FGV Annual Report 2020

Sustainability Matters FGV is moving towards a zero-waste management approach across all operations. To realise this, we are continuously identifying new ways to manage our waste more efficiently as well as bolster our waste-to-wealth business strategy. Production of animal feed FGV has made good progress in converting palm kernel expeller, a palm byproduct, into animal feed for sale in the domestic and selected foreign markets. Palm kernel expeller, also known as palm kernel cake, is produced by our palm kernel crushing plants. Currently, the animal feed produced are beef cattle pellets by FGV Kernel Products Sdn. Bhd. Recycling Programmes FGV is also recycling waste products such as EFB, palm fronds and palm trunk into organic fertilisers that are being sold in the domestic market. In addition, FGV is also using microbes to enhance plant growth to reduce dependency on chemical fertilisers in the estates. Our downstream business reports two (2) types of waste produced by its manufacturing operations, namely, dry waste consisting of plastic, shrink wrap and cartons, and wet waste in the form of sludge oil, scum and other forms of effluent. While the effluent is disposed in accordance with the Department of Environment (DOE) regulations, the dry waste is sold to recycling companies for alternative uses. In our refineries, cutting-edge nano-filtration waste treatment systems enable us to process the discharge produced in our refineries. The resulting salt residue has the potential to be re-used for resin regeneration, while the rest of the residue is filtered and cleaned before being discharged. Waste management in our refineries is outsourced to a supplier licensed by the Environmental Department to collect, transport, process and dispose waste in accordance with local regulations and standards. SUSTAINABILITY MATTER: WASTE MANAGEMENT 146 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD Annual Integrated Report 2020