APRIL strives to ensure that our management processes and initiatives are aligned with national and globally accepted standards and benchmarks. Towards that aim, we actively work to achieve international and national certifications that provide end-to-end assurance, from the efficiency, quality and sustainability of our mill and forestry operations, down to that of the end-product.
Our operations in Indonesia are certified under ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 for quality, environment, and health and safety management systems respectively.
Since 2006, our plantation operations have been certified under Sustainable Plantation Forest Management standards by the Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute, locally known as Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI). In late 2011, RAPP successfully recertified under SPFM-LEI for the period of 2011-2016.
APRIL’s pulp and paper manufacturing, stores and sales have been certified under Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain-of-Custody standards since 2010.
In line with our commitment to progressive improvement, APRIL qualified for several new certifications in the last two years.
In March 2012, APRIL certified under Bureau Veritas’ Origins and Legality of Timber (OLB) Standards for Forestry Companies, the first industrial plantation company in Asia to do so. OLB Standards for Forestry Companies ensure compliance with national laws and regulations for forest management and harvesting, social and environmental aspects.
Supply partners successfully passed audits under OLB ‘Chain of Custody-Acceptable Wood’ standards. APRIL’s pulp and paper production and sales facilities also certified under OLB Chain-of-Custody standards in April 2012.
In August 2012, APRIL successfully attained Timber Legality Verification (SVLK) certification for its entire manufacturing operation. Our forestry operations have held Sustainable Production Forest Management and Timber Legality Verification (PHPL-SVLK) certification since October 2010, the first plantation company in Indonesia to do so.
PHPL-SVLK is a mandatory national timber legality certification jointly developed with the European Union (EU) to meet EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing requirements in force from March 2013. The system creates a rigorous chain-of-custody process designed to ensure mills only receive and process timber from legal sources and that all products exported from the country are traceable to verifiable points of origin.
APRIL is certified under the Hong Kong Green Label Scheme (HKGLS) for selected plantation-based paper products including PaperOne™ (All Purpose, Presentation, Copier), Laser and Copy brands.
