“In this year’s Awards, unfortunately we don’t have a winner in the climate change category. This isn’t because there weren’t any businesses working on the issue. Yes, we have many companies with great initiatives to concur the climate change issue, but we need more.,” Shinta Kamdani, President of IBCSD.  “All businesses – especially those that to date have been silent on the threat of environmental and social challenges – need to step-up to raise ambition and actions to tackle the problems, to achieve our sustainable development goals,” she continues.

In his keynote speech, Mr. Suharso M. the minister of National Development Planning Indonesia (BAPPENAS) put emphasis on the importance of SDGs, quote “SDGs is a business opportunity, not a business burden. SDGs is an investment opportunity for creating higher returns in the future”.

Currently in its 8th year running, SBA Indonesia is organised by Global Initiatives, alongside local partners PwC Indonesia, Indonesian Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD), Control Union and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN). Global Initiatives has also released the inaugural SBA Indonesia Insights Report, which outlines the best practices and trends of sustainable business practices in Indonesia. 

An advisory panel advised on the winners:

•  Irhoan Tanudiredja, Senior Partner, PwC Indonesia
•  Bayu Krisnamurthi, Former Deputy Minister of Trade and Agriculture/ Chairman, Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics
•  Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, President, Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD)
•  Endy Bayuni, The Editor-in-Chief, The Jakarta Post
•  Erna Witoelar, Founder, Chairperson and Governing Board Member, KEHATI Foundation
•  Josaphat Rizal Primana, Directorate for Energy, Mineral, and Mining Resources, BAPPENAS
•  Denny Situmorang, Head of Finance, Control Union
•  Anthony Gourlay, Former CEO, Global Initiatives
•  Shefali Chaddha, COO, Global Initiatives

SCG introduces Circular Economy as a make-use-return concept, by encouraging maximum utilization of resources and reducing the amount of waste as much as possible. Reflecting on the current environment global situation, especially the environmental problems in location where it operates including Indonesia, SCG wants to introduce opportunities for collaboration while introducing innovation as a solution, under the umbrella of a Circular Economy. That is all in order to maintain and run a sustainable business to create a better environment in the world.

SCG incorporate Circular Economy through 3 business activities strategies:

• Reduced Material Use and Durability, e.g., Green Carton, which requires 25% less raw materials but remains the same durability;
• Developing innovations to replace existing products or raw materials with new ones with Upgrade and Replace strategy, e.g., SCG Hybrid Cement that use superior raw materials than traditional cement to improve structural strength and durability.
• Reuse and Recycle, e.g., CIERRA™, functional materials that offer a single material with diverse applications to replace the use of many materials, enabling better recyclability.

IBCSD was invited to give a presentation on “Circular economy and the Role of Industry” to encourage its implementation in the corporate world. IBCSD collaborates with PPBN in promoting Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) presented by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia with support from the Swiss Government (SECO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo appreciated the achievement of IBCSD’s member, Ewindo, exporting 48 billion horticultural seeds in 2019 and hopes that exports will continue to increase to support the Ministry of Agriculture’s Threefold Agricultural Export Movement (GRATIEKS) program. Seeds that have been successfully exported include: pumpkin, bitter melon, long beans, cucumbers, squash, water pumpkin, chili, watermelon, spinach, eggplant, beans, kale, melon, sweet corn, red onion, tomatoes, lettuce and cauliflower. Meanwhile, until the end of 2020 Ewindo targets horticultural seed exports to reach Rp98 billion to Asian countries such as India, Japan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and ASEAN countries such as Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam.

All these times, IBCSD and BAPPENAS have established good cooperation for a long time. In the future it is hoped that there will be more collaboration between IBCSD and BAPPENAS.

The Conflict Resolution Unit of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the LEOPALD project of GIZ is currently developing a series of educational materials (a toolkit) for stakeholders in oil palm plantations. These materials are expected to support initiatives to develop equitable partnerships between farmers and corporations and/or resolving conflicts among them.

Key stakeholders have been identified as a segmented audience, namely plantation corporations, communities, local governments, NGOs working with those communities, and mediators who might mediate conflicts in the plantation sector. For each of these specific learning materials will be developed. It is expected that these learning materials will support the efforts to build sustainable and fair partnerships and conflict resolution processes.

To support this initiative, CRU is seeking an expert in learning materials development to bring his/her perspectives and insights to the efforts as a consultant.

Responsibilities, but not limited to:

Ensure that the materials produced are educationally appropriate to each audience segment both in design and content.

Tasks

• Advice authors and or content specialists in developing the text/content for the learning materials

• Assist in the sequencing and presentation of the educational content in the appropriate format to facilitate optimal learning.

• Prepare appropriate format for the presentation or design for the materials.

• Prepare pre-testing methodology and instruments and carry out field testing of the materials in coordination with authors and or content specialist.

• Edit the final versions of the training materials to ensure optimal comprehension of the intended audience. These tasks will be caried out intermitendly for 35 working days during a period of three months.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in the development of learning materials for adult education (andragogy) and/or extension materials.

• Appropriate degree in education, communication, visual communication/graphic design or relevant fields.

• Field experience in communication with diverse stakeholders.

• Willing to travel if necessary and able to work cooperatively within a team

Professional experience

• At least 3 years of professional experience in similar projects or equivalent.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a motivation letter, CV, and a portfolio (representative samples of educational materials worked on) to [email protected], and [email protected]

The closing date to submit the application letter is on December 30th, 2019.

Only short-listed candidates will be notified

3.     Duties and Responsibilities

The Lead is expected to build and strengthen TFA’s relationships with relevant private sector actors in the region, including producers, traders, manufacturers, and retailers (in particular, members of the Consumer Goods Forum), financial institutions, as well as industry groups and trade associations with the objective of driving engagement with the TFA platform and catalyzing collective action to tackle commodity-driven deforestation. Specifically, the position’s responsibilities include:

• Mobilizing a deeply-engaged coalition of private sector actors in the region
• Strategic engagement with IBCSD/KADIN to strengthen TFA as a platform
• Identifying and engage key private sector champions in the region who can build further support for our collective agenda
• Anticipating key strategic questions and trends affecting TFA in Southeast Asia, evaluating them and driving proactive decision-making to adapt organizational goals
• Generating customized strategies for individual companies or sectors when necessary
• Shaping opportunities for a forest-positive narrative together with key industry players
• Performing as subject matter expert at conceptualizing, delivering, monitoring and reporting on results
• In collaboration with the TFA Communications Lead and the Southeast Asia Communications Consultant, design and implement a communications campaign that showcases progress, highlights effective company actions, and strengthens the forest-positive narrative
• Contributing to TFA programming for events in the region
• Representing TFA at relevant external events and meetings
• Providing vision and leadership to the TFA team in Southeast Asia, ensuring effective interactions with the extended TFA team and consistent communications with partners in the region
• Overseeing and ensuring the success of the TFA platform’s jurisdictional dialogues
• Responsible for a sensible execution of the Southeast Asia budget

4.     Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree or equivalent
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in a relevant organization
• Demonstrated ability to engage with private sector to mobilize targeted action
• Experience with building coalitions or partnerships and driving pre-competitive collaboration
• Ability to gain the trust of the TFA partners and other stakeholders in the region
• Experience with corporate strategy and leading project-based teams through strategy planning, analysis, design and implementation
• A holistic, deep understanding of the deforestation-free agenda, commodity production, and its links to the broader climate change agenda
• Established network among key individuals and organizations associated with action around the environment, tropical forests, commodities and public-private sector initiatives in Indonesia
• The ability to build a workplace culture that can embrace and execute change to meet organizational objectives
• High standards of professionalism and integrity, actively promoting ethics and compliance within the team
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with a wide variety of partners from different backgrounds
• Strong problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia

Interested applicants should send the cover letter and CV to [email protected]

The meeting was attended by delegations from ASEAN
State Member (AMS), Hans Seidel Foundation, ASEAN Secretariat, IBCSD, Kitakyushu
Researcher, UNU IAS and Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of
Indonesia as the hosting house.

The goals of this 11 th SCP Leadership Program was a sharing of experience and knowledge regarding SCP programme implementation both from AMS nor ASEAN+3 member. With the program, hopefully there is a lesson learned that can be replicated in the AMS who are not fully achieved the SCP goals and the SDG target.

In connection with this initiative, the transformation of the domestic market through building consumer awareness to choose palm products that are produced responsibly is chosen as one of the main strategies. The aim is to build incentives for palm oil producers to operate with regard to aspects of sustainability, and compliance with human rights values and norms.

Global demand for Indonesian palm oil is now beginning to decline and is followed by falling prices, following foreign market awareness about the need for compliance with human rights in the production chain with the principle of sustainability. This has an impact on the lives of farmers and oil palm workers in the village.

As a business association that applies the principle of sustainability, IBCSD sees that awareness of the risks of climate change at the consumer level has encouraged people to prefer sustainable products. This was later revealed by IBCSD executive director, Indah Budiani, “With increasing demand in consumers, the creation of sustainable products will ultimately be able to improve the competitiveness position of Indonesian palm oil in the global market.”

“Meanwhile on the producer side, support for this good initiative has also increased due to the many companies that are aware of business risks if they remain in ‘business as usual’ and do not progress to ‘responsible business'”, continued Indah, “this can be proven by implementing sustainable sourcing and various innovations carried out in an effort to meet the demands of the global market for sustainable products. “

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