151 ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2021 HOW WE ARE GOVERNED REINFORCING SUSTAINABILITY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Established the BSC. Established Gender Equity and Women Empowerment Committee which reflects FGV’s commitment to provide women with equal access to all opportunities throughout our operations. Improved in the SPOTT rankings, climbing to 19th position from 23rd, with an overall SPOTT assessment score of 74%. Pledged to adopt Science-Based Targets and become a net-zero emission entity by 2050, making FGV as Malaysia’s first food and agriculture company to sign the United Nations (UN)-backed Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi) Business Ambition for 1.5ºC pledge. Expansion of wildlife conservation and human-wildlife conflict management to include pygmy elephants, pangolins and gibbons besides the existing programme for sun bear. Embarked on a new three-year initiative to protect and enhance High Conservation Value and High Carbon Stock areas within our plantations. OUR SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES Below are the key highlights of our sustainability practices for 2021: Ensure compliance to responsible sourcing, sustainability standards and regulations through traceability and supply chain management. To date, our palm oil is 100% traceable to mill and 98% to plantation. For rubber, 97% is traceable to plantation (local suppliers). Continued the implementation of programmes under its affiliation to the Fair Labor Association (FLA), with the overarching objective to enhance it labour practices by focusing on a range of initiatives to strengthen FGV’s migrant worker recruitment process, human rights capacity building and training programmes, grievance mechanisms and labour standards monitoring systems. Established a new Grievance Management Unit, to address all grievances channelled from the FGV e-wallet system. To further internalise Partnership, Respect, Integrity, Dynamism and Enthusiasm (PRIDE) values among the employees, the 2021 PRIDE campaign was launched in March which included a PRIDE Survey. Launched a new PowerSafe App to digitalise online reporting and management allowing its workers to file health, safety, and environmental reports. Achieved 8% increase in carbon emission reduction from biogas plants. Please refer to the Sustainability Report on our Sustainability Practices under each material matter and how they are managed including policies, measures and measurement indicators.
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