InfoSAWIT, BELITUNG – Palm oil plantation company, PT Sahabat Mewah dan Makmur (SMM), the subsidiary of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJ) in Belitung Island did welcome some ambassadors and diplomates from 9 embassies in America and Europe, they were from Chile, Belgium, Norway, Peru, Swiss, Czech, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Colombia on Thursday, (24/11/2022).
The visit was part of “Dialogue on Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil in American and European Markets” which was held by General Directorate of Multilateral Cooperation in cooperation with General Directorate of America and Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the economic diplomacy to expand markets of sustainable palm oil from Indonesia.
The goals of the visit were about to introduce the advantages of ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) implementation to get economic, social, and environmental development to the local people and track sustainable palm oil export chances in non-traditional countries.
“Vegetable oil, such as, palm oil, plays the significant roles to realize sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the realization in SMM showed that the industry positively contributes (in economy, social, and environment to the local),” Director for Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Cooperation in America and Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nidya Kartikasari said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.
The representatives of the ambassadors and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were accepted by Juli Wankara Purba as Resident Director SMM. In the visit, the group did dialogue with the local and smallholders, saw the best and sustainable palm oil practices which PT SMM runs. The group directly saw biogas power plant, green and renewable energy which other subsidiary of ANJ Group run, PT Austindo Aufwind New Energy (AANE) which also operates next to SMM.
Juli Wankara Purba told that ANJ Group was proud of having the visit. As palm oil plantation company that got ISPO certificate, the group always tries the best to implement sustainable palm oil plantation by balancing prosperity, people, and environment.
“Based on sustainable principles, ANJ keeps committing to maintain the environment good, do conservation, and implement best agronomy practices to avoid and mitigate the negative impacts, while maximizing the positive to its operational,” Purba said. (T2)
