Various key stakeholders from province and district governments, companies, NGOs and academia actively participated in the discussion. “I appreciate the initiative and smart work of IBCSD by conducting this workshop to mobilize business opportunity to support SDG 2. This discussion is very important to solve barriers and seize opportunity to increase business investment in the local flagship commodities, such as shrimp and coffee”, said Choirul Anam, Head of Fisheries Department, Gresik District. Three resource persons are also invited to share their expert knowledge on the workshop topic. They are Satrio Nugroho from PT Central Proteina Prima, a company working on shrimp commodity; Sigit Ismaryanto from Board of Indonesia  Sustainable Coffee Cooperation (ISCC) and Andi Kurniawan from Centre for Coastal and Fishery Study, Brawijaya University.

A number of challenges are discussed in the plenary and group discussion, in particular relating to coffee and shrimp as parts of the local flagship commodities in East Java. On shrimp commodity, the market opportunity at both international and domestic levels are still very high. The challenges, among others are how to provide quality seeds, including different variety of shrimp seeds that can be productively cultivated in different local conditions. Other challenges are how to help small fish folk to get access to financial support, assist capacity building and innovative technology to improve shrimp product quality that can compete at international market and improve coordination and public private partnership in particular to achieve 250% increase of the national target fishery products in the coming years. On coffee commodity, the challenges include how to revitalize the already old coffee plantation; address the current trend that  the increase of coffee consumption is much higher rather than the increase in production;  and provide capacity building and innovation supports, in particular to the fast growing SMEs in coffee value chain industries.  

The result from the workshop will be presented in Jakarta in December, as a final discussion in completing the study.

In response to this critical issue, the Indonesian government has put serious measures to improve the Indonesian palm oil industry in line with sustainable development principles. Through the Ministry of Agriculture Regulation No. 19/ 2011 the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) regulation was issued. This ISPO certification is made mandatory for palm companies that sell their products to international markets through the Minister Regulation No. 11/2015. The Government of Indonesia also has developed policy benefiting smallholder farmers that work in the palm oil sector through the launch of smallholder Replanting Program in 2017. Through this program, President Joko Widodo targeted 2.4 million ha of Replanting Program in 16 provinces. Currently the smallholder farmers share 45.64% of the total palm oil areas along with 49.17% of big private companies and 5.19 of big public companies (BPS, 2018).

The development of sustainable palm oil industry in Indonesia, however, is not only the responsibility of government. All key related stakeholders, including the private sector, civil societies, and consumer communities share equal responsibility to build responsible and sustainable palm oil industry that will bring benefits for decent living of the communities (people), economic sustainability (profit) and environmental sustainability (planet). This is where all of  us, as consumers can contribute by being responsible consumers. Choose products responsibly! 

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Committed to sustainable sourcing and efficient manufacturing, APR’s products address customers’ needs, while touching the lives of the communities around their areas of operations. APR upholds the principles of No Deforestation and source wood fibre only from sustainably managed plantations and forests. It is committed to the transparency of its supply chain. APR aims to achieve a clean production of viscose fibre and will constantly strive to operate in the top quartile of viscose manufacturing in the areas of reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improved carbon disulphide (CS2) recovery, and waste water management in line with industry leading practices.

In climate sector, their goal is to deliver verified GHG emission reductions through avoided deforestation and forest degradation associated with agricultural conversion, illegal logging, peat drainage and burning. While for the community, they aim to foster inclusive partnerships and a culture of sustainability in local communities that acts to reduce poverty in all of its dimensions. Other than that, also to maintain and enhance ecosystem services which are fundamental to the overall well-being of communities in the project zone.

Not just in those sectors, in biodiversity they also have the goal to reduce threats to the biodiversity in the project area by eliminating drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and increasing forest cover. Maintain natural habitats, ecological integrity and overall biological diversity, and also to actively protect species of High Conservation Value, are in their list as well.

“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.