InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJ) re-showed its commitment to encourage sustainability and escalate the people’s quality of life around the plantation through its innovative program. ANJ got the 2024 Steward Leadership 25 (SL25) award in Singapore on 23 October 2024. ANJ got the award for establishing Koperasi Simpan in Papua Barat Daya which the goal would be about to increase the economic independency in the remote areas.
SL25 that was conducted by Stewardship Asia Centre, INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, WTW, and The Straits Times is the annual event to award the companies in Asia – Pacific for their sustainability efforts. SL25 thought the companies that got the award showed how their sustainable business were implemented as same as the natural conservation and social development.
“We were inspired by much attention to SL25 in Asia – Pacific for conducting many high qualified programs proposed. The big changes would need more than report and regulations but sincere leadership to create the better future for everyone,” Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO Stewardship Asia Centre said in the Steward Leadership Summit that InfoSAWIT quoted as in the official statement, Sunday (27/10/2024).
Director of Sustainability and Communication, ANJ Group, Nunik Maharani Maulana said that the theme of ANJ for SL25 was “Building a self-reliant community through savings cooperatives”. It was launched for the limited access to improve the borders in Sorong Selatan and Maybrat, Papua Barat Daya Province, where the subsidiaries of ANJ did operate. Since it was established in 2018, Koperasi Simpan has helped to fulfill the basic needs of the local and empowered them by changing their financial management to be better.
“Realizing that it was difficult to go to some banks, we established Koperasi Simpan around our plantations - PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa (PMP) and PT Permata Putera Mandiri (PPM). Besides delivering financial service, we do make Toko Serba Ada (Toserba) to help the people get daily needs in economic prices,” Nunik said.
Koperasi Simpan has significantly developed to be the center of economy locally by providing daily needs in economic prices. Nunik thought it would be the real agent of change to realize the vision and mission of ANJ to increase the people’s quality of life and sustainably.
Besides SL25 Award, ANJ got the 2024 CSR Awards from Investortrust and BGK (Bumi Global Karbon) in Integrity & Transparency In Impact Award category on Thursday (24/10). It was the acknowledgement on the company’s transparency and integrity to implement social programs that positively deliverd impacts for the local and the environment, reinforced the commitment of the company to get the same welfare together.
By the awards, ANJ re-emphasized its position as the company that focused on not only business development but also sustainability, delivered the positive for the local and environment. (T2)