PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. (AALI), Santosa, announced a significant milestone for the company by joining the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
“This decision aligns with AALI’s long-term strategies to enhance sustainability, which we have been implementing for several years,” he stated in an official release to Palmoilmagazine.com on Thursday (11/7/2024).
Santosa highlighted that the company has established a robust foundation in land use, conservation, community support, climate impact mitigation, and circularity to qualify for the RSPO certification. He expressed confidence that these initiatives will help AALI meet internationally recognized sustainability criteria.
Meanwhile, CEO RSPO, JD Cruz did welcome the commitment of AAL to sustainability and admire its decision to be RSPO member. “We are pleased that Astra Agro gets the significant move which the same with sustainability goal,” Cruz said.
He also thought AAL would immediately join the global scale – partnership that consist of more than 6.000 members that also dedicated to make palm oil production sustainably. RSPO secretariat would fully support AAL to go forward by this historic move.
The membership of AAL in RSPO would be the significant moment of the company, reinforcing its dedication to sustainable practices. By obeying RSPO standards, AAL would decide the benchmark in palm oil industries, show that environment responsibility and successful business would go in the same ways. This would be escalating the reputation of the company and positively contributing to produce sustainable products globally.
Now AAL would continue its journey heading to certification, comprehensive approach to sustainability and everything would be carefully monitored by many industries and other environmental activists. (P2)
