“Our goal is to take the carbon credit we generate from our restoration licence and plough it back into conservation and restoration… We then have a self-moving mechanism that allows and encourages more conservation and restoration projects at large.” RGE Managing Director Anderson Tanoto joined an esteemed panel discussing integrated approaches to climate change and […]
Asia Pacific Rayon Inaugurated by President Joko Widodo
President Joko Widodo inaugurated Indonesia’s largest integrated viscose rayon production facility Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), boosting Indonesia’s textile sector, economy and the government’s “Making Indonesia 4.0” industrial roadmap. Held on 21 Feb 2020, the historic occasion in Pangkalan Kerinci saw the esteemed President sign a plaque, in addition to performing a symbolic sealing and flagging […]
A Chat on Sustainable Business: Wharton-SMU Global Modular Course
The advocacy for sustainable development continued when RGE and the Tanoto Foundation hosted students from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Singapore Management University (SMU) to an evening of dialogue on sustainable business on 22 June 2019. Held at SMU, the session was part of the Wharton-SMU Global Modular Course (GMC), now […]
Anderson Tanoto: Blockchain in Philanthropy – From Transactive to Collaborative
RGE Director Anderson Tanoto joined entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders at the Forbes Asia Forum: Decrypting Blockchain for Business on 4 December 2018, discussing the variety of uses for blockchain. As a panelist on the “Once on the Block, Forever on the Chain” session, Tanoto touched on the uses of blockchain technology in the agri-commodity industry, and also […]
Anderson Tanoto: Building Trust and Transparency Through Blockchain
RGE Director Anderson Tanoto joined an eclectic crowd of entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders at the Forbes Asia Forum: Decrypting Blockchain for Business to explore the finer points of business applications for blockchain. Held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on December 4, 2018, Tanoto served as a panelist on the “Once on the Block, […]
Tanoto Foundation Supports the Wharton-SMU Dialogue
Over 100 guests comprising alumni from the Wharton School and Singapore Management University (SMU), as well as academics, industry experts and businessmen, participated in the Wharton-SMU dialogue on Monday, 5 March 2018. Supported by Tanoto Foundation, the dialogue featured a panel discussion on the topic ‘The New World Order: Implications for Asia and Global Trade’. […]
Challenging the Next Generation of Leaders: Tanoto Scholars Gathering 2017
The Tanoto Scholars Gathering (TSG) 2017 took place from November 22 to 25 this year at the Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) Complex in Pangkalan Kerinci, Sumatra in Indonesia. TSG 2017, which retained the “Learn and Lead” theme of previous TSG editions, saw the participation of 250 Tanoto Scholars from 21 universities across Indonesia. […]
RGE Directors Named to Wharton “40 Under 40” List
Having grown up being exposed to RGE’s operations including spending school holidays immersed in verdant plantations in Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau, the affinity for the businesses that their father RGE Founder and Chairman Sukanto Tanoto established was nurtured early in RGE directors Imelda Tanoto, Belinda Tanoto and Anderson Tanoto. Today, Imelda, Belinda and Anderson work alongside […]
RGE Chairman Sukanto Tanoto’s Entrepreneurial Journey on CNBC
RGE (Royal Golden Eagle) Founder and Chairman Sukanto Tanoto was recently featured by international broadcaster CNBC as he shared his five-decade journey as an entrepreneur in the second season of Lasting Legacy, a programme that explores the secrets behind the success of the world’s leading family businesses and business families. The feature offers a timely retrospective […]
World Economic Forum 2017: Highlights from Davos
Each year in January, the normally sedate Davos, population 11,000, sees an influx of visitors when the World Economic Forum (WEF) holds its flagship Annual Meeting in the alpine resort town located in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Since 2015, RGE has participated in the thought leadership forum to understand the cross currents of emerging […]