About CDP’s forests program

CDP’s forests program works to remove commodity driven deforestation from corporate value chains to effectively contribute to a below 1.5?C, water secure world; and to decouple deforestation from forest risk commodity production. CDP’s work on forests was launched in 2014 and now boasts the backing of 590 financial institutions with over US$110 trillion in assets. The program provides critical forests related data from the world’s largest corporations that buy, sell or trade key forests risk commodities (cattle products, palm oil, soy products and timber). The data is used to inform the global marketplace on investment risk and commercial opportunity, and to catalyze action, supporting companies in their efforts to remove deforestation from their supply chains.   

Please visit www.cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more. 

The role will be fixed term contract starting as soon as possible and ending 30 November 2022.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Engaging with companies on deforestation in Indonesian palm oil supply chains (through phone calls, one-to-one meetings, presentations and workshops);
• Establish and maintain relationship with sustainability related stakeholders in companies and other organisation working in sustainable supply chain;
• Organizing and delivering capacity building and training events;
• Conducting research and analyses to support the project activities;
• Support in data analysis for the development of reports;
• Developing educational and training materials for company procurement teams;
• Support the wider CDP HK team to increase company’s awareness of CDP in this region;
• Supporting monitoring and evaluation of the project implementation.

Requirements:

• A university degree in Environment, Forest Engineering, Sustainability or a related subject.
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in project management;
• Expertise in the drivers of deforestation in palm oil supply chains, and key geographies, particularly Indonesia;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Confidence in interacting and presenting to company executives;
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills;
• Track-record of working effectively with multiple project partners;
• Love for data and information and utilizing it to drive change;
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Ability to work effectively in a small team and remotely with colleagues in CDP’s global offices;
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and English required;
• Willingness to travel occasionally or as required.

This is a full-time role based in Jakarta reporting to the Senior Manager, Forests.

Salary and benefits: salary and benefits are dependent on experience. We provide an annual discretionary bonus, 24 days holidays plus public holidays, the opportunity to work flexibly and many others.   

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in Indonesia.

Before you apply

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicants privacy notice. By emailing us your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.

To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to  [email protected] with ‘Senior Corporate Engagement Officer, Forests

in the subject. The deadline is 31 August, 2021.

Candidates should have a passion for the environment and feel comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders including investors, insurers, banks and integrated financial institutions to help meet the project targets.

The project officer will work remotely from Indonesia with colleagues in Hong Kong and in the UK. It is expected that some local travel will be needed in future as pandemic conditions ease. Candidates should have an excellent level of spoken English and a good level of English literacy, as well as native/near native Bahasa Indonesian. It is an advantage to have experience working in the financial sector, an environmental NGO or consultancy.

About CDP

CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Voted number one climate research provider by investors and working with institutional investors with assets of US$96 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts.

About CDP’s forests program

CDP’s forests program works to remove commodity driven deforestation from corporate value chains to effectively contribute to a below 1.5?C, water secure world; and to decouple deforestation from forest risk commodity production. CDP’s work on forests was launched in 2014 and now boasts the backing of 594 financial institutions with over $96 trillion in assets. The program provides critical forests

Board of Trustees: Katherine Garrett-Cox, Jane Ambachtsheer, Jeremy Burke, Stephen T Chow, Michael Hugman, Rachel Kyte, Christine Loh,

Amy Metcalfe, Ramakrishnan Mukundan, Annise Parker, David Wolfson 

CDP Worldwide Registered Charity no. 1122330. Company Registration no. 05013650.

 related data from the world’s largest corporations that buy, sell or trade key forests risk commodities (cattle products, palm oil, soy products and timber). The data is used to inform the global marketplace on investment risk and commercial opportunity, and to catalyze action, supporting companies in their efforts to remove deforestation from their supply chains. Please visit www.cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more. 

Key responsibilities

• Support the investor account manager to build and maintain relationships with key financial institutions in Indonesia to disclose through CDP’s Financial Services questionnaire.
• Provide support to the investor account manager and Indonesian financial institutions to promote increased transparency on lending and new policies that support forest friendly financing through investment and ownership activities.
• Support capacity building and training with Indonesian financial institutions to identify forest risk in investment and lending portfolios.
• Input into development of training, communications and marketing materials to be disseminated amongst financial sector stakeholders.
• Lead on translation of materials and reports to Bahasa Indonesian, including working with local translators where required.
• Support monitoring project outputs and outcomes for Southeast Asia engagement in the project Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework.
• Support investor engagement in Southeast Asia to support a transition to more sustainable production and consumption.
• Other tasks as required by the business.

Required skills and experience

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree or 1-2 years’ relevant working experience in capital or financial markets.
• Excellent English and Bahasa Indonesian skills (verbal and written).
• Knowledge or experience of economics, the Indonesian financial services sector, commodity markets or forestry sectors.
• An understanding of capital markets and the investment management industry with an interest in sustainable investment.
• Ability and confidence to build, manage and develop relationships with senior connections at financial institutions in Indonesia, with support from the wider team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly deliver key messages to both internal and external audiences including investors.

Board of Trustees: Alan Brown, Jane Ambachtsheer, Jeremy Burke, Stephen T Chow, Katherine Garrett-Cox, Rachel Kyte, Christine Loh, Justin Johnson, Ramakrishnan Mukundan, Annise Parker, Jeremy Smith, Takejiro Sueyoshi, Martin Wise CDP Worldwide Registered Charity no. 1122330. Company Registration no. 05013650.

• Team player with a flexible but diligent working style. The ability to work effectively in a small team and remotely with colleagues in CDP’s global offices.
• High level of IT competency including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• A desire to take ownership and responsibility for work.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver work to a high standard.

Desirable characteristics and skills

• A passion for integrating environmental issues into the mainstream business process.
• Willingness and ability to travel.

Salary and benefits 

IDR 90,000,000 – IDR 129,000,000 per annum, 0.4 FTE / 2 days per week.

Salary is dependent on experience. CDP provides an annual discretionary bonus, 24 days holidays+ public holidays, the opportunity to work flexibly and many others.   

This role is offered as an initial 12-month contract, with the possibility of extension.

Before you apply

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicants privacy notice. By emailing us your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.

To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to  [email protected] with ‘Project Officer, Indonesia in the subject.  The deadline is Sunday 5 September 2021.

Febriany has been with Vale for almost 14 years. She has nearly 22 years of international work experience in the financial and mining industry. She worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Jakarta and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for total of seven years. During that time, she was involved in various types of financial due diligence works and international projects.

She started her career with PT Vale as Manager of Capital Project Controls and Financial Evaluation. After three years in the role, she was assigned to the regional office of Vale Base Metals Asia Pacific and Africa based in Brisbane, Australia for 2.5 years. There, holder of Bachelor of Economics from the University of Indonesia and MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and National University of Singapore, was responsible for overseeing performance of Vale Base Metals units in Indonesia, Japan, China, Taiwan and Africa. Upon her return to Indonesia, she assumed responsibility as CFO of PT Vale from 2013 to 2018 and was Deputy CEO for two years, before the Top 25 Most Influential Women in Treasury in Asia Pacific (2015) finally being appointed as CEO.

Being a CEO in a company engaged in an industry with such a masculine image did not dampen Febriany’s spirit. She believes that diversity will bring change in a positive direction. Difference makes all the difference. This is in line with Vale’s target to be a “home” for all talents by embracing diversity, creating equality and building inclusiveness. Febriany, who was chosen as Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019, is also active in voicing issues of diversity, inclusion, and sustainability, through various forums, such as Women in Mining & Energy (WIME), Indonesia Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (IBCWE), and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD).

Source: Febriany Eddy officially becomes CEO of PT Vale Indonesia Tbk

Other data from the UNEP Food Waste Index in 2021 shows that the amount of food waste globally reaches 931 million tons in 2019. Ironically, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the number of malnutrition between 83-123 million people. And 6.7 million of them are children suffering from acute malnutrition.

On the other hand, the Indonesian government remains optimistic about reducing waste with a target of 30% and 70% by 2025, including food waste. In fact, reducing food waste is one of the priorities in the 2020-2024 RPJMN, as conveyed by representatives of Medrilzam, Director of the Environment, BAPPENAS. According to representatives of Anang Nugroho, Director of Food and Agriculture of BAPPENAS, in more detail, horticultural products, especially vegetables, are the largest contributor to food waste products in Indonesia, which must receive attention.

Seeing this, IBCSD together with WRAP introduced an initiative based on voluntary agreement, where businesses can participate in the commitment and start calculating and analyzing their respective food losses and losses. Indeed, one of the right solutions in dealing with the problem of food waste is to involve the business sector. Based on the presentation in the discussion entitled “Business Actions to Overcome Food Shrinkage and Food Waste in Indonesia” held by the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) on April 29, 2021, only 11.5% of food waste is produced in the consumption process in most developing countries. . Meanwhile, the production process contributed 23.5% of food loss and waste, then post-harvest storage contributed 24.4%, the manufacturing process 20.3%, and distribution 20.3%. This means that business has a very big role in dealing with this problem.

“IBCSD intends to introduce voluntary agreement-based initiatives to overcome the problem of food loss and waste in Indonesia. We believe that this issue has become the concern of many parties. So that this is not a reinventing the wheel program, but a support and enhancement of existing initiatives globally and nationally,” said Yono Reksoprodjo, Executive Committee of IBCSD.

Interestingly, mapping and reducing waste loss and waste in a business chain will not only benefit the environment and help achieve government targets. WRAP’s International Partnership Manager, Michael Jones, provides a clear example of how UK businesses implementing reduced food losses and waste at their company have succeeded in reducing previously invisible costs and providing significant benefits to the business. Another good news is that business people who are interested in this initiative can join the voluntary agreement initiated by IBCSD.

Instagram Photo Competition:

1st – @wiwidtrylestari

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3rd – @ j.nita_nainggolan

Favorite – @bidri_syamsiyah

Instagram Video Podcast Competition:

1st – @nurafnioctora_

2nd – @scounsri

3rd – @daraamc

Favorite – @marrizkaf

As part of the collaboration of the 2021 ‘BELI YANG BAIK’ HYBRID EXPO event with WWF Indonesia, IBCSD held a talkshow, sharing about green products and green production processes that have been carried out by companies from different industrial sectors. The talkshow was held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 14.00 – 15.30.

Moderated by Katrina Inandia, Communications and Knowledge Manager of IBCSD, the speakers included: Melanie Masriel – Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability Director, L’Oréal Indonesia; Khrisma Fitriasari – Head of Corporate Communications & Government Affairs; Agung Baskoro – Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Development Lead, Cargill Indonesia; Danny Gunadi – Value Added Partner Manager, Signify Indonesia; and Indah Budiani – Executive Director, IBCSD.

Du Anyam has shown a very good commitment through their business practice through promoting the unique wicker-crafting culture of artistically gifted women in Flores (East Nusa Tenggara) to people around Indonesia and other parts of the world. Du Anyam aims to empower these women by helping them gain control over their family’s income, and resulting in a positive change to escape poverty.

The report hopefully can contribute and offer a sound baseline to the continuing dialogue and engagement efforts among the tripartite partners. As Michiko Miyamoto, Country Director ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste stated, human capital & skills development is key priority of the government, and linking this to the country’s sustainability goals is a timely contribution to ongoing implementation of Indonesia’s long-term development plans. The information herein can be used as a starting point for current discussions, to reinvigorate the interest among key stakeholders, who are actively charting the country’s transition to a greener economy. To learn more about the report, please refer to this link: Skill for Green Jobs in Indonesia – The Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development : The Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (ibcsd.or.id)