“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

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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

In developing EWINDO seeds, it puts professional experts who are experienced in the fields of plant breeding and seeding. The results of research and development of vegetable seeds are produced, processed and packaged and marketed for Indonesian farmers with the trademark CAP PANAH MERAH.

For more than two decades EWINDO has always provided healthy seeds with high genetic purity and good germination to obtain high yields in accordance with consumer demand and as the key to the success of Indonesian’s farmers. EWINDO believes in high quality vegetable seeds for a better life. Their mission is to provide high quality seeds to increase farmers’ income and increase vegetable consumption

Private Sector Contribution to Achieve SDGs in Indonesia

According to the Better Business, Better World report (2017), US$12 trillion of additional market value could be unlocked by 2030 if the SDGs are successfully implemented, creating 380 million jobs in the process. Have private sector done enough actions for the SDGs? In seeking for the answer to this question,  Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) conducted a knowledge sharing session with the theme of “Private Sector Contribution to achieve SDGs in Indonesia” at Hotel JS Luwansa on 19 September 2019.

“SDGs will not be achieved without the leadership of private companies because they have the resources, specialized skills, cutting edge technologies and innovations,” stated Ms. Shinta W. Kamdani, the President of IBCSD in her welcoming remarks. She went on to add “Call  for action” to motivate the leaders of private companies to take action on the implementation of SDGs.

Over 60 participants from the IBCSD Members companies, Government, NGOs and civil society partners attended the event. The highlight of the event was the publication of Companies’ SDG Best Practices Book which consists of 59 stories from 24 IBCSD member companies. This book resulted as the fruit of SDG Working Group launched last year. The significance of this book lies not only in its implications but also the fact that it is the first book of Indonesia SDG series which showcase private sector’s best practices.

In continuation, the knowledge sharing session in the format of short individual presentation and panel discussion took place as the main agenda. Six of the best practices from the book which align with the voluntary national reporting (VNR) as stated by the Bappenas were shared with the audience. The panel discussion was lively with the active participation of the audience and proved to be a substantive and impactful discussion.

IBCSD hopes to further carry on the momentum of the private sector contribution to SDGs in Indonesia through various of its programs and joint collaborations with members, partners and colleagues. “Partnership for the goal, that is the key to actually tackling the SDGs” emphasized Ms. Indah Budiani, the executive director of IBCSD, as she closed the event.

For more info:  Visit www.ibcsd.or.id  Follow @ibcsd_official

As part of the Indonesia SDGs series, IBCSD collects best practices on the initiatives from the IBCSD member companies to show how private sector has contributed to the SDGs in Indonesia. These stories are expected not only to showcase the concrete actions that companies have taken part in achieving SDGs, but it is also a very useful tool to share the process, results, impacts, challenges and lessons learned on the different initiatives of a wide variety of the SDGs. Knowledge exchange on what works on the ground can be a good pillar for strengthening capacity among relevant stakeholders in achieving SDGs.

The documentation on Private Sector Contribution to Achieve SDGs in Indonesia consists of 59 program stories that are collected from the IBCSD’s 24 member companies. These programs are spread in 24 provinces across Indonesia. The beneficiaries cover around 534,537 individuals; 57,015 households and 682 villages. For more detailed stories, please download and read the full document.

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The Global Reporting Standards (GRI) and the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Business (IBCSD) collaborated on conducting a Focus Group Discussion regarding the “Alignment of POJK 51/2017 with GRI Standard and SDGs Reporting”.

Although SDGs attainment may not be the primary objective of the Private Sector, the awareness on the importance of SDGs implementation is already high. “Whenever there is a planning of a new project, the consideration on which one or more of the 17 SDGs would be impacted is always on the mind of the decision makers.” stated Ms. Sinta from Unilever. 

Hectic discussion between the Private Sector (PT Pertamina, PT Vale, PT APP, PT Unilever & PT Medco Energi), NGOs (GRI, JICA) and the Government (BAPPENAS- SDGs Secretariat) resulted in some valuable insights into current reporting criteria and possibilities for further improvement.