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[4.3.1 Initiatives on Sustainable Palm Oil]
4.16.  (...) Malaysia is also committed to meet the Amsterdam Declaration that was signed by seven European countries in 2015. The Declaration requires exporters to comply with '100% Sustainable Palm Oil in Europe by 2020'.

[4.3.1 Initiatives on Sustainable Palm Oil]
4.17. The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) Certification Scheme was made mandatory from 1 January 2020 to ensure the country's palm oil industry produces Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) as per the requirements of international consumers and the Amsterdam Declaration 2015. This has further enhanced the Malaysian palm oil industry's efforts towards becoming more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

[4.3.1 Initiatives on Sustainable Palm Oil]
4.18.  (...)The MSPO[the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil] Trace platform was also set up to monitor the certification and traceability, which provides assurance on the sustainability of Malaysian palm oil.

4.20.  The Malaysia Plastics Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030 was launched in 2021 with the vision to transform the whole plastic value chain through having more sustainable practices and adopting circular economy principles throughout plastic lifecycle.

4.21.  The Roadmap[the Malaysia Plastics Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030] was developed to guide the country towards a sustainable plastic economy, enabled through the principles of circularity. This sustainable circular ecosystem covers the whole plastic value chain starting from its product design stage until the collection and sorting of plastic waste, making sure that the materials are kept in circulation in its highest possible value, can easily be recovered and recycled as well as be effectively reused. It involves design innovation, supply chain collaboration, high value recycling industry, resource efficiency through manufacturers as well as brand owner's accountability in managing end-of-life impacts of their products.

4.22.  The action plans outlined under this Roadmap[the Malaysia Plastics Sustainability Roadmap 2021-2030] are targeted at minimizing the environmental impact due to plastic pollution and subsequently achieving plastics circularity and sustainability for 2030, and beyond. Among the national targets that we aim to achieve are phasing out problematic single-use plastics, having 25% post-consumer plastic packaging to be recycled by 2025, 100% recyclability of plastic packaging by 2030, 15% average recycled content by 2030 and 76% average collected-for-recycling (CFR) rate by 2030. This is in tandem with the Government's objective of a sustainable Malaysia and creating business opportunities from plastic waste.

4.23.  The National Mineral and Industry Transformation Plan 2021-2030 (TIM 2021-2030) is a 10-year plan to develop local mineral industry in a comprehensive and integrated manner through transformation at every level of value chain based on the principle of sustainability.

[4.3.3 National Mineral Industry Transformation Plan]
4.24.  The basic principle of the framework is to adopt sustainable mining to generate economic potential without compromising the environmental and well-being of the people. This industry will be focusing on the value-added activities, circular economy, optimal use of resources and waste reduction or zero waste.

4.26.  Malaysia has taken into consideration new developments in the policies and legislations related to forestry. Forests are no longer regarded merely as a source of timber production for socioeconomic development of the country. In fact, the protective functions of forest specifically in conservation of biological diversity, environmental stability and preservation of culture have now become more pertinent.

4.27.  Based on the Forest Resource Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020) conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Malaysia is amongst the 25 developing countries that have high forest cover and low deforestation activities (HFLD) in the world. Malaysia has been recognized as a HFLD country as our forest areas cover more than 50% of land areas and the deforestation rate is below the average global deforestation rate. Furthermore, Malaysia has set a control mechanism by setting a national cap palm oil plantation amounting to 6.5 million hectares, no new planted area on peat soil and no conversion of Permanent Reserve Forest for oil palm plantations, or for any other agricultural activity.