SUSTAINABLE TROPICAL OIL
IS A REALITY
IDENTITY PRESERVED MODEL
AgroAmerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp. has adopted the Identity Preserved (IP) chain of custody model, which guarantees customers that all fruit processed at the tropical oil plants is 100% certified, ensuring traceability in the supply chain.
TRACEABILITY
Agroamerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp. owns four oil processing plants, where 100% of our plants have a traceability system, in which we have installed a software that allows us to track the origin of CPO [Crude Palm Oil] and CPKO [Crude Palm Kernel Oil]. (See the geographical location of our oil processing plants.)

Proccesing Plants
100% of our crude palm oil or palm kernel oil is produced in our own plants.
Each Processing plant includes it’s own crushers, making a total of 4 crushers located inside each mill; in which our Palm Kernel (PK) is processed, allowing us to guarantee the complete traceability of our products.
The three Crushers located in Guatemala run under the RSPO IP model inside our oil processing plants.

Refinery Plant
The Plant has the Supply Chain Certification under the RSPO Identity Preserved, Segregation, Mass Balance models and RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard, which guarantees the traceability of the supply chain from plantation and processing facilities to the certified final product
OUR SUBSIDIARIES
See more information about our operations by clicking on each subsidiary logo

AGROCARIBE
- It is located in Northeastern Guatemala and has a group membership in RSPO: https://www.rspo.org/members/265/Agrocaribe
- As of 2020, the total planted area is 14,810 hectares and 1,702.9 hectares are dedicated to the infrastructure of the processing plant and offices.
- The member companies of the Agrocaribe group are: Agrofrancia, Extractora del Atlántico, Extractora La Francia, Servicios Integrales Montañas del Norte S. A and Agro Palm Ingredients S.A. de CV.
- These operations have two processing plants in Guatemala and an oil refinery in México.
- 100% of the production of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil are certified under the RSPO IP model.
- Agrocaribe is a trader to commercialize its products; produced under the RSPO IP model in our POMs located in the northeast of Guatemala; allowing us to guarantee the complete traceability of our products.
- We have in place a smallholder program that is managed under the “Independent Producers” model.
- As of 2020, Agrocaribe sourced from the following Independent Producers: List and Map. See our producer’s geo-referenced maps here.
- Our Maps: Agrocaribe and Agrofrancia

AGROPALM INGREDIENTS
- The Agropalm Ingredients Refinery (Mexico) is certified by the Supply Chain Certification Standard by RSPO. As of 2021, it sourced from 17 palm oil mills in its supply base. The refinery was sourced from Agroamerica Palm Oil Mills, traceable from refinery to plantation level (23.5% ) and third-party supplying mills (76.5%). See here our supply coordinates.
- The total volume received is distributed as follows: 10.1% is supply by Agroamerica through its 4 processing plants; therefore, 89.9% is provided from third-party mills.
- The refinery has the RSPO SCCS certification. It represents all third-party supplying mills for the group, only the refinery has supplying mills within its supply chain.
- Currently, the refinery has an IP-certified supplier mill (Agroaceite). It also implements a traceability model under the RSPO Supply Chain Certification Standard with its third party supplying mills ensuring that there are no high-risk mills identified.
- The refinery developed a Supplier Assessment Procedure to evaluate all own and third-party supplying mills and classify them by low, medium, and high risk.
See below the forms we use to assess our suppliers:
- As of 2021, wastewater treatment is evaluated by an external Certification Body every year, the Refinery is ISO 14001 certified, which allows demonstrating its compliance with environmental issues. See our ISO 14001 Certificate here.
See our treatment of palm oil refinery effluent document here.


AGROACEITE
- www.agroaceite.com
- Está ubicada en el suroeste de Guatemala y es miembro de RSPO: https://www.rspo.org/members/998/Agroaceite-S.A
- Al 2020, el área total sembrada es de 6,363.88 hectáreas incluyendo las dedicadas a la infraestructura de la planta de proceso y oficinas. Superficie no sembrada: 59.77 hectáreas. Áreas conservadas: 516.06 hectáreas.
- La operación cuenta con una planta de procesamiento de aceite tropical.
- El 100% de la producción de aceite crudo de palma y aceite de palmiste está certificada bajo el modelo RSPO IP.
- Agroaceite es la cuarta empresa en el mundo, la tercera en Latinoamérica y la primera en Centroamérica en obtener la certificación RSPO Next, que incluye una serie de criterios avanzados que superan el estándar RSPO.
- Mapa de Operaciones



AGROPALMA DE INVERSIONES
- It is located in Southern Panama.
- The processing plant started operations in August 2017.
- As of 2021, the total planted area is 1,814.62 hectares; not planted area: 181.57 hectares; and the planted area of Independent Smallholders is 4241 hectares. Agropalma has not added new plantations since January 2015.
- As of 2021, we have 100.47 hectares of riparian areas (voluntary conservation area)
- The audit of attaining RSPO certification has been satisfactorily passed, and AgroPalma de Inversiones S.A. is in the process of receiving the certificate from Control Union.
- Operations map. See geo-referenced map here.
- The independent producers are expected to receive the RSPO certification for its supply base in three years.
- As of 2021, Agropalma sourced from the following independent producers: list with coordinates and map.
- We don’t have a scheme program. However, we have the independent smallholder program where 70% of the growers are involved in the RSPO Independent Smallholder Standard to obtain RSPO certification.
INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
At AgroAmerica we strongly believe that one of the drivers of economic growth and development is investment in infrastructure and innovation; thereby contributing to employment generation and the Gross Domestic Product by promoting a sustainable industry, using resources more efficiently, adopting environmentally sound technologies and processes.

4 Tropical Oil Processing Plants
Our oil processing plants are integral, since we process and extract tropical oil, generate clean energy and follow global standards; operating with the highest quality standards under international regulations and with the most advanced technology.

Nuestra Infraestructura
Se determinó que al año 2018, por unidad de negocio, AgroAmerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp. abarca:


Our Infrastructure
We have calculated the area covered by the construction of our processing plants, click here to see our infrastructure area.

1 tropical oil refining plant
We have a refining plant located in Mexico with an operating capacity to produce 180 Tons per day of Refined, Bleached and Deodorized (RBD) Oil; which eliminates the content of fatty acids, humidity and impurities and obtains products such as olein and stearin for human consumption and as raw material for personal care products.
Certification Status
Agroamerica has committed to building a 100% transparent, traceable and sustainable palm supply chain by 2021.
As added to No Deforestation pledge, in Traceability our commitment is: All tropical oil volumes we produce, trade (ship and physically handle) and process will be traceable to sustainable mills and plantations by 2021.
In our sustainable work, we actively pursue certification of all our oil palm plantations under global sustainability standards, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard (RAS).
Agroamerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp has already obtained group-level RSPO membership, consolidating the subsidiaries. In 2022, the company achieved 100% RSPO certification of all four (4) palm oils mills and palm crops. The audit of attaining RSPO certification of the plant located on the Southern Coast of Panama has already been satisfactorily passed, and it is in the process of receiving the certificate from Control Union, the certification body.
As of 2021, 92% of total FFB supplied by third-party to AgroAmerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp is RSPO IP Certified; Agropalma de Inversiones, S.A. is now certified, in process of receiving the certificate from Control Union. The certification includes the process of supply base. See letter from Control Union.
As of 2021, the certified raw material processed at the refinery AgroPalm Ingredients is as follows: 15% of the CPO processed is RSPO Certified, and 74.4% of the CPKO produced by Agroamerica (Agroaceite & Agrocaribe) is RSPO certified.
Certifications:
