Hi Tea with IOI Stakeholders at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
28/11/2018, Corporate Sustainability

On the occasion of the RSPO’s annual conference, RT16, which was recently held in Kota Kinabalu, IOI Corporation (IOI) conducted its first stakeholder event on November 12th at the Pacific Sutera Hotel. What was different this time is that not only customers but NGOs too were invited. Having customers and NGOs in the same room might seem a risky proposition, but the experiment paid off. Customers were happy to see that NGOs are actively engaged and apparently satisfied with IOI’s sustainability performance.   

Dr Surina, IOI Group Head of Sustainability presenting IOI's sustainability journey.

There were many questions, coming mostly from NGOs and focusing mainly on IOI Pelita. The agenda of our Hi Tea with IOI Stakeholders included interesting topics and featured expert speakers. Dr. Surina, Group Head of Sustainability, gave an overview of IOI’s sustainability journey. Mr. Neil Judd, Proforest’s Director, summarized initial findings of the Proforest’s verification of our Sustainable Palm Oil Policy implementation. Mr. Lim Jit Uei, Head of Marketing and Commodity Trading, made a presentation on IOI’s approach to ensuring compliance of our third-party suppliers. Mr. Ben Vreeburg, Bunge Loders Croklaan’s Director of Sustainability Tropical Oils, made a presentation on the same topic but from Bunge’s perspective. Finally, Mr. Carl Dagenhart, Head of Stakeholder Engagement update the audience on the progress with the IOI Pelita land dispute and the launch of the South Ketapang Landscape Initiative in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The event was attended by 42 external parties and their feedback was positive, praising IOI for progress made and for being proactive and transparent.

Mr. Carl Dagenhart, Head of Stakeholder Engagement presenting on IOI Pelita Land Dispute and South Ketapang Landscape Initiative.

Proforest’s Mr. Neil Judd on Proforest’s Verification of IOI’s Sustainable Palm Oil Policy implementation.