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Earlier this month, three staff from RGE business groups and Tanoto Foundation volunteered on a humanitarian mission to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) to Indonesia. The donation by RGE and Tanoto Foundation – comprising 1 million medical masks, 1 million surgical gloves, 100,000 protective gowns (PPE) and 3,000 surgical goggles – would later be distributed […]
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 […]
The COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges it has brought have caused many nations and communities to unite in fighting it. Business and companies have also joined in. In times that demand for resolve and charity, RGE, Tanoto Foundation and RGE business groups across the world have stepped up to respond to the needs of employees […]
Apical worked with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia Islamabad, Pakistan to jointly and successfully organise a palm oil seminar in Karachi on 15 Feb 2020. Themed “Health, Nutritional Benefits, and Potential Profitability of Palm Oil”, the seminar attracted over 160 representatives from the industry, from C-level to middle management executives. Sectors represented were […]
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 […]
Over the last several months, RGE companies around the world celebrated the inaugural Founder’s Day by reaching out to their local communities. In line with RGE’s operating principle of doing good for the community, country, climate, customer and company, staff identified activities and causes to volunteer their personal time for a day. With the activities […]
“Change is now coming from Asia. Don’t be arrogant. Reach out to Asia” – Erik Solheim. The themes of scale, change and dialogue were a common thread that ran through a luncheon on the sidelines of the 2019 Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference in October. RGE Vice-Chairman Bey Soo Khiang addressed the room of like-minded stakeholders […]
As part of ongoing global and regional efforts to demonstrate viscose production as clean, circular, renewable and sustainable, Sateri and Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) ramped up efforts in engaging its brand partners, industry professionals, NGOs, government officials, technological companies, and many other stakeholders in recent weeks. In one highlight, both business groups were present at […]
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, […]
More clothes are being produced than used. According to one study, one garbage truck of textiles (about 12 to 14 tonnes) is wasted every second. In 2017, the value of unused clothes exceeded US$36 billion. In addition to these, consumer demand for fast, cheap apparel continues to increase. While there already exists solutions to help […]