To overcome the issue, Smallholder Task Force was established in May 2016, as a platform to discuss and support the innovative implementation to improve the productivity and livelihood while in the same time is protecting the environment. Beside enhance scale of investments in sustainable commodity production across entire supply chains in Indonesia with the aim to greatly reduce deforestation from palm oil and paper and pulp production. The Task Force Meeting attended by 24 Participants from companies, NGOs and grant institution in Jakarta at 14^th December 2017 to discuss about:

•  Stock-take Partners’ ongoing programs and analyze possible synergies among programs and landscapes and collaboration work at pilot Jurisdiction provinces.

• Share relevant projects they are working on around the issue of alternative financing solution and access to market:

• Statement of “Reactivation of Smallholder Taskforce”

• Smallholder meeting will be held in rotation and hosted by members partners every 2 months

Therefore, IBCSD together with ILO is developing occupation map on automotive industry.

On 14 December in Jakarta, IBCSD and ILO held a validation workshop for the occupation map inviting key stakeholders from the industry, trade union, government, and business association.

The inputs, comments and recommendations coming from the different focal persons invited in the seminar, enable the technical team to revise and finalize the research that is expected to be completed by January 2018.

Marina Tusin, President Director of PwC Consulting Indonesia, said “It has been pleasantly heartwarming to witness various sustainability initiatives implemented in Indonesian companies given the environmental and social challenges we face today. It is our responsibility to applaud the progress made by companies moving towards sustainable businesses. The awards have been a great platform to showcase this progress and to recognise these companies.”

The Sustainable Business Awards run in partnership with PwC Indonesia, to recognize businesses that demonstrate leadership and proven commitment to sustainability through rigorous assessment on business practices. Applicants are scored against both processes and performance across the following 12 categories; Strategy and vision; Workforce; Community; Energy Management; Water Management; Waste & Material Productivity; Climate Change; Supply Chain; Land-use, Biodiversity and the Environment; Business Responsibility and Ethics, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“The recognition given to businesses for their sustainable efforts not only encourages
others to follow suit, but also provides an excellent resource to learn from best
practices. The rigorous process and prominence of the panel give the awards
unparalleled credibility and standing in Asia.” explains Tony Gourlay, CEO of Global
Initiatives, the awards organizer for the fifth year. Each contender completed a comprehensive interview, questionnaire and was scored against their corporate sustainability vision, and their environmental and social management strategies. Winners were chosen by an expert cross-industry panel including IBCSD, PwC and BAPPENAS (see full list below).

To learn about the awards criteria and methodology read more here.

FULL LIST OF 2017 WINNERS BY CATEGORY

Overall Winner of the Sustainable Business Awards: Holcim Indonesia

BEST IN CATEGORY AWARD (See detailed description here)

1. Best Strategy & Sustainability Management – Holcim Indonesia
2. Best Workforce – Nestlé Indonesia
3. Best Community – United Tractors
4. Best Energy Management – Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)
5. Best Water Management – Chevron Indonesia
6. Best Waste and Material Productivity – Holcim Indonesia
7. Best Climate Change – Holcim Indonesia
8. Best Supply Chain Management – H&M
9. Best Land Use, Biodiversity, and Environment – Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food
10. Best Business Responsibility and Ethics – PT Vale Indonesia Tbk
11. Best Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality – PT Astra International Tbk
12. Best UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – 
    1. PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk
    2. PT Martina Berto Tbk

SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION

1. Best Flagship Initiative – PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk
2. Best State Owned Enterprise – Pertamina

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

1. Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation Practices – PT Branita Sandhini
2. Energy Management – PT Sarihusada Generasi Mahardhika
3. GHG Emission Reduction – Gunung Sewu
4. Water Stewardship – Multi Bintang Indonesia
5. Health Education – Bayer Indonesia
6. Employee Engagement – PT Frisian Flag Indonesia
7. Stakeholder Engagement – GREENHOPE – PT Harapan Interaksi Swadaya
8. Energy Management – ISPAT INDO
9. Biomass Energy Initiative – APRIL

Indonesia National Advisory Panel Members

Shinta Kamdani, President of IBCSD and Vice Chair Woman of KADIN Indonesia
Irhoan Tanudiredja, Senior Partner, PwC Indonesia
Erna Witoelar, Founder, Chairperson and Governing Board Member, KEHATI
Nina Sardjunani, Team Leader Secretariat of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), BAPPENAS
Tony Gourlay, CEO, Global Initiatives

About Global Initiatives:

Global Initiatives creates partnerships that address global challenges through film, international events and media projects. By sharing knowledge and best practices, and calling on all stakeholders to take action, we address some of the greatest challenges facing the world. International events include the Responsible Business Forums.

Considering that over the past 50 years, 60% of the world’s ecosystem services have been degraded, IBCSD with its parent organisation WBCSD, are promoting Natural Capital Protocol. In Indonesia, this initiative is also developing and IBCSD as a platform for sustainable development.

Businesses depend on natural capital and the services they provide as an input to their operations. These dependencies are often critical but also frequently misunderstood or not fully recognized. Business operations can also have impacts on the quality and availability of natural capital, either positive or negative, and thus the long-term ability of natural capital to provide returns to the company, the economy, and society.

The discussion will explore how firms in the agribusiness sector might benefit from the natural capital project’s experience in the company case and also the factors that could help companies in adopting to the natural capital approaches in Indonesia.

For the summary of the event please click on the link below:

Jakarta Rountable Summary

Menjawab tantangan yang ada, IBCSD sebagai asosiasi yang memiliki komitmen dalam mempromosikan pembangunan berkelanjutan dan berusaha mendorong perusahaan anggotanya untuk melakukan praktik praktik terbaik untuk isu HAM.

Dalam upaya ini, IBCSD juga berusaha menggandeng Media selaku mitra penting dalam menyebarluaskan usaha penerapan Hak Asasi Manusia dalam suatu kegiatan usaha.

Penghargaan ide positif dari satu perusahaan ke perusahaan lain merupakan alasan utama IBCSD mengadakan Lomba Penulisan Bagi Wartawan mengenai isu Hak Asasi Manusia dalam Bisnis Berkelanjutan.

Pemahaman ini ternyata sudah banyak dipahami oleh media massa. Terlihat dari beberapa artikel yang dinilai oleh IBCSD bersama mitranya sejak 16 Maret – 10 Juni 2017 dengan jumlahsekitar 56 artikel dari harian cetak dan online.

Pada hari kamis tanggal 15 Juni 2017, IBCSD telah mengumumkan para pemenang di Gedung Menara Kadin. Berikut adalah susunan pemenangnya:

• Juara I – Imam Suhartadi dari Harian Investor Daily – Uang tunai Rp7.000.000.
• Juara II – Heru Febrianto dari Koran SINDO – Uang tunai Rp. 5.000.000.
• Juara III – Miftah Ardhian dari Katadata.co.id – Uang tunai Rp.3.000.000.
• 3 Juara Harapan masing-masing mendapatkan uang tunai Rp1.000.000 :
  • M. Rausyan Fikri dari Beritasatu.com
  • Aprillia Ika dari Kompas.com
  • M.Solihin dari Indopos.

Jumat, 9 Juni 2018 – telah dilaksanakan penandatanganan nota kesepahaman (MoU) kerjasama antara Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) dengan PT. Vale Indonesia.

Penandatangani MoU dilakukan oleh Budi Santosa selaku Direktur Eksekutif IBCSD dan Basrie Kamba selaku Direktur Corporate Affairs PT. Vale Indonesia. Penandatanganan MoU ini dilaksanakan di Kantor PT. Vale Indonesia di Jakarta.

Penandatangannan MoU ini bertujuan untuk menyusundokumen panduan pengelolaan keanekaragaman hayati di sektor tambang yang didukung oleh Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) melalui Yasayan Burung Indonesia untuk upaya konservasi yang dilakukan di wilayah Wallacea. Dokumen tersebut diharapkan dapat menjadi referensi  perusahaan tambang di Indonesia untuk melakukan pengelolaan keanekaragaman hayati di kawasan konsesinya.

Penandatangannan MoU tersebut disaksikan oleh Nico Kanter selaku Presiden Direktur PT. Vale Indonesia, Rini Suryani selaku perwakilan dari Burung Indonesia dan Indah Budiani selaku Direktur Program IBCSD.

The objective of the Reporting Exchange is to bring coherence to the disclosure landscape by providing one central resource for reporting provisions ? the term we use to describe reporting requirements and supporting resources related to the disclosure of non-financial information.

IBCSD with the guidance of WBCSD conducted the research for 2 months on the reporting provisions for companies in Indonesia.  The beta version of the Reporting Exchange is now available at www.reportingexchange.com.  This can be a reference for companies in reporting provision.  As the commitment of IBCSD to continuously support the private sector in providing sustainability information, IBCSD will continuing to contribute to the platform – most notably as it provides a valuable tool for the member companies.

2016 WINNERS : APPENDIX

Main Winner of the Sustainable Business Awards : Unilever Indonesia

APPENDIX A – BEST IN CATEGORY AWARD (See detailed descriptive below)

1. Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa 2. Best Business Responsibility & Ethics – Unilever Indonesia 3. Best Workforce – Nestle Indonesia 4. Best Sustainability in the Community – Vale Indonesia 5. Best Supply Chain – H&M 6. Best Stakeholder Engagement – Unilever Indonesia 7. Best Energy Management – Holcim Indonesia 8. Best Water Management – Multi Bintang Indonesia 9. Best Waste Management – Nestle Indonesia 10.Best Climate Change – RAPP (APRIL Group) 11.Best Landuse, Biodiversity & the Environment – SMART

APPENDIX B – SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION

2. Pertamina (Persero) 13. Best Flagship Initiatives project – PT PIPA 14. Best Newcomers (entering SBA for the first time) CIMB NIAGA APPENDIX C – SPECIAL RECOGNITION BY CATEGORY
3. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) 2. Business Responsibility & Ethics – L’Oreal Indonesia 3. Workforce – Bayer 4. Sustainability in the Community – Tirta Investama (Danone Aqua) 5. Supply Chain – Sinar Mas Land 6. Stakeholder Engagement – Bukit Asam 7.  Energy Management – Frisian Flag8. Water Management – Martina Berto 9. Waste Management – Dupont 10. Climate Change – United Tractor 11. Landuse, Biodiversity & the Environment – Branita Sandhini (Monsanto)

APPENDIX C – SPECIAL RECOGNITION BY CATEGORY

1. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) 2. Business Responsibility & Ethics – L’Oreal Indonesia 3. Workforce – Bayer 4. Sustainability in the Community – Tirta Investama (Danone Aqua) 5. Supply Chain – Sinar Mas Land 6. Stakeholder Engagement – Bukit Asam 7.  Energy Management – Frisian Flag8. Water Management – Martina Berto 9. Waste Management – Dupont 10. Climate Change – United Tractor 11. Landuse, Biodiversity & the Environment – Branita Sandhini (Monsanto)

Indonesia merupakan penghasil terbesar kelapa sawit di dunia. Kelapa sawit sangat penting bagi perekonomian negara dan memberikan pendapatan bagi banyak masyarakat miskin, termasuk para petani sawit swadaya. Namun kelapa sawit juga dikaitkan dengan penggundulan hutan yang sangat cepat, musnahnya habitat spesies langka, serta bencana kebakaran hutan dan asap beracun yang berulang setiap tahun.

Indonesia kini berada di persimpangan. Pada tanggal 14 April 2016, Presiden Joko Widodo mengumumkan larangan sementara bagi konsesi kelapa sawit baru. Pengumuman tersebut, yang diharapkan akan dirumuskan dalam keputusan presiden, atau moratorium, merupakan bagian dari upaya pemerintah untuk melindungi hutan tropis dan lahan gambut negara serta meningkatkan produksi di lahan kelapa sawit yang ada.

SAWIT merupakan inisiatif baru untuk memberikan solusi kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan bagi para petani sawit. Terdapat sekitar tiga juta petani  sawit swadaya di Indonesia yang memproduksi kurang lebih 40 persen dari total panen kelapa sawit di Indonesia. Para petani ini cenderung menggunakan praktik pembukaan dan penanaman lahan secara tradisional yang tidak efisien dan berkelanjutan. Akibatnya, banyak petani sawit yang membuka hutan dan menanam di lahan yang lebih luas.

Sekaranglah saatnya untuk memperkenalkan dan mendorong solusi terobosan. Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS), Dewan Bisnis Indonesia untuk Pembangunan Berkelanjutan/Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD), dan Badan  Pembangunan Internasional Amerika Serikat/U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) mengundang anda untuk mengirimkan solusi yang dapat membantu para petani sawit memproduksi kelapa sawit yang berkelanjutan. Kelapa sawit diproduksi secara berkelanjutan apabila produksi tidak mengakibatkan atau berkontribusi terhadap penggundulan hutan, melakukan penanaman di lahan gambut, atau melakukan pembakaran saat membuka lahan, sekaligus memastikan manfaat ekonomi bagi komunitas petani dan perlindungan hak-hak tanah masyarakat.

SAWIT mencari solusi inovatif dalam membantu petani sawit swadaya untuk meningkatkan produktivitas di setiap langkah produksi – mulai dari penyiapan lahan untuk penanaman hingga menanam bibit yang lebih baik dengan pemeliharaan yang tepat, memanen dan mengangkut buah sawit secara cepat ke pabrik – dan pada saat yang sama memenuhi standar produksi kelapa sawit berkelanjutan. Inovator terpilih akan diundang untuk berpartisipasi dalam Innovation Marketplace, dimana mereka akan mendapatkan pelatihan dari para ahli dan kesempatan untuk menyampaikan idenya kepada calon investor atau mitra untuk dikembangkan di Indonesia.

Kunjungi situs : http://www.tantangansawit.org/sawit-challenge-statement-bahasa