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

Photo credit: (KOMPAS.COM/Yoga Sukmana)

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

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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SPOTT aims to facilitate corporate engagement and increase industry transparency.  ZSL has developed the SPOTT indicators in collaboration with technical advisors, reflecting and adopting the frameworks of related initiatives, including the Forest Stewardship Council, Carbon Disclosure Project, Accountability Framework Initiative, Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

According to ZSL, just 20 of the 97 companies that were assessed have committed to zero-deforestation. APRIL’s commitment to ‘eliminating deforestation from our supply chain and to protecting the forest and peatland landscapes in which we operate’ is enshrined in the company’s Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) 2.0.

APRIL scored above 70% in four indicator categories, namely: landbank, mills and traceability (78.9%); water, chemical and waste management (70.8%); community, land and labour rights (77.3%); and governance and grievances (75%).

Lucita Jasmin, Director of Sustainability and External Affairs, said: “Third party assessments such as SPOTT play an essential role in driving standards of transparency across the industry. The results of this assessment help identify not only areas where we can improve our disclosures but also areas where we can strengthen our policy against SPOTT and the related frameworks. It demonstrates how constructive engagement with civil society groups such as ZSL can help drive continuous improvement in APRIL.”

Other highlights from the 2019 assessment:

• The average score of 49 companies also assessed in 2018 is 33.3% compared to 31.1% last year.
• The average score of 24 companies also assessed in 2017 and 2018 is 39.8% compared to 38.9% in 2018, and 37.1% in 2017.
• 26/97 (26%) companies have put in place a clear and comprehensive sustainability policy.
• Only 10/82 companies (12%) extend their sustainability policy to all their sourcing.
• 25/97 (26%) companies have published a sustainability report in the last two years.

For more information, the summary of SPOTT timber and pulp assessments can be found at https://www.spott.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/Summary-of-timber-pulp-assessments-july-2019.pdf