FGV Annual Report 2020

Sustainability Matters Water Management Performance 2019-2020 2019 2020 Water consumption Water consumption (m 3 /year) 18,453,672 17,406,383 Water discharged (m 3 /year) 8,347,068 7,996,057 Mill Water Usage: Performance 2019-2020 Financial Year Target Performance 2019 1.20 mt/mt FFB 1.29 mt/mt FFB 2020 1.20 mt/mt FFB 1.28 mt/mt FFB SUSTAINABILITY MATTER: WATER MANAGEMENT We also focus on the optimisation of water usage in our plantations, downstream manufacturing operations and logistics services. There are a total of 135 significant river systems located near FGV plantation operations, and we closely monitor the impact of our operations on the water quality within the area. FGV needs to ensure water withdrawn from the river for consumption by mill processing activities are discharged back to the river as effluent after treatment. The effluent has to be treated according to the DOE requirement for a Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) of below permissible level. Every month, we send effluent samples for quality testing at accredited laboratories to ensure these BOD limits are met. Water shortage is a concern in our plantation business, where water consumption continues to exceed the targets we set for our mills. To minimise the usage of water within our mill operations, we closely monitor water consumption on a daily, monthly and yearly basis by benchmarking against a ratio of less than 1.20 (mt of water: mt FFB Processed). Additionally, most of the raw water supply is sourced from the nearby rivers. In 2021, we will be focusing on optimising water usage at the top 10 mills with high water consumption. 148 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD Annual Integrated Report 2020