company's and our associate's information to safeguard against unauthorized disclosure of valuable information that is not in the best interest of the company.
- We are committed to conduct our business efficiently to deliver consistent high-quality products within stipulated local laws and regulations.
- We ensure that the company established management action plan, good practices and continuous improvement. The implementation to be monitored on regular basis.
- We strive to provide an excellent service to our customer and stakeholders. The management are reachable through our established communication procedure.
Lim Chan Khoon
Plantation Director
1st September 2022
Pengumuman Kelestarian
Lam Soon Plantations komited untuk melaksanakan kesemua dasar kelestariannya merangkumi unit-unit operasi, pembekal, dan pihak kontraktor untuk menyumbang kepada agenda kemapanan. Kami akan meneruskan sokongan terhadap usaha kelestarian dan mematuhi keperluan undang-undang, RSPO, MSPO dan juga persijilan yang akan mempastikan kelestarian unit operasi kami (ladang dan kilang).
Untuk mempastikan masa depan yang lestari, pihak syarikat telah menyumbang kepada UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Kami komited untuk Tidak Ada Penyahhutanan, Tidak Ada Penanaman di Tanah Gambut, dan Tidak Ada Eksploitasi.
Kami komited untuk membasmi segala bentuk Buruh Paksa, Buruh Kanak-Kanak dan menegakkan konvensyen teras Standard Buruh, International Labour Organization (ILO). Tindakan untuk menghalang ganguan seksual dan keganasan telah dijalankan di kesemua unit operasi kami.
Kami komited terhadap Tadbir Urus yang Baik dan menjalankan perniagaan secara beretika sejajar dengan pendekatan Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Kami berusaha untuk penambahbaikan berterusan melalui pengukuran prestasi penanda aras kami dan menetapkan sasaran yang sejajar dengan UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Polisi Alam Sekitar
- Kami komited untuk mematuhi Akta Kualiti Alam Sekitar 1974 dan semua undang-undang dan garis panduan yang berkaitan.
- Kami komited untuk “Tiada Pembakaran Terbuka” di semua unit operasi kami dan mematuhi pengecualian di dalam EQA 1974 dan ASEAN Policy on Zero Burning.
- Kami komited untuk memulihara kawasan Stok Karbon Tinggi (HCS) dan kawasan Konservasi Bernilai Tinggi (HCV). Pihak syarikat melarang aktiviti memburu, menjual atau membunuh spesies yang tersenarai di dalam List Merah IUCN dan dilindungi oleh kerajaan tempatan.
- Menjalankan operasi kami mengikut Amalan Baik Perladangan dan Amalan Baik Pengilangan.
- Kami komited untuk memaksimumkan pengeluaran sementara meminimumkan impak negatif operasi kami terhadap alam sekitar.
- Menjalankan penilaian impak positif dan negatif serta menubuhkan pelan tindakan yang kukuh dan berterusan untuk mengurangkan impak negatif dan menggalakkan impak positif.
- Kami mengamalkan “Tiada Penanaman di Tanah Gambut” tidak kira kedalamannya.
- Tiada penanaman pada kawasan yang kecerunannya 25o darjah ke atas.
- Memastikan langkah pemuliharaan tanah dan air seperti penteresan, pemparitan dan penanaman tanaman penutup bumi dilaksanakan.
- Mengambil langkah melonggokan pelepah sawit dan tandan kosong (EFB) di antara baris pokok untuk kitar semula nutrien dan mengekalkan kelembapan tanah.
- Kami mengamalkan “Kurangkan, Guna Semula dan Kitar Semula” untuk mengoptimumkan penggunaan tapak pelupusan sampah.
Polisi Sosial
- Lam Soon Plantations menghormati hak asasi manusia yang ditetapkan oleh UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights dan Konvensyen Teras ILO terhadap standard buruh di dalam semua operasi kami.
- Kami komited kepada Tiada Buruh Paksa atau Buruh Diperdagangkan di seluruh operasi kami melalui Polisi Tiada Buruh Paksa di bawah:
- Tiada penderaan kepada mereka yang terdedah, dan pengambilan pekerjaan berdasarkan suka rela dengan persetujuan bersama melalui kontrak perjanjian.
- Tiada penipuan semasa proses pengambilan pekerja termasuklah melarang penggantian perjanjian.
- Tiada sekatan pergerakan ke atas semua pekerja berlandaskan prosedur syarikat, undang-undang dan peraturan tempatan.
- Tiada sebarang bentuk pengasingan kepada pekerja.
- Tiada sebarang tindakan keganasan dan gangguan dibenarkan di dalam operasi kami.
- Tiada intimidasi dan ancaman kepada pekerja.
- Dokumen pengenalan diri adalah disimpan oleh pekerja sendiri dan digunakan mengikut keperluan mereka.
- Tiada pemegangan gaji di amalkan.
- Tiada perhambaan hutang dan syarikat melaksanakan yuran pengambilan sifar.
- Larangan terhadap suasana kerja dan tempat tinggal yang mendera. Suasana kerja kondusif telah disediakan sejajar Akta Standard Minimum Perumahan dan Kemudahan Pekerja (Pindaan) 2019.
- Tiada kerja lebih masa yang berlebihan dan masa kerja adalah sejajar peruntukan undang-undang dan Peraturan tempatan.
- Larangan terhadap buruh kanak-kanak di semua operasi syarikat. Kami komited untuk memastikan kebajikan dan perlindungan ke atas kanak-kanak. Kami mempastikan akses kepada pendidikan untuk kanak-kanak di semua unit operasi kami. Tiada kanak-kanak tempatan berumur di bawah enam belas tahun atau kanak-kanak asing berumur di bawah lapan belas tahun bekerja.
- Peluang sama rata untuk mendapat promosi kepada semua berdasarkan merit dan budi bicara majikan tanpa sebarang diskriminasi.
- Kami komited untuk pencegahan dan penghapuskan gangguan seksual di tempat kerja mengikut Kod Amalan dalam Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1999.
- Kami komited terhadap pemerkasaan wanita melalui penubuhan Jawatankuasa Jantina.
- Kami menghormati hak reproduktif wanita. Penilaian diajalankan terhadap keperluan wanita untuk penyusuan bayi, dan waktu rehat spesifik untuk membolehkan penyusuan yang efektif.
- Kami komited terhadap tiada diskriminasi di tempat kerja tanpa mengira etnik asal, kasta, negara asal, agama, kecacatan, jantina, orientasi seksual, identiti jantina, keahlian dalam kesatuan, gabungan politik, atau umur.
- Kami menegakkan hak pekerja untuk membentuk asosiasi dan tawar-menawar kolektif untuk mewakili mereka di dalam berurusan dengan majikan berkenaan hal-hal pekerjaan ataupun isu-isu sosial.
- Kami komited untuk menjalankan proses pengambilan pekerja secara bertanggungjawab dan patuh kepada undang-undang dan peraturan tempatan. Kami menyediakan peluang pekerjaan sama-rata kepada semua tanpa sebarang diskriminasi.
- Semua pekerja diberi layanan sama-rata seperti pekerja tetap untuk terma-terma penggajian, faedah, dan penginapan.
- Kami komited dalam menubuhkan pelan keselamatan dan kesihatan untuk menyediakan dan mengekalkan suasana kerja yang selamat dan sihat kepada pekerja, pelanggan serta pelawat kami. Pihak syarikat komited untuk mengambil langkah yang munasabah untuk mencegah kemalangan pekerjaan dan mempromosikan tempat kerja yang selamat dan sihat kepada semua pihak berkepentingan. Untuk memenuhi komitmen ini, kami telah menubuhkan Polisi Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan seperti di bawah:
- Mematuhi OSHA 1994 dan semua peraturan berkaitan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan di tempat kerja.
- Menjalankan Pengenalpastian Bahaya, Penilaian Risiko dan Kawalan Risiko (HIRARC) berdasarkan Garis Panduan untuk Pengenalpastian Bahaya, Penilaian Risiko dan Kawalan Risiko, 2008.
- Menubuhkan pelan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan, melaksanakannya, dan memantau pelan tersebut di tempat kerja.
- Menyediakan pekerja dengan latihan untuk mewujudkan kesedaran berkenaan tanggungjawab pekerja di dalam keselematan dan kesihatan pekerjaan.
- Menyediakan peralatan perlindungan diri yang diperlukan berlandaskan CHRA dan HIRARC.
- Memastikan pembekal dan kontraktor di dalam premis syarikat sentiasa mematuhi prosedur keselamatan dan kesihatan yang digariskan pihak syarikat.
- Kami komited untuk menjalankan latihan yang berkaitan kepada semua pekerja, kontraktor, dan pihak berkepentingan tentang polisi kelestarian syarikat dan pematuhan mana-mana yang berkenaan.
- Kami komited kepada mekanisme rungutan, aduan, dan permintaan yang adil dan telus. Polisi Ketelusan kami ialah:
- Semua rungutan, aduan, dan permintaan pekerja dan pihak berkepentingan akan diuruskan mengikut prosedur.
- Rungutan, aduan, dan permintaan hendaklah diuruskan di dalam jangka masa yang bertepatan.
- Dapatan dan kesimpulan hendaklah dikemukakan kepada individu yang berkaitan.
- Anonimiti pengadu dan pemberi maklumat akan dilindungi untuk memastikan tiada akibat yang tidak diingini.
- Kami komited untuk melindungi Pembela Hak Asasi Manusia dan melarang pembalasan ke atas mereka.
Tadbir Urus
- Lam Soon Plantations komited untuk ketelusan berkaitan dokumen-dokumen untuk keperluan dan garis panduan RSPO dan MSPO.
- Kami komited kepada Tata Kelakuan Perniagaan Beretika dan menghormati tata kelakuan perniagaan yang adil serta melarang segala bentuk korupsi, rasuah, salah guna dana dan sumber dengan semua asosiasi, pembekal dan kontraktor pihak ketiga.
- Kami komited untuk melindungi kerahsiaan maklumat syarikat dan asosiasi kami daripada pendedahan maklumat penting tanpa kebenaran yang mana bukan untuk kebaikan syarikat.
- Kami komited untuk menjalakan perniagaan kami secara efisen dan menyampaikan produk berkualiti tinggi secara kosisten tanpa mengabaikan undang-undang dan peraturan tempatan.
- Kami memastikan bahawa pihak syarikat membangunkan pelan tindakan pengurusan, amalan baik dan penambahbaikan berterusan. Implementasi akan dipantau secara berkala.
- Kami berusaha untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan yang cemerlang kepada pelanggan dan pihak berkepentingan kami. Pihak pengurusan dapat dihubungi melalui saluran komunikasi yang telah dibangunkan.
Lim Chan Khoon
Plantation Director
1st September 2022