Golden Hope Plantations Berhad

Golden Hope Plantations Berhad has been in the plantation business for 161 years. It was established in 1844 under the name of Harrison and Crossfield.

The company was renamed Golden Hope Plantations Berhad in 1990 to reflect change in management when Permodalan Nasional Berhad acquired its majority equity.

Golden Hope is now one of Bursa Malaysia’s top 30 companies in terms of market capitalisation and has 26,000 employees.

It is the first Malaysian public-listed plantation group with downstream refineries and activities in oils and fats industry in Europe and South Africa.

It is a strong environmental advocate with global awards including the Forest Stewardship Council Certification (FSC), ISO *4001, ISO 9000, ISO 9001 and COC.

It is the first plantation company in Malaysia to receive the Global 500 Award by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for its “Zero Burning” practices.

It is also a founder member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) which comprises plantation companies, industries as well as environment-related Non-Governmental Organisations and interest groups.

It has operations in seven countries - The Netherlands, Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Germany and South Africa.

Since completing its rationalisation exercise with Island & Peninsular Berhad in November 2004, Golden Hope focuses only on its core competency which is plantation and its downstream activities.

It now owns 190,000ha of plantation land and deals mostly with oil palm and palm oil products.