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Sustainability Report 2017
Sustainability Report 2017.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5306S Equatorial Palm Oil plc 26 June 2018 \n\n26 June 2018\n \nEQUATORIAL PALM OIL plc\n(\"EPO\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \nEquatorial Palm Oil Sustainability Report 2017 Outlines Company's Community Relations and CSR Work to Show Value to Host Communities\n\nEquatorial Palm Oil's third sustainability report published today\n\n\nEquatorial Palm Oil today publishes its sustainability report for 2017, its third sustainability report publication (\"Sustainability Report 2017\"). The Sustainability Report 2017 describes the Company's ongoing community work in Liberia, illustrating its corporate social responsibility (\"CSR\") policies. The report also reviews projects to date and details how the Company commissioned and reported on an independent Human Rights Impact Assessment.\n \nThe Sustainability Report 2017can be found at:\nhttp://www.epoil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Sustainability-Report-2017.pdf\n \nThe Sustainability Report 2017 also outlines EPO's long-term policies on sustainability, the place of sustainable palm oil in Liberia, EPO's commitment to 'no-deforestation', land use commitments and buffer zones. \n \nKey highlights:\n \n· Disclosure of EPO's taxation and financial contributions in Liberia\n \n· Employment statistics in relation to gender and remuneration\n \n· Case studies: Building Liberian careers\n· EPO's commitment to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), including the key principle of \"Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)\" from communities as essential for land development\n· EPO's new palm oil mill, on the Palm Bay estate, and its context within EPO's sustainable palm oil operations\n· EPO and the World Bank Smallholder Tree Crop Revitalization Support Project\n· Protocols and procedures relating to safety and workplace operations\n· Data detailing all EPO's CSR initiatives for an illustrative time period.\n \nEPO's General Manager - Commercial, Sandy Barblett commented: \n\"It is important to highlight the CSR work being undertaken in relation to the local community, envi...