United Plantations have actively since 2005 been pursuing means of identifying ways to reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions.

United Plantations has an ambition to reduce its GHG emissions pr MT of refined palm oil by 50% vis-a-vis 2005.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

In 2006 following the completion of the world ‘s first panel reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the “cradle to grave” production of 1 MT of refined palm oil, various areas were identified within our production chain, which could mitigate GHG emissions.

For example, the world’s first comprehensive LCA in accordance with ISO 14040 and 14044 International Standards on palm oil was finalized in 2008 and subsequently underwent a critical panel review.

Further updates to this LCA were carried out by 2.0-LCA Consultants from Aalborg, Denmark from February 2011 to May 2011 and again in 2012. An updated life LCA study of palm oil at UP was undertaken by Dr. Jannick Schmidt of 2.0LCA Consultants, Aalborg, Denmark during the period January to February 2016 and builds on top of earlier studies providing management with a detailed and clear overview of the development in the Company’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint over the last decade.

More importantly the updated LCA has helped to identify additional areas in need of further improvement within our Group. Our Company continues to remain at the very forefront in terms of implementing GHG reducing projects within the Plantation Industry which will supersede the Kyoto Protocol’s ambitions of reducing GHG emissions in industrialized countries by at least 5% below the 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008-2012.

For more detail on the assessment, please click here to view our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report.

Biogas plant captures the methane gas (major contributor to GHG emission) in mill effluent and thus reducing the BOD by 99%.

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