Long Term Sustainability
APRIL’s operates sustainable plantations that supply wood to its mill, and provide employment opportunities and economic wellbeing for the communities in which it operates. APRIL and its suppliers take a landscape approach to conservation and protection of forest and peatland, which incorporates environmental and social values.Learn More »
Fiber supply sources
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Spread across a total area of 448,639 hectares, plantations operated by APRIL and its supply partners delivered 75% of total fiber supply to the Kerinci mill in 2019. The remaining 25% was sourced from open market suppliers based in Sumatera and Kalimantan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. No new land licenses were acquired in 2019.
Change in mill fiber consumption capacity
Zero Change
in mill fiber consumption capacity
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No projects identified in 2018 that would significantly change the mill fiber consumption capacity.
Kerinci pulp and paper mill log consumption
2016 : 10,182,550 tonnes
2017 :10,413,540 tonnes
High Conservation Value (HCV) Assessment
Total area developed on previously deforested land*
PT RAPP
Mineral Soil 22ha
Peatland 595ha
Supply Partners
Mineral Soil 48ha
Peatland 0ha
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No new development was identified. For APRIL and Supply Partners, 665 hectares of initial planting occurred on non-HCV/HCS land that had previously been cleared. The primary area of new planting in 2019 occurred on peatland and resulted from planting acacia as a replacement for a failed rubber plantation in a livelihood area.
Land recovery operations occurred on areas that were cleared prior to APRIL’s SFMP 2.0 commitments. These areas have generally become available as a result of the resolution of land disputes.
Non-compliant new development*
PT RAPP
0 ha
Supply Partner
0 ha
Open MarketSuppliers
0 ha
Community Fiber Plantation
0 ha
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14 ha of non-compliant new development was detected for one Supply Partner during 2018 that occurred during 2017. While the area was not forested it was located on peatland.
During 2018 the deliveries from one Open Market Supplier were terminated following published reports that the supplier was undertaking new development, in breach of APRIL’s SFMP 2.0 commitments. At the time this occurred, the supplier had 1,326 hectares of unverified land cover change, the majority of which are assumed to be related to new development in breach of SFMP 2.0.
