Wilmar International
| Wilmar International Limited
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | SG1T56930848 |
| founding | 1991 |
| Seat | Singapore |
| management | Kuok Khoon Hong |
| Number of employees | 92,000 |
| sales | 38,777,000,000 US dollars |
| Branch | Agriculture |
| Website | www.wilmar-international.com |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
Wilmar International Limited is one of the leading agricultural groups in Asia and the world's largest processor and distributor of palm oil and lauric oil . Wilmar is one of the largest palm oil plantation groups in Malaysia and Indonesia. Wilmar International was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Singapore. Revenue for the fiscal year was $ 38.8 billion. The company is listed in the Straits Times Index on the Singapore Exchange .
Overview
Wilmar's business activities include the cultivation of oil palms , the pressing of palm oil, the refining of edible oils, the processing and distribution of edible oil for the end user, specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel , the manufacture of fertilizers and soy proteins , the grinding of rice and flour as well as the processing of grain.
Wilmar International owns around 247,000 hectares (as of 2011) of palm oil plantations, 25 refineries in Indonesia and Malaysia and a refinery in Rotterdam with an annual capacity of one million tons.
Since the European Union has set itself the goal of using 10% of its fuels for transport with biodiesel by 2020, it is Wilmar International Limited's largest trading partner.
Wilmar International Limited supplies international groups such as Unilever , Nestlé and Cargill .
criticism
According to the 2006 annual report, Wilmar International received a certificate stating that “raw palm oil from Wilmar's plantations [...] is sustainably produced and the entire production chain is traceable”. However, some environmental organizations claim that Wilmar International is illegally clearing rainforest. In a study published in July 2007, Friends of the Earth Netherlands wrote that Wilmar International started forest fires and violated the rights of local people in Indonesia.
The environmental protection organization Robin Wood also heavily criticizes Wilmar and accuses the company of overexploitation . Wilmar is certified as a sustainable palm oil supplier by the RSPO , but tramples on environmental protection. Slash and burn attacks and attacks on the indigenous population of Sumatra were part of everyday life at Wilmar.
Among other things, Wilmar's daughter PT Asiatic Persada was accused of using a police brigade to destroy the homes of 83 families from the Suku Anak Dalam indigenous community in the Indonesian province of Jambi in 2011 in the vicinity of their own oil palm plantations after some members of the community were accused of stealing oil palm fruits had been. Negotiations are still ongoing, although the sale of PT Asiatic Persada to PT Agro Mandiri Semesta in April 2013 could significantly limit their progress.
Against the background of the conflict, the environmental organization Rettet den Regenwald launched a campaign in August 2011 against the Dutch-British group Unilever , which purchases palm oil from Wilmar International for its products.
Certification
Wilmar has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2005 . The RSPO consists of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers in the palm oil industry and was founded to set global standards for environmentally friendly, sustainable palm oil. In 2011, all Wilmar production sites and plantations in Malaysia were awarded the RSPO certificate, which is awarded by the TüV-Rheinland, which now admits that it has prepared a courtesy report for Wilmar. Of the annual production volume of the group, around 520,000 tonnes were certified palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia. The company's stated goal is to obtain RSPO certification for all of its Indonesian production sites by 2015/2016. However, Wilmar also sells illegally produced palm oil.
country
According to the company website, the company carries out HCV assessments to examine areas worthy of protection before starting the development of new plantations (HCV or High Conservation Value Forest - natural forest particularly worthy of protection). HCV assessments are made by independent experts and reviewed by the High Conservation Value (HCV) Network. The concept of particularly protected areas or High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA) was developed by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for forestry certification systems. The aim was to define regions which have specific, ecological, socio-economic or landscape value or which are particularly worthy of protection due to their importance for biodiversity .
biodiversity
Since 2009–2011, Wilmar has participated in a project with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Wildlife Conservation Society , Indonesia (WCS), and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). The aim was a more effective application of the RSPO principles and criteria related to biodiversity in Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia. The two-year pilot program formed part of the International Finance Corporation's Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program (BACP). The program included the development and testing of practical tools and guidelines to help consultants and palm oil companies implement the RSPO principles and criteria related to biodiversity more effectively.
In 2012 the ZSL started a second BACP project with the participation of Wilmar. The aim of this project was to develop tools to support RSPO certified growers in monitoring their HCV areas. The focus of the project is on the development of protocols for the monitoring of the HCV regions as well as on the introduction of a computer program with which palm oil plantations can control, analyze and adapt their HCV monitoring systems.
In 2009, Wilmar signed a letter of intent with the government of the Malaysian state of Sabah for a five-year partnership to expand, restore and upgrade the riverbank area along the Segama River for the proboscis monkeys that live there and are threatened with extinction . In 2010, the company announced that it was working with the Sabah Forestry Department to plant 150,000 new trees along 47 kilometers along the Segama River. Wilmar supports the Sabah Wildlife Department and the Borneo Rhino Alliance (formerly SOS Rhino Borneo) in the fight against poaching. To do this, the company employs a team of law enforcement officers on its Sabahmas plantation, which is adjacent to the Tabin game reserve.
In 2011, Wilmar signed a joint agreement with the non-profit Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) and the government of Central Kalimantan. As part of a formal partnership, the three contracting parties agreed to develop exemplary management practices for the protection of orangutans in palm oil plantations.
Web links
- Official website
- Wilmar's client and investor (English) (PDF file; 307 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Key Management Team
- ↑ a b c d Annual Report 2015
- ↑ a b Wilmar Int'l Ltd - Resilient integrated agri-business model ( Memento from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Wilmar - Annual Report 2010 ( Memento of August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.wilmar-international.com/investor/annualreports/2011/Wilmar%20International%20Limited%20AR%202011.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Report from Friends of the Earth International on Wilmar International
- ↑ Friends of the Earth: world's biggest palm oil trader shamed
- ↑ Robin Wood ( Memento of September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra
- ↑ Save the rainforest
- ↑ http://www.rspo.org/en/member/88
- ↑ Who is RSPO ( Memento from January 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/archiv/2014/Wie-der-TUeV-seinen-guten-Ruf-verspiele,tuev215.html
- ↑ http://www.wilmar-international.com/assets/pdf/Wilmar_SR2011.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.wilmar-international.com/assets/pdf/Wilmar_SR2011.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.euractiv.com/development-policy/illegally-traded-palm-oil-financ-news-531853
- ↑ Environmental Stewardship Land ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.hcvnetwork.org/resources/assessments
- ↑ Peer Reviews of HCV assessments ( Memento from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ https://ic.fsc.org/high-conservation-values.87.htmy
- ↑ http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/70538f0049ffc6918631efd1a5d13d27/Palm+Oil+Projects_BACP.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
- ↑ http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainability/sustainable+business+advisory+services/environmental%2C+social%2C+and+trade+standards/zsl-page
- ↑ Biodiversity Management in Practice (Case studies and how-tos) ( Memento from February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+sustainability/sustainable+business+advisory+services/environmental%2C+social%2C+and+trade+standards/zsl-page
- ↑ http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/c6a367004bbf533d8e04ef1be6561834/BACP_ZSL_MarketResearchRep.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
- ↑ http://www.rspo.org/sites/default/files/43.%20PPB%20Oils%20annual%20report%202010.pdf
- ↑ http://www.forest.sabah.gov.my/pdf/DoF_Speech_RSPO.pdf
- ↑ http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_heartofborneo_greenbusinessnetwork_palmoil.pdf
- ↑ http://e-borneo.blogspot.sg/2010/05/382ha-of-riparian-area-in-sabah-to-be.html
- ↑ http://www.csr-asia.com/report/Client_Wilmar2009.pdf
- ↑ BIODIVERSITY INPLANTATION LANDSCAPES ( Memento from February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Biodiversity Management in Practice (Case studies and how-tos) ( Memento from February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/print/39284 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.borneorhinoalliance.org/about/background/
- ↑ http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0409-hance_interview_johnpayne.html
- ↑ http://www.eco-business.com/features/new-deal-for-orangutans-in-kalimantan/
