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 2019, it sourced from 6 palm oil mills in its supply base representing all third party supplying mills for the group; All of its products are 100% traceable from refinery to plantation level.
- As of 2019, the refinery was sourced from: Agroaceite (63%)and traceable third-party supplying mills (37%). (See our supply base coordinates here.)
- 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.
- As of 2019, 100% of our third-party supplying mills source from their own plantations.
- 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 2020, 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
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- It is located in Southwestern Guatemala and is a member of RSPO: https://www.rspo.org/members/998/Agroaceite-S.A
- As of 2020, the total planted area is 5,797.94 hectares and 625.71 hectares are dedicated to the infrastructure of the processing plant and offices.
- The operation has one tropical oil processing plant.
- 100% of the production of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil are certified under the RSPO IP model.
- Agroaceite is the fourth company in the world, the third in Latin America and the first in Central America to obtain the RSPO Next certification, which includes a number of advanced criteria that exceed the RSPO standard.
- Operations Map
AGROPALMA DE INVERSIONES
- It is located in Southern Panama.
- The processing plant started operations in August 2017.
- As of 2020, 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 2020, we have 100.47 hectares of riparian areas (voluntary conservation area)
- It is not yet an RSPO member since it will join the RSPO membership in process for Agroamerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp.
- It is expected to be RSPO certified by 2021.
- 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 2020, Agropalma sourced from the following independent producers: list with coordinates and map.
- 34% of producers are involved in the Smallholders Programme to obtain the 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).
Currently, 100% of the Tropical Oil Mils located in Guatemala are RSPO Identity Preserved certified and the commitment is for all of our own supply base to be RSPO certified by 2021, including plants located in the Southern Coast of Panama. With regard to oil palm crops, 92 % of the plantations are RSPO certified.
Agrocaribe has 100% of its POMs certified under RSPO standard in preserved identity model (IP) an also in Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard.
Agroaceite is 100% RAS certified. It has 100% of its POMs certified under RSPO standard in the Preserved Identity model (IP) and is the fourth company in the world RSPO Next certified.
Agropalma is Kosher Certified and is in the process of RSPO certification in 2021, according to this plan.
In addition, 75% of the oil processing plants are Rainforest Alliance (Identity Preserved) certified, with the highest certification (Category A) for operations located in Northeastern Guatemala.
Agroamerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp is in the process of obtaining group-level RSPO membership. We expect to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities by 2021, including plants located in the Southern Coast of Panama. With regard to oil palm crops, 92 % of the plantations are RSPO certified.
As of 2020, 93.27% of total FFB supplied by third-party to AgroAmerica Tropical Oil Holding Corp is RSPO IP Certified; Agropalma de Inversiones, S.A. is expected to be certified by 2021, (see here the calculation of the percentage of FFB supply from suppliers that are RSPO certified).
As of 2020, 86.21% of the total amount of CPO we produce is RSPO Certified and 13.79% is yet to be certified as shown on the following calculation. (see here the percentage of all palm oil products processed that are RSPO-certified).
Certifications:
