The content of the pledge are:

Humanity must transform the food system by 2030 to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensure it can support healthy people, healthy planet and healthy business.

To achieve this common purpose, effective partnership is required among businesses, governments and non-government stakeholders to raise ambitions and take actions to address risks and opportunities in nutrition and health, climate resilience and mitigation, nature and biodiversity,  livelihoods and human rights.

Business can lead to accelerate the food system transformation in Indonesia through both direct and enabling pathways:

1.           Transform agriculture while restoring the environment

2.           Enhance equitable distribution of value

3.           Shift diets to be healthy and sustainable

4.           Minimize food loss and waste

5.           Build end-to-end transparency

6.           Accelerate policy and financial innovations

7.           Launch new business models and value chain collaborations

*For more info on the pledge, please contact [email protected] .

IBCSD explained about Food loss and waste, WRI gave a presentation on research data related to Food Loss and Waste. Foodbank explained the material about the implementation of Foodbank activities in PAUD schools.

This activity has succeeded in increasing public awareness and sharing adequate knowledge about handling the problem of food and waste loss in Indonesia as well as stimulating innovative ideas and opportunities to overcome the problem of food and waste loss from participants who come from the company.

It’s also an opportunity to develop a network for all relevant stakeholders and partners to build partnerships to overcome food loss and waste in Indonesia.

Committed to sustainable sourcing and efficient manufacturing, APR’s products address customers’ needs, while touching the lives of the communities around their areas of operations. APR upholds the principles of No Deforestation and source wood fibre only from sustainably managed plantations and forests. It is committed to the transparency of its supply chain. APR aims to achieve a clean production of viscose fibre and will constantly strive to operate in the top quartile of viscose manufacturing in the areas of reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improved carbon disulphide (CS2) recovery, and waste water management in line with industry leading practices.

In climate sector, their goal is to deliver verified GHG emission reductions through avoided deforestation and forest degradation associated with agricultural conversion, illegal logging, peat drainage and burning. While for the community, they aim to foster inclusive partnerships and a culture of sustainability in local communities that acts to reduce poverty in all of its dimensions. Other than that, also to maintain and enhance ecosystem services which are fundamental to the overall well-being of communities in the project zone.

Not just in those sectors, in biodiversity they also have the goal to reduce threats to the biodiversity in the project area by eliminating drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and increasing forest cover. Maintain natural habitats, ecological integrity and overall biological diversity, and also to actively protect species of High Conservation Value, are in their list as well.

“The Alliance members are committing to cooperate across financial sectors and even with their competitors because it is both ethical and good business sense to invest in sustainable development for all people on a healthy planet,” Guterres said in a public statement.

According to the UN’s press release, the GISD Alliance will devise ways to stimulate long term investment in development both at the company and system-wide levels and speed up progress toward achieving the SDGs. The meeting was called to answer the most urgent challenges of the SDGs such as the alarming levels of youth unemployment, uneven growth, persistent poverty and trade tensions. In the social sector, rising global hunger, continued gender inequality and climate change were among the most pressing issues.

Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/10/21/un-picks-indonesian-ceo-to-co-chair-investors-alliance-for-sustainability-agenda.html

You may read UN press release here: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/10/gisd-alliance/

PT Repal International Indonesia turns waste to pallets. Nonetheless, not all waste are eligible to be processed to become pallets. Only some types of plastics are best to be turned into pallets. If only all the waste are already sorted, and separated between the organics, plastic types, and other materials, it will be much easier to start a recycling process. Therefore, waste management is a key to a more sustainable waste solution.

To understand more around this issue, Chris Bath of the Australian National Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) interviewed one of IBCSD Member company’s CEO, Stephen Bowhill (PT Repal International Indonesia). You can listen to the interview here: http://www.piixeldesigns.com/clients/re-pal/abc-interview.mp3

Photo credit: (KOMPAS.COM/Yoga Sukmana)

As a well-known beverage company in the world, PT Multi Bintang Indonesia take the responsibility in building a better generation for now and the future. Their focus in the sustainability area is to bring a big impact, especially in some focus area such as water, CO2, responsible sourcing, responsible consumption, communities and health & safety. For each focus area, PT MBI has set themselves targets and identified actions to take at each point throughout their value chain. While pursuing this vision, PT MBI has won some awards along the way, such as Banten Province OHS Awards (Governor of Banten) where Multi Bintang received a Zero Accident Award, and Corporate Social Responsibility Awards II-2018 (Economic Review Magazine), where Multi Bintang received three awards: Ranked first in the Public Company Category, Consumer Goods Industry,  Platinum Award with ‘Very Excellent’ rating in the Public Company Category ,  and the ‘Big 7 ’ Award in the Best of the Best CSR of the Year 2018 Category 

Executive Director of IBCSD, Indah Budiani explained the purpose of this training is to develop knowledge and skills from all relevant stakeholders regarding biodiversity management in mining concession areas. “IBCSD will assist PT Vale Indonesia Tbk. in piloting biodiversity management module at their areas in Sorowako, South Sulawesi”, she said. “We hope that the governments can provide leadership and coordination in this collaborative effort, as well as other relevant stakeholders to work together in harmony”.

Meanwhile, the Director of Essential Ecosystem Areas Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ir. Tandya Tjahjana, MSi, in his opening remarks appreciated the initiative for conducting capacity building in biodiversity management in mining sector. He said “The module is expected to encourage and to provide direction for mining companies in improving their biodiversity management to be more sustainable and align with good mining practices”.

At present, one of the biggest challenges in implementing biodiversity management in mining area is that most of biodiversity values are located inside productive mining areas. Therefore, strong commitment and sufficient knowledge from private sectors are vital to ensure the existence of biodiversity in the remaining landscape of Sorowako, South Sulawesi. Other than that, IBCSD is also underlined that synergy among different stakeholders are critically needed to ensure connectivity between private sectors’ efforts with other conservation efforts at the landscape level contributing to the bigger goal of both local and national conservation objectives.

The Forum examines the business value of sustainability through enhanced risk management, increased productivity, and development of new market opportunities. Participants will learn from sustainability leaders about how to integrate sustainability into their core strategies and operations, and align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speakers and participants range from sustainable business and finance leaders, asset managers, corporations, ESG practitioners, and sustainability experts.

Further information can be found in the attached flyer.

Crms x Cardno Sustainability Forum Flyer