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New nursery set up through a ground-breaking public-private partnership between the Indonesian Government and APRIL Similar nurseries to be established across Indonesia The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), recently inaugurated the Indonesian Government’s tree nursery in Rumpin, Bogor, in west Java. The new nursery will produce seedlings for plantation in a […]
Businesses are increasingly recognising that nature-based solutions have a role to play in carbon-offsetting as part of their holistic abatement strategy in achieving net-zero targets. While there are a number of such carbon projects in the market that businesses can invest in, few are able to demonstrate the carbon credits generated are credible, legitimate and […]
Having witnessed the dedication of staff and how sustainability is deeply embedded in APRIL Group’s operations in Indonesia, a Master of International Economic Policy candidate at Columbia University and former staff of the UN Environment Programme wrote a commentary sharing views on how like-minded companies and stakeholders in the pulp and paper industry can pave a […]
Asia Symbol, a world leading producer of pulp and paper, has launched its 2030 Sustainability Targets – a firm indication of the company’s strategic growth in the next 10 years. Announced on 30 Nov 2020, the 2030 Sustainability Targets are anchored on four key pillars: Circular growth Low-carbon growth Inclusive growth Synergetic growth The key […]
Can a company transform its business while also having a positive impact on climate, nature and people? APRIL Group believes this is possible. On 17 Nov 2020, the company announced APRIL2030, its vision for meeting the challenges of the next decade. APRIL2030 is comprised of four commitments with 18 ambitious yet measurable science-based targets – […]
Asia Symbol‘s 2018-2019 Sustainability Report was awarded Top 100 CSR Report in China at the International Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility at the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on 6 Nov 2020. Of the over 180 sustainability reports submitted, Asia symbol’s sustainability report was among the highest rated. CIIE saw the first […]
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative that calls on companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals. UNGC represents a global movement of over 9,500 companies from across 160 countries to drive change […]
APRIL Group marked yet another milestone in its journey as one of the largest, most technologically advanced and efficient makers of pulp and paper products in the world. Its Indonesian operations PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (PT RAPP) opened its Kerinci Tissue Culture Laboratory on 1 September 2019. Inaugurated by guest-of-honour Minister of Research, […]
It started from an RGE Townhall in Jakarta in March 2019, where APRIL’s sustainability professionals raised the issue of single-use plastics and its adverse impact on the environment. The session saw the collaborative contribution of ideas by employees of different business groups, skills and portfolios. This ground-up design and brainstorm later developed into a campaign […]
At five years old, APRIL Group’s Fire Free Village Programme (FFVP) continues to show progress in fire prevention and managing fire-free landscapes. Piloted in 2014 and launched in 2015, the FFVP is a multi-stakeholder fire prevention project in Riau, Indonesia, founded in close collaboration with local communities and in partnership with NGOs, the government, police, military […]