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On Tuesday, 07 September 2021, EuroCham was invited as a speaker at the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Business and Human Rights Series XIII organized by the Indonesia Global Compact Network (IGCN). The event highlighted the topic of "10 Years Progress and Challenges on Business and Human Rights in Private Sectors - New EU Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: What Are the Consequences?". Representing EuroCham, Baudouin Coomans (Deputy of EuroCham Sustainable Development Working Group), served as one of the speakers to share perspectives from European business players in Indonesia regarding how European companies in Indonesia continue to uphold human rights aspects in their business practices, and its readiness to comply with the development of business policies and human rights in Indonesia.

The webinar was moderated by Y.W. Junardy (President of Indonesia Global Compact Network - IGCN), who also presented a number of speakers from various backgrounds to enrich the discussion, namely Hajerati (SH, MH, Director of Human Rights Cooperation, Ministry of Law and Human Rights), Achsanul Habib (Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Hariyadi B Sukamdani (Chairman, APINDO) and discussants namely Iman Prihandono (Dean of the Faculty of Law from Airlangga University) and Muhammad Busyrol Fuad (Advocacy Manager of the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy - ELSAM).

In order to encourage and accelerate the achievement of the renewable energy mix targets in Indonesia as well as to create a better business environment from the user side, especially for energy supply companies that already have new renewable energy targets, the Energy Working Group held a meeting with Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA). The Meeting, which was held on 6 September 2021, was intended to showcase the CEIA Corporate Buyers initiative in advancing the procurement of new and renewable energy in Indonesia.

The Meeting was led by Thomas Wagner (Head of the Energy Working Group) and was attended by speakers from CEIA Indonesia (represented by Gina Lisdiani, Nadhilah and Dessy Farhan) who shared information about the CEIA Corporate Buyers Working Group. Moreover, to gain more insight on this topic, the Group also invited representatives of the CEIA Corporate Buyers Working Group, Ratih Anggraeni (Head of Climate and Water Stewardship, Danone) and Devina S. Raditya (Environment & Sustainability Domain Leader – EAJP & IMEA Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric) to share their experience in collaborating with CEIA.