The Sustainable Procurement Guide covers five commodity procurement focuses, namely oil palm, wood and paper, seafood, plastics and energy and consists of three parts namely on the concept of sustainability and its benefits; steps that companies need to go through to achieve sustainable procurement; and self-assessment to measure the company’s readiness to implement sustainable procurement.

As a start, PT Hero Supermarket Tbk, PT Wahana Citra Nabati, PT L’Oreal Indonesia, PT Tetra Pak Indonesia, PT Graha Bumi Hijau (Tessa), PT Narendra Lentera Adisakti (Alila Hotel Solo), PT Faber-Castell International Indonesia, PT Foods and Beverages Indonesia (Chatime), and PT Lion Super Indo, have stated their commitment to support the implementation of this guide.

This guide was launched in the midst of the alleged Covid-19 pandemic, one of which, originated from zoonosis, which is the transmission of the virus from wildlife to humans. Zoonoses can occur directly due to wildlife meat sales and consumption activities, and indirectly from commodity production and consumption activities that ignore environmental impacts and thus create environmental conditions that are conducive to mutations and the spread of viruses.

The Reporting Exhange is a free online platform that connects companies and relevant stakeholders to reliable, comparable information on sustainability reporting requirements, resources and indicators. It provides in-depth and up to date coverage across over 70 sectors in 60 different countries including sustainability reporting resources and requirements for Indonesia.

To find out more, visit the Reporting Exchange at www.reportingexchange.com

Guidance to Employers regarding COVID19

It’s time for businesses to take concrete and decisive action that will not only mitigate the impact of the health crisis, but also ensure that the well-being of people. It needs continuous commitment to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance that was just launched in October 2019 has been aimed for. That will lay the foundation for resilient and robust societies.

We hope that you, your families and your colleagues are safe and well.

At IBCSD, we believe that the health of staff, members and partners is our priority. Therefore, currently until undetermined time, we also apply a policy of working remotely from home to reduce the risk of transmission of this pandemic. All staff are expected to be able to continue working at home, except when there are urgent matters that cannot be done remotely. We will continue to operate effectively during this time, and you can still contact us at [email protected].

 If you have a scheduled meeting with IBCSD in the coming weeks, our staff will contact you to reschedule or arrange a teleconference. We hope that everything that happens right now does not make us panic, but is alert, and continues to hope that everything will return to normal soon. Our best regards to all your colleagues and family at home.

March 17th, 2020.

Indah Budiani, Executive Director

IBCSD and ZSL conducted a discussion on Transparency in Indonesia, and the benefit in joining SPOTT Forum. The event conducted on March 4th, 2020, and attended by representatives from companies, NGOs, government, and other related institutions.

The workshop summarized the lessons learned from ZSL’s 2019 SPOTT assessments of 15 Indonesian timber and pulp producers, processors and traders. Presentations and group discussions provides operational guidance on how to improve SPOTT scores and communicate progress to investors and buyers. These issues was discussed in the context of Indonesia’s FLEGT licensing system and voluntary certification schemes, and considering the need for progress ahead of 2020’s international conferences on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Climate Change Summit. Both of these and the recognition of sufficient progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will see 2020 as a year where buyers and investors shall be seeking more demonstrable progress by producers. Therefore, ZSL demonstrated how SPOTT can be used as a tool to retain and attract business and investment in the post-2020 context.

The workshop was attended by Dr. Ir. Rufi’i M.Sc, Director for Processing and Marketing of Forest  Products, Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Sustainability directors, managers and teams, responsible for environmental and social compliance within upstream timber and pulp companies, including the 15 Indonesian companies currently assessed by SPOTT also attending the workshop.