Pillar 01
Sustainable Farming
Living soil, steady replanting, mixed crops and room for wildlife on every estate.
Purpose in Action
Our Impact
Our business depends on healthy soil, clean water and strong communities. See how we look after all three across our estates and mill, and how we report our progress every year.
Our Approach
Four pillars, one long view
Everything we make starts with healthy palms, clean water and good relationships with the people around us. We focus on the four areas where a coconut grower and oil maker can do the most good. Each pillar has clear goals, a senior leader who owns them and progress we report every year.
Pillar 02
Responsible Production
Safe, consistent oil from a mill where every husk and shell is put to use.
Pillar 03
Healthier Planet
Mill heat from coconut biomass, careful use of water and fewer emissions.
Pillar 04
Thriving Communities
Fair work, farmer training and support for the villages around our estates.
Pillar 01
Sustainable farming, from the soil up
A coconut palm can stay productive for generations, but only if the soil beneath it stays alive. We keep ground cover between the rows, return fronds and coir pith to the soil as mulch, and test every block so we feed the palms only what they need.
Ageing palms are replaced on a steady cycle with seedlings from our own nursery. Where the land allows, we grow other crops between the palms, which enriches the soil, gives our teams a second harvest and leaves room for birds, bees and other wildlife.
Our commitments
- Keep living ground cover between the rows on every estate
- Soil-test every block each year and fertilize only where it's needed
- Replace ageing palms on a steady cycle with seedlings from our own nursery
- Grow other crops between the palms wherever the land suits it
- Protect stream banks, hedgerows and patches of native forest
Goals and progress
Palms replanted with our own seedlings0,000
Goal: replant 0,000 palms by 2030
Estate blocks soil-tested this year00%
Goal: 100% of blocks, every year
Estate land kept as native habitat00%
Goal: 00% of every estate by 2030
Pillar 02
Responsible production, with nothing wasted
Food safety and quality come first, every time. Our mill runs a certified food safety system, and our own lab checks every batch for moisture, free fatty acids and purity before it is released. Each batch can be traced back to the estate where its coconuts grew.
We use the whole coconut, too. Husks are spun into coir fibre, shells become charcoal, coconut water is collected rather than poured away, and the meal left after pressing goes to animal feed. Our aim is simple: nothing from the coconut ends up in landfill.
Our commitments
- Keep our mill certified to an internationally recognized food safety standard
- Test every batch in our own lab before it leaves the mill
- Trace every batch back to the estate block it came from
- Turn husks into coir fibre and shells into charcoal
- Send nothing from the coconut to landfill
Goals and progress
Husks and shells put to use00%
Goal: put 100% of husks and shells to use by 2030
Oil batches traceable to the estate00%
Goal: 100% by 2030
Mill team trained in food safety this year00%
Goal: 100% of the mill team, every year
Pillar 03
Energy from what the coconut leaves behind
Drying copra and refining oil take a lot of heat. Instead of burning fossil fuel for it, we fire our boilers and dryers with shell fragments, husk waste and other coconut biomass from our own operations, which cuts both our fuel use and our emissions.
We take the same care with water. We measure how much we use for every tonne of oil, treat and reuse wash water in the mill and collect rainwater on our estates. Every site has its own targets and a team responsible for meeting them.
Our commitments
- Fire our boilers and dryers with coconut biomass instead of fossil fuel
- Measure the energy and water used for every tonne of oil we make
- Treat and reuse wash water from the mill
- Collect rainwater on our estates for nurseries and processing
- Report our greenhouse gas emissions every year
Goals and progress
Mill heat from coconut biomass00%
Goal: 100% by 2030
Less water used per tonne of oil00%
Goal: cut water used per tonne of oil by 00% by 2030, against our baseline year
Lower emissions per tonne of oil00%
Goal: 00% lower by 2030, against our baseline year
Pillar 04
Thriving communities around our estates
Our estates sit among farming villages, and many of our people grew up in them. We pay fairly and on time, keep everyone safe at work and offer steady jobs through every season, not just at harvest.
Our support reaches beyond our own team. We share what we know with smallholder coconut farmers nearby, back local schools and clinics, and help families build a better living from the land around them.
Our commitments
- Pay fair wages, in full and on time, to every worker
- Provide safety gear, training and clean drinking water at every site
- Hire locally first and help people build the skills to move up
- Share better growing practices with smallholder farmers nearby
- Support schools, clinics and clean water projects in neighboring villages
Goals and progress
Local farmers trained0,000
Goal: train 0,000 local farmers by 2030
Team members trained in safety this year00%
Goal: 100% of our people, every year
Neighboring villages with a community project00
Goal: every village around our estates by 2030
By the Numbers
Our progress so far
0,000Seedlings planted on our estates this year
00%Of every coconut put to use
00%Less water used per tonne of oil
0,000Local farmers trained
Giving Back
Publica Foundation
The Publica Foundation is our charitable arm. It helps the families and villages around our estates build a better future through three programs.
- Community grants for projects that villages choose themselves, such as clean water, school repairs and health clinics.
- Farmer training that shares nursery, intercropping and post-harvest skills with smallholder coconut growers.
- Scholarships that help young people from estate families study agriculture, engineering and more.
000Community grants made
00Villages reached
000Scholarships awarded
Reports & Policies
Reports and policies
We report on our progress every year. Download our latest sustainability report, find past editions and read the policies that guide our work on the estates and in the mill.
Latest report
2026 Sustainability Report
Our fullest account yet of how we farm, how we run our mill, how we use energy and water, and how we support our communities, with progress against every goal on this page.
Past reports
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2025 Sustainability Report
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2024 Sustainability Report
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2023 Sustainability Report
Our policies
Sustainable Farming Policy
How we care for the soil, water and wildlife on our estates, from replanting and intercropping to how we use fertilizer and protect natural habitat.
Download the policy (PDF)Food Safety Policy
The controls that keep our oil and other coconut goods safe and true to specification, from harvest and copra drying through pressing, testing, packing and dispatch.
Download the policy (PDF)Environmental Policy
How we manage energy, water, emissions and by-products across our estates and mill, and how each site sets and reviews its own targets.
Download the policy (PDF)Workplace Health and Safety Policy
Our commitment that everyone goes home safe, covering palm climbing and harvesting, machinery, protective equipment, training and incident reporting.
Download the policy (PDF)Community Engagement Policy
How we listen to and work with the villages around our estates, including local hiring, ways to raise concerns and how the Publica Foundation chooses its projects.
Download the policy (PDF)