Event Reports

The event began with opening remarks delivered by Francois de Maricourt, Board Patron of the EuroCham Sustainable Development Group and President Director of HSBC Indonesia, as well as a keynote speech by H.E. Suharso Monarfa, the Minister of the National Development Planning (Bappenas). The event, moderated by Noor Aspasia (Sisi), involved various speakers from the private sector representing chemical, manufacturing, retail and resource transformation. Representing the manufacturing industry was Mr. Karyanto Wibowo, Head of the EuroCham Sustainable Development Working Group and Sustainability Director of Danone Indonesia, who conveyed how business initiates projects to recycle plastic waste. Other panelists included Riswan Sipayung (President Director of Dow Indonesia), Yuvlinda Susanta (Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability of Superindo), and Joko Sunaryo (Director of VSI and Country Representative of Veolia Indonesia).

On 14 October 2021, the EuroCham Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Working Group’s Special Task Force gathered to discuss the recent regulation on Government Procurement of Goods and Services, and the progress of implementation as experienced directly by the member companies. The meeting also discussed advocacy efforts in regards to the challenges faced during the implementation. This meeting was chaired by Hanum Yahya (Head of Pharmacy and Medical Technology) and joined by Harimurti Listianto, Reswita D. Gisriani, Andri Kusandri, and Nur Jihad Albar who are part of the task force and actively contributed to the meeting.