Palm oil you can prove, from plot to tank.

Phase 1: Land status is settled before the first seedling.

Estates inside the state forest estate are now being brought into line, and plots cleared after 2020 are closed to the European market. Decisions made here cannot be fixed by certification later.

What needs to be ready

1. • 1.1

     1.1 Forest and peat status

     Confirm the planned estate sits outside the state forest estate and protected peat before you buy the land.

     According to Presidential Regulation 5/2025 and Government Regulation 57/2016

     • Environmental permits
     • Biodiv+
   • 1.2

     1.2 Proof of no deforestation

     Check forest-cover imagery as at 31 December 2020 for nucleus, scheme and prospective supplier areas.

     • Market compliance
     • ESG+
   • 1.3

     1.3 Nature and social baseline

     Survey flora, fauna, rivers and community rights, then run FPIC before any land is cleared.

     • Biodiversity
     • Biodiv+

Phase 2: Today's design figures set decades of operating cost.

The AMDAL, technical approvals and land application licence all cite the same design figures. Getting them right once costs far less than fixing them while the mill runs.

What needs to be ready

1. • 2.1

     2.1 AMDAL and technical approvals in parallel

     One study covers the estate, mill, POME ponds and boiler, processed together with the effluent standards.

     discharge capped at 2.5 m³ per tonne of CPO

     According to Environment Ministry Regulation 5/2014

     • Environmental permits
     • PROPER+
   • 2.2

     2.2 Methane capture from the first drawing

     Design the pond cover and biogas genset together with the POME ponds.

     • Carbon projects
     • Carbon+
   • 2.3

     2.3 Smallholder schemes and plot registry

     Set the scheme model before the land title (HGU) is issued and build a polygon plot registry for Due Diligence Statements.

     community plantations of at least 20% of land from non-forest areas outside the HGU or released forest estate

     According to Government Regulation 26/2021

     • Social impact
     • Social+

Phase 3: No fire, water table held, every plot recorded.

Clearing land by burning is prohibited, and a peat water table that drops too deep counts as damage. Plot numbers and planting dates recorded now become your EUDR registry.

What needs to be ready

1. • 3.1

     3.1 Zero-burn clearing

     Firebreaks, patrols and hotspot monitoring are logged as evidence for the construction phase.

     • Environmental permits
     • IoT
   • 3.2

     3.2 Canal blocks and monitoring wells

     Keep the cultivated-peat water table at 0.4 metres or shallower from day one.

     According to Government Regulation 57/2016

     • Nature-based solutions
     • Biodiv+
   • 3.3

     3.3 Plot and worker registry

     Record polygons, planting dates and seed origin, along with contractors' working days and ages, from day one.

     • Market compliance
     • ESG+

Phase 4: Your first milling year becomes the benchmark for every figure.

Water, power and emissions intensity in later years will be compared against this one. Sensors and meters installed before milling make those figures auditable instead of estimated.

What needs to be ready

1. • 4.1

     4.1 Online monitoring and the operating certificate

     Install online wastewater monitoring (SPARING) at the pond outlet before applying for the operating certificate (SLO).

     According to Environment and Forestry Ministry Regulation P.93/2018 as amended by P.80/2019

     • Water audit
     • IoT
   • 4.2

     4.2 Energy, water and emissions baseline

     The first energy audit, water balance and base-year greenhouse gas inventory become the reference for PROPER and decarbonisation plans.

     • GHG accounting
     • Carbon+
   • 4.3

     4.3 Entering PROPER and the supplier registry

     Prepare your first environmental monitoring report (RKL-RPL) and trial Due Diligence Statements with importers.

     • PROPER
     • PROPER+

Phase 5: Methane, water and extraction rate decide your rating and your margin.

The difference lies in evidence of efficiency and methane capture, and the same figures also bring mill costs down.

What needs to be ready

1. • 5.1

     5.1 From Green towards Gold

     Build evidence on LCA, energy and water efficiency, waste 3R, biodiversity and SROI for smallholder programmes.

     • PROPER
     • PROPER+
   • 5.2

     5.2 Water and power per tonne of FFB

     Close the gap with condensate recovery, variable speed drives and regular audits.

     4.01 vs 1.2 m³ of water per tonne of fresh fruit bunches, an Aceh Tamiang mill against the modern-mill reference

     According to the UNDIP Journal of Environmental Science, 2026

     • Energy audit
     • Energy+
   • 5.3

     5.3 Due diligence and listed-company reporting

     Prepare a Due Diligence Statement for every EU shipment. For listed companies, the PSPK 1 and 2 disclosure standards phase in from 2027.

     According to IAI, 2025

     • Market compliance
     • ESG+

Phase 6: Replanting and new lines change figures you've already permitted.

Old estates are replanted, peat is rewetted and refineries add biodiesel lines for B50, in place since July 2026. Every capacity change needs an amended Environmental Approval.

According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources via Bisnis.com, 2026

What needs to be ready

1. • 6.1

     6.1 Zero-burn replanting

     Chip old trunks, keep HCV areas and arrange temporary income for harvesters and scheme smallholders.

     • Social impact
     • Social+
   • 6.2

     6.2 Amending the Environmental Approval

     File the amendment before a biodiesel line, biogas genset or estate expansion starts running.

     • Environmental permits
     • PROPER+
   • 6.3

     6.3 Carbon units from methane and peat

     Record methane capture and peat restoration as mitigation actions whose carbon units enter the national registry.

     According to Presidential Regulation 110/2025

     • Carbon projects
     • Carbon+