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ANNUAL REPORT 2015
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Jaya Tiasa recognizes that without being socially and
environmentally responsible, it is impossible to have
economically sustainable operations in the long term.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability
are important aspects of long-term business success.
During the year under review, we continue to maintain our
commitment to CSR and sustainability issues by embedding
our approach more fully into the day-to-day management
of the business. We continue taking responsibility towards
stakeholders, protecting the environment, and being a good
employer, business partner, and member of the community.
Our approach to CSR is primarily conducted in four areas,
the so-called pillars: Environment, Workplace, Community
and Marketplace.
ENVIRONMENT
Our operations have always adopted a fully integrated
approach, including efficient use of raw materials and
energy, protection of the environment, and compliance
with the environmental laws and regulations. Because our
business activities are closely related to natural resources,
we endeavour to never strive for financial success at the
expense of the future generation. This means that we take
responsibility for identifying and minimising the impact on
the environment at every step of the process. We have
a system in place to ensure that all operations reach the
highest environmental standards.
Sustainable Forest Management
In line with our efforts to reduce the impact of harvesting
operations on the environment, we implement Reduce
Impact Logging (RIL) techniques throughout the life cycle of
the logging operations in order to reduce soil disturbance,
and minimise damage to residual stands and effects on
wildlife.
Improved Forest Productivity
As we are well aware of the dire consequences of global
warming, preserving the environment has always been our
top agenda. The establishment of well-managed forest
plantations of the Group aims to conserve biodiversity,
protect the environment, and provide sustainable raw
material for downstream wood processing in a balanced
way. Forests play an important role in moderating climate
change. By regenerating forests through reforestation, we
hope to contribute towards reducing the effect of global
warming. An ongoing forest plantation project of the Group
is being carried out in Kapit, Sarawak and we are currently
developing a total area of more than 235,000 ha.
Good Agricultural Practice
The Group’s oil palm division continues to monitor
procedures and systems to ensure that good agronomic
practices are prevalent throughout the plantation. Several
practices adopted by the Group include a zero burning
technique in land clearing and good agricultural practices
in water management, manuring and weeding. In controlling
pests, our biological and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
practice which involves light traps and planting of beneficial
plants, has vastly reduced dependency on the usage of
chemical pesticides.
Recycle And Reuse By-Products
By-products from our palm oil mill, such as Mesocarp fibre
and palm kernel shells, are also utilised as feedstock for
power generation in our palm oil mill. Empty fruit bunches
(EFB) are recycled for application in the fields as mulch,
whereas palm oil mill effluents (POME) are biologically
treated before it is discharged to the watercourse. In
addition, we have installed a composting plant at our existing
CPO mill to turn oil mill wastes composed mainly of EFB
and POME into bio-organic fertilizers. During the year under
review, we proudly received DoE Excellence Award for one
of our mills for a high level of compliance with Environment
Quality Act 1974.
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