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 producers, processors, and traders on their public disclosure regarding their organization, policies, and practices related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. A total of 193 indicators, spread over 10 categories, were used in the SPOTT transparency assessment.
“Our sustainability team has worked diligently to improve GAHL’s sustainability and transparency standards. As a result, our SPOTT ranking has been rising steadily since 2018, when the SPOTT assessment was launched. Back then we ranked 24th, last year 13th and this year 9th. We remain dedicated to our pursuit of being a leading producer of high-quality oil, at a low cost in a sustainable way” says Satish Selvanathan, Executive Director, Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd.
For more information, please contact:
Carl Dagenhart
Group Head of Sustainability & External Communications Mobile: +60 01922 0285
Email: carl.dagenhart@goodhope.co
About Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd
Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd (Goodhope) was incorporated in 2008 to consolidate and regionalize the company’s asset base. The company operates oil palm plantations in Indonesia with a total land bank of approximately 100,000 ha with plantations located across four provinces in Indonesia – Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and Papua. Goodhope is a sustainable palm oil producer and a member of the RSPO.