PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJ) reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability and improving the quality of life for communities around its plantations through innovative programs. On October 23, 2024, in Singapore, ANJ received the 2024 Steward Leadership 25 (SL25) award for its establishment of Koperasi Simpan in West Papua. The cooperative aims to enhance economic independence in remote areas.
The SL25, organized by the Stewardship Asia Centre, INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, WTW, and The Straits Times, is an annual event recognizing companies in the Asia-Pacific region for their sustainability efforts. The award celebrates companies that integrate sustainable business practices with environmental conservation and social development.
“We are inspired by the growing recognition of SL25 in the Asia-Pacific region for its high-quality programs. Creating meaningful change requires more than just reports and regulations—it takes genuine leadership to build a better future for all,” said Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre, as quoted by Palmoilmagazine.com in the official statement on Sunday, October 27, 2024.
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Nunik Maharani Maulana, Director of Sustainability and Communication at ANJ Group, explained that the theme for ANJ’s SL25 submission was “Building a Self-Reliant Community through Savings Cooperatives.” This initiative was launched to address the limited access to financial services in Sorong Selatan and Maybrat, regions in West Papua where ANJ operates. Since its establishment in 2018, Koperasi Simpan has helped meet the basic needs of local communities while empowering them to improve their financial management.
“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. (P2)
