The business sector has initiated support to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsJakarta (ANTARA) - Business actors have an important role in Indonesia's efforts to achieve its climate change targets, including the management of green open spaces, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has emphasized.
"The business sector has initiated support to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill global commitments on mitigating climate change,” she said at the awarding ceremony of the 2021 Company Performance Assessment on Environmental Management (PROPER) Program, held here on Tuesday.
The attempt is in line with the government’s plan to achieve a carbon net sink in the forestry and other land use (FOLU) sector by 2030, she explained.
In addition, business players are also contributing by helping manage green open spaces based on biodiversity and ecosystem replication, she informed.
In 2021, green open spaces fostered by the business community covered 286,469 hectares across 27 provinces in Indonesia, she said.
Furthermore, 75 percent of the companies assessed under the PROPER program were found complying with the environmental management regulations, she noted.
The assessment covered 2,583 companies. At least 47 companies made it to the Gold PROPER category, while another 186 enterprises were placed on the Green PROPER list, meaning that they exceeded their environmental management targets, the minister informed.
In addition, 1,670 corporations were put in the Blue PROPER category since they had fulfilled their targets. Meanwhile, 645 companies were included in the Red PROPER category as they only met half of the targets.
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin also attended the ceremony.
The companies were assessed on several criteria involving environmental management and community empowerment, which comprised environmental management systems, energy efficiency, emissions and greenhouse gas reduction, as well as water utilization efficiency.
The criteria also included toxic and hazardous waste reduction and utilization; reduce, reuse, and recycle waste management; biodiversity protection; community development; implementation of life cycle assessment; as well as social returns on investment.
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Editor: Sri Haryati
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