Issue Detail
Description
Smallholder rice plots use conventional flooding, generating high methane emissions; insufficient data on reduction methods
Organisation
Tradewinds Plantations Bhd
Asset
Kuantan Oil Palm & Rice Estate
Master Library Mapping
Environmental / Climate and GHG emissions / Methane emissions
Nature
impact (actual, negative)
Severity / Likelihood
MEDIUM / high
Urgency
medium
Source
Internal GHG inventory
Responsible Owner
Sustainability Manager, TWP
Impact Materiality
3 / 5
Financial Materiality
2 / 5
Financial Implications
Future carbon reporting exposure, potential yield trade-offs from AWD trial
Existing Controls
None - baseline only
Status
Open
Obligations Linked
None linked.
Intervention Decided
Intervention Type
Research Required
Rationale
Insufficient information exists on methane-reduction methods for local rice varieties and conditions
Decided By
Sustainability Manager, TWP