Musim Mas

Stakeholder engagement
Musim Mas discloses the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities as well as engagement frequency and channels, showcasing an openness to dialogue regarding the impacts of its operations.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The company discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
Musim Mas is committed to establishing conversion-free supply chains and openly shares information about its activities in this area. This includes setting time-bound targets and disclosing the percentage of high-risk commodities that are sourced without causing ecosystem conversion.

Furthermore, the company is committed to restoring ecosystems. Details and outcomes of its ecosystem restoration projects are readily available, providing transparency on the measures taken to address both direct and indirect impacts. Additionally, the company has established a timeframe for achieving its goals in ecosystem restoration.

GHG emissions
Musim Mas reports reductions in its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year.

Impact and dependencies assessment
The company applies a mitigation hierarchy approach to its biodiversity targets.

Key areas and species
Musim Mas publicly discloses information about species populations that are present either within its own locations or in nearby areas. Additionally, it discloses the conservation status of species found in its own locations based on both national and international conservation lists.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company discloses activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices.

Water
Musim Mas regularly reports on water pollution and it has reported a decrease in water pollution as well as in water withdrawal in its own operations. It works with its business relationships to improve their practices regarding access to water and sanitation. The company states that it does not operate in water-stressed areas based on the WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
Musim Mas is committed to respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Also, the company discloses its processes to identify and recognise the rights of Indigenous Peoples when activities in its own operations may impact their rights, and describes how it obtains Indigenous Peoples’ free, prior and informed consent.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
The company is committed to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

Act ethically
Musim Mas has a strict policy against bribery and corruption. It provides multiple avenues for individuals to report grievances: through a form on our website, by letter, or via SMS. The company emphasizes that all stakeholders, including employees, can confidentially file complaints using our whistleblowing mechanism without fear of retaliation or termination. Additionally, its website clearly states that anyone can use the channel to report concerns or complaints regarding bribery and corruption.

Provide and promote decent work
Musim Mas demonstrates its commitment to fair wages by revealing that its workers are paid 140% more than the RSPO-mandated decent living wage, based on multiple decent living wage studies conducted since 2019. The company’s approach aligns with and surpasses RSPO guidance on Implementing a Decent Living Wage, and it transparently describes its method for determining living wage standards across operational regions.

In terms of workforce well-being, the company not only has a publicly available policy statement emphasizing its dedication to the health and safety of workers but also extends this commitment to its business relationships. Additionally, Musim Mas discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce that is covered by collective bargaining agreements, promoting transparency in labor relations.

Furthermore, gender equality is a focus as the company discloses the percentage of women in its total direct operations workforce across various employee categories. This comprehensive approach underscores its dedication to fair wages, worker safety, and gender diversity.

Respect human rights
The company has published a policy statement publicly committing to respect human rights. Alongside this, Musim Mas has also published a policy statement publicly committing to respect the ILO core labour rights as well as expecting suppliers to do the same.

Furthermore, Musim Mas has conducted assessments on the social compliance of its multiple subsidiaries, which identified various issues primarily related to labour rights. Through these assessments, the company also identified good practices, gaps, and areas in need of improvement. To address these concerns, it has formulated responses and action plans that have been made available to the public.

Additionally, the company has established a human rights grievance mechanism accessible to all external stakeholders who may be negatively affected by the company’s practices.

Lobbying
The company does not report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on nature-related issues, nor whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
Musim Mas has an opportunity to disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain and report consistently against all its targets. Furthermore, it could link performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. Lastly, the company could improve its transparency by disclosing whether its highest governance body has expertise with respect to the company’s most material sustainability topics.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. It has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

GHG emissions
Musim Mas has a target to reduce GHG emission intensity by 55% by 2025, however, no evidence was found that the target will result in absolute emission reductions. The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, as well as report progress against them, and its targets should align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Impact and dependencies assessment
Musim Mas engages in biodiversity surveys, ground patrols, and satellite monitoring to prevent illegal development and hunting. While it mentions various activities for monitoring biodiversity, there’s an opportunity for the company to assess its impact on nature and disclose both the methodology and the results of these processes. It also has opportunities to assess and disclose its impacts on nature in its supply chain, as well as its dependencies on nature within its own operations and in its upstream business relationships.

Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Key areas and species
While Musim Mas has disclosed its commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems and has identified high conservation and high carbon stock areas within its operations, it has an opportunity to fully disclose the specific locations or names of these areas. Additionally, it can further disclose the locations of its operations that are adjacent to these high-value areas.

Although the company engages with suppliers on No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) commitments and high conservation value (HCV) areas, it can enhance transparency by disclosing the locations of its suppliers that are in or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity. Lastly, it has an opportunity to disclose species populations in locations related to its suppliers.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. Musim Mas has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Solid and air pollution
The company does not disclose relevant information related to solid and air pollution in its operations or supply chains.

Water
Musim Mas has an opportunity to further improve water withdrawal by setting a time-bound target, showing year-on-year reductions in water withdrawal, and engaging with suppliers. It has an opportunity to set time-bound targets to reduce water pollution. It also has the opportunity to make a public commitment to the right to water.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
The company does not show if it is committed to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or the land rights of local communities.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Musim Mas discloses that it operates clinics with free healthcare for workers and local communities. However, it has an opportunity to commit to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Moreover, it should track its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities.

Act ethically
To ensure ethical conduct, Musim Mas could outline its procedure for identifying bribery and corruption risks within its specific operations and locations. Furthermore, it has the chance to enhance its commitment by integrating anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses into its contracts with business partners. This proactive approach can be extended by establishing a clear policy that governs the company’s approach to lobbying and political engagement.

Moreover, the company can underscore its dedication to ethical business practices by issuing a public policy statement that explicitly states its non-participation in political contributions. This commitment to transparency can be further strengthened by disclosing its expenditures related to lobbying activities. Lastly, by requiring third-party lobbyists to align with its established lobbying and political engagement policy, the company can effectively promote responsible and ethical behaviour across its operations.

Provide and promote decent work
Musim Mas can enhance transparency by disclosing its approach to monitoring the health and safety performance of its suppliers. Moreover, while the company expects suppliers to pay a living wage, it should provide insights into its efforts to facilitate and support this payment.

Turning to gender equality, Musim Mas can elevate its commitment by translating its existing statement into a comprehensive public policy document. This commitment can be further solidified by disclosing time-bound targets for achieving gender equality and advancing women’s empowerment.

Lastly, in pursuit of equitable pay practices, the company has an opportunity to disclose the ratio of basic salary and remuneration between women and men across its workforce, categorized by employee type and significant operational locations.

Respect human rights
Musim Mas outlines its method of evaluating human rights risks and shares some findings from this assessment. However, there is room for improvement in terms of providing clearer disclosure of the results of its human rights risk assessments. Specifically, it should elaborate on the process it utilizes to identify human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities, with a focus on its own operations. Although the company mentions conducting due diligence in general, it should be more explicit in stating that it conducts human rights due diligence, which entails identifying human rights risks and impacts within its supply chain.

Furthermore, Musim Mas could also include an explanation of what it considers to be its most important human rights issues. It could further disclose a global system to take action to prevent, mitigate or remediate its salient human rights issues, including a description of how its global system applies to its supply chain.