SUSTAINABILITY
Gain Green chose to take the leading role in identifying and using any available opportunities and prospects to promote and stimulate environmental protection and preservation and enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem and contribution to carbon sequestration. Gain Green’s environmental stewardship entails engaging appropriate and best management practices for a particular location/region, consisting of sustainable soil, water, air, and waste management. Its ultimate focus point is mitigating the negative impact on the environment by the tree-planting project that reduces deforestation by providing alternative wood resources and influences reducing carbon emissions.
- No Deforestation
- Zero Burning
- Resource Management
- Responsible Agrochemical Use
- Waste Management
- Planting Materials
No Deforestation
Gain Green is committed to no deforestation of High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas and High Conservation Value (HCV) in any new land development activities.
The HCV areas located within the plantation are conserved and monitored periodically according to the regulations, guidelines and criteria of the sustainability certifications.
Gain Green commits to conducting and performing plantation activities only on the leftover deforested land, idle/abandoned land, and agriculture land. Gain Green will not occupy the existing forest area (Hutan Simpanan Kekal) for woodcutting or deforestation purpose.
Zero Burning
Gain Green follows a strict zero burning policy where no fire is involved in land preparation during replanting processes and new development activities.
Resource Management
Gain Green commits to utilizing, protecting, conserving and sustainably enhancing the natural resources. The most important and greatest resource in a plantation is soil.
Sustainable soil and plantation management consist of:
- Using scientific-based organic fertilizers which improving soil fertility and increase soil organic matters;
- Terracing which prevents soil erosion at slope areas;
- Establishing cover crops as soon as possible after land clearing to reduce soil erosion and land degradation;
- Taking good care of natural ground vegetation to maintain soil moisture and prevent soil loss;
- Maintaining fertility levels balanced and stable by improving intercropping in the plantations.
Scientific-based organic fertilizers
Intercropping
Responsible Agrochemical Use
Gain Green commits to minimize the use of chemicals in plantation.
- Systematical application of different methods, including mechanical and biological controls, to keep pest populations under control while minimizing chemical pesticides usage. Gain Green uses biological controls whenever possible, creating an ecosystem on its plantations that regulates itself.
- All the staff responsible for handling agrochemical is equipped with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE) and regularly trained on the relevant safe operating procedures.
- Minimizes the use of herbicides.
- Uses grass cutting machine for manual grass cutting.
- Reduces the usage of chemical fertilizers through more application of soil amendments and compost in the fertilizer regime.
Waste Management
After harvesting, Gain Green fully utilizes wood waste from small trunks or branches to become biochar or wood pellet. This action reduces the solid waste to landfills and creates secondary value from plantation forests. Besides that, it returns the organic product to plantation lands, saving on fertilizer costs, earning carbon credits, and saving large fees from the disposal cost associated with offloading and dumping large volumes of wood wastes and residues.
Planting Materials
Gain Green commits to minimize the use of not-ecofriendly products in the value chain from seedlings production to farm. For example, biodegradable planting bags are used to replace plastic polybags, and reusable seedlings delivery trays are used to replace single-use trays.
Biodegradable planting bags
Revotropix Paulownia
Carbon Sequestration Initiative
Media