FGV Annual Report 2020

90 FGV HOLDINGS BERHAD Annual Integrated Report 2020 Our Risks and Opportunities Occupational Health & Safety Initiatives and efforts to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for employees (including plantation workers) and external stakeholders such as suppliers, service providers and vendors. • Failure to comply to safety laws and regulations. • Fire threats and high occurrence of internal operational related accidents. • Pandemic and restrictive orders/ policies by the Government. • Provide effective communication on health and safety procedures. • Ensure continuous awareness programme on safety to keep workers alert with health and safety at workplace. • Equip workers with safety equipment i.e Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). • Upgrade of firefighting system. • Implement Behavior Based Safety Management System. • Improve operational equipment and working environment. • Maintain of operational and safety equipment. • Set up Covid-19 Management Task Force to ensure the Group’s policies and SOPs are aligned to the Government’s directives. • Assess the adequacy of medical protection coverage for staff and tracking its utilisation. • Develop policy on staff leave for pandemic self- quarantine and medical. Climate Action Initiatives to develop climate change mitigation and adaptation measures to manage climate impact to business operations as well as to minimise carbon emissions from business operations. • Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in business as the usual scenario will fuel global warming that may affect FGV’s operations. • Adverse weather affecting yield and ripeness of FFB. • Identify carbon emission point through carbon accounting. • Implement initiative for energy efficiency and renewable energy. • Develop new planting material for adapting (climate change). • Ensure proper management of peatland. • Ensure flexible harvesting arrangement for flood area. • Good Agriculture Practice by moisture conservation practices. Biodiversity & Land Management Conservation of biodiversity in FGV’s operating areas through sustainable land management (e.g. zero burning policy) and conservation efforts. • Human-wildlife conflict management will disrupt plantation operations, and affect natural ecosystem services. • Wildlife conflict often result in financial implications. • Manage wildlife conflicts in and around FGV operational areas. • Implement short, medium and long term measures to reduce wildlife conflicts. Sustainability Matters What it Means to FGV Link to Our Key Risks Mitigation Actions