All new land developments undertaken by United Plantations Berhad takes into account the environment, protection of cultural heritage and customary land use as well as the legal and agronomic land conditions that will permit and enable a sustainable agricultural development.

As part of our RSPO commitment, we are required to ensure that the community understands the implications and options of leasing their land to the Company. Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) recognizes indigenous peoples’ inherent and prior rights to their lands and resources and respects their legitimate authority to require that third parties enter into an equal and respectful relationship with them, based on the principle of informed consent. We adhered to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and committed to respect the legal land tenure and customary or native rights. The similar commitment applies to our direct and indirect suppliers.

The diagram indicates various steps in the FPIC process which ultimately will enable the potential establishment of the Plasma plantations.

Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities.

We conduct Social and Environment Impacts Assessment (SEIA) annually. Management plan is in place to mitigate negative impacts and promote the positive impacts. The similar commitment applies to all direct and indirect suppliers.

The negative impacts such as unpleasant odour from the effluent pond are mitigated by various action plans such as installation of aeration devices and the Biogas Plant. The rehabilitation of riparian is in progress to mitigate water pollution.

Discussion in progress on allocation and distribution of Plasma lots in full compliance to FPIC