08.02.2024 As Goodhope moves towards working together seamlessly as one effective organization, our colleagues from the responsible sourcing and outside crop procurement teams attended a capacity-building workshop together. This is to ensure that we are all on the same page…
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23.11.23 The RSPO’s Annual Roundtable Conference (RT 2023) attracted approximately a thousand visitors at this year’s event in Jakarta. Themed “Partners for the Next 20”, the conference and exhibition brought together various RSPO members from the palm oil value chain for…
16.11.2023 At the recent Gulfood Manufacturing exhibition in Dubai, Premium Vegetable Oils’ Premium Food Studio recorded hundreds of visitors, resulting in promising partnerships across the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, the sub-Saharan region, eastern Europe, Turkey, and North Africa. This was…
24.10.2023 Goodhope’s Farmer Field School achieves another milestone with the launch of its program at Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Founded in 2019 by Goodhope, Farmer Field School has benefited 269 independent smallholders from Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan in its inaugural…
Snapshot of news from our plantation in Kalteng 21.09.23 Symbolic ceremony On Thursday (21 Sept), PT AICK held a symbolic ceremony to acknowledge that 20% of the Forest Exchange Area (TMKH/PKH) is to be elevated to HGU. Pictured below, Sanjaya…
12.09.2023 HCV & HCS Awareness Programs at Goodhope Forests play a vital role in our ecosystem, performing crucial functions such as air purification, water filtration, erosion prevention, and acting as a critical buffer against climate change. High Conservation Value Forests…
01.09.2023 At Goodhope, our mills and engineering department have been actively looking for and implementing new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. In April of this year, Goodhope’s first biogas plant was commissioned at Sg. Binti Mill.…
14.08.2023 Recently, a team from Goodhope including our partners from PILI Green Network, visited the communities that are at the center of our conservation efforts in Nabire, Papua. Apart from meeting with the community, we were there to plan for…
23.02.2023 Recently, an orang utan was spotted at one of our concessions. This sighting was exciting and significant because at the heart of Goodhope’s sustainability journey is the protection of the biodiversity in the environment that we operate in. This…
03.02.2023 Recently, Goodhope’s subsidiary PT Agro Bukit in Central Kalimantan was selected by the RSPO as a host for their Peat Drainability two-day training conducted together with Wetlands International on 25th to 26th January 2023. Wetlands International is a global…
30.01.2023 This January, led by our Responsible Sourcing team we embarked on a research project with the University of Tokyo and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) to improve the functioning of the supply chain especially in relation to…
Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd, through PT Batu Mas Sejahtera recently concluded Farmer Field School training for 101 smallholders in the Ketapang region of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Conducted over 3 months from September to December 2023 by our partner, Widya Erti…
In the recent 2023 SPOTT (Sustainable Palm Oil Transparency Toolkit) Assessment, Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd (GAHL) emerged in 9th place, achieving a 5.4% improvement in scores from 2022. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) SPOTT initiative assesses 100 palm oil…
This January, led by our Responsible Sourcing team we embarked on a research project with the University of Tokyo and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) to improve the functioning of the supply chain especially in relation to the…