Event Reports

On the 18th of October, EuroCham attended the socialization held by the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) on the Presidential Regulation 111/2022. The event was opened by His Excellency Suharso Monoarfa (Minister for Bappenas), who mentioned Indonesia’s vision to become a developed country with high income by 2045 and emphasized the need to innovate and strengthen sustainable priority data. The event was also attended by Margo Yuwono (Head of Statistics Indonesia), Taufik Hanafi (Head Secretary of Bappenas), and Teguh Setyabudi (Director General of Regional Development for Ministry of Domestic Affairs), Vivi Yulaswati (Expert Staff of the Ministry of Bappenas in the Social and Poverty Reduction as Head of the National Secretariat SDGs), and moderated by Yanuar Nugroho (Expert Team Coordinator for the National SDGs Secretariat).

HSBC, a EuroCham platinum member, recently held the Net Zero Transition Special Award Finalists Gathering at Hotel Mulia Senayan on 17 October. The HSBC Special Awards ceremony was opened with keynote remarks from Christophe Piganiol (Head of Sustainability and Innovation Sectoral Group Swiss Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Anugerah Pharmindo Lestar (APL) and Francois de Maricourt (President Director of HSBC Indonesia and EuroCham and Britcham Board Member). This was followed by remarks from the Chairman of KADIN Net Zero, Muhammad Yusrizki, who highlighted the key role that businesses hold in promoting sustainable development in Indonesia.

The HSBC Net Zero Transition Special Awards recognizes businesses that have embedded sustainable practices in their strategies, especially in regards to the categories of Investment in Clean Energy, Innovation towards Clean Energy, and Community Engagement in Developing Clean Energy.

EuroCham would like to honor and congratulate the winners: AKR Corporindo (Investment in Clean Energy), Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur (Innovation towards Clean Energy), and Barito Pacific (Community Engagement in Developing Clean Energy) for their contribution as leaders in achieving their net zero commitments.

Many thanks to the HSBC team for their initiative and for motivating business leaders to continuously tackle the issue of global climate change!