OUR HERITAGE

Goodhope has experience in developing and operating plantations that dates back over a century. We started as part of Carson Cumberbatch, a Sri Lankan investment and trading house, who originally invested in tea and rubber plantations in Malaysia and Sri Lanka in the early 1900's. Recognizing an opportunity for growth in a vital sector, Carsons made a pioneering move to palm oil, converting their plantations in Malaysia, expanding further afield in 1996 into Indonesia through the acquisition of PT Agro Indomas. PT Agro Indomas commenced operations with just over 12,000 hectares of land to develop.

 

However, today, the Group's landholdings have since expanded to 157,889 hectares in Indonesia and Malaysia.

 

  • Late 19th Century

    Late 19th Century

    Carson Cumberbatch PLC, the ultimate parent of Goodhope, established its agricultural base in Sri Lanka.

  • Early 1900s

    Early 1900s

    Carson Cumberbatch PLC incorporated the Malaysian Plantation Companies.

  • 1969

    1969

    Carson Cumberbatch PLC makes a strategic shift from rubber into oil palm cultivation in Malaysia.

  • 1996

    1996

    Carson Cumberbatch PLC commenced operations in Indonesia through PT Agro Indomas. This was a pioneering move, which increased the overseas oil palm plantations area under cultivation from 1,800 hectares to 18,000 hectares.

  • 2003

    2003

    Carsons' plantations, oils and fats sector begins an aggressive mandate to grow its plantation land bank from the existing extent of 20,000 hectares to 100,000 hectares by 2010.

  • 2008

    2008

    Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd was incorporated in Singapore as the Holding Company of the plantations, oils and fats sector to consolidate and regionalize the sector's asset base.

  • 2011

    2011

    Goodhope has 150,168 hectares in land bank and the total land under development is 39,454 hectares.

    Globalized the business through the acquisition of a Malaysian based Company with operations in Malaysia and India that specializes in edible oil refining and specialty fats production to integrate forward within our chosen value chain.

  • 2012

    2012

    Two of the Goodhope's mills - Terewan and Sungai Purun based in Central Kalimantan were RSPO Certified - going-forward all the CPO produced from its oldest Plantation (PTAI) will be Certified Sustainable Palm Oil.

    Two of Goodhope's refineries in the edible oils and fats segment based in Malaysia - Premium Vegetable Oils Sdn Bhd and Premium Fats Sdn Bhd were awarded the RSPO Supply Chain Certification through both mass balance & segregation mechanisms.