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Climate Change does exist! How long are you going to ignore it? Global warming has emerged as one of the most critical environmental issues ever to confront humanity. This concern arises from the fact that our everyday activities may be leading to changes in the earth's atmosphere that have the potential to alter the planet's heat and radiation balance significantly. According to the IPCC report, global warming will significantly impact Asia, and India is at high risk among Asian countries. About half of habitable land on Earth is used for farming, resulting in the world's single largest source of greenhouse gases and ecosystem destruction. To reduce global warming and climate change, we must be more nature positive it is a foundation for good governance, long-term stable societies, and healthy economies. It is a philosophy that values our shared future. And it is a new business model based on regeneration, resilience, and recirculation – not destruction and pollution. What does becoming nature-positive mean? It is a way to describe an essential first step on the path to full nature recovery. Being nature-positive means reversing the current biodiversity declines, so species and ecosystems begin to recover. A nature-positive goal is not some dream to be realized many generations from now: it is a goal for the next decade and is increasingly important. What does nature positive mean for businesses? Businesses across every sector can play a pivotal role in helping to address biodiversity loss. However, treading lightly and avoiding loss is no longer sufficient. Biodiversity loss could have a range of impacts, including disruption of supply chains, causing scarcity of materials, and price inflation. Biodiversity loss is also becoming a critical consumer issue. To correct our course, we need to go further and focus on what can be gained. Nature positive is a goal for the next decade and a steppingstone to full nature recovery.

Source: InfoSAWIT The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) held its annual offline and online (hybrid) event this year. The event began at the Shangri-la Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 29, 2022. RSPO Plans 2022 was announced on the first day of the event, with RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz providing the introductory remarks. Throughout his introduction, D'Cruz invited all parties to work together to develop sustainable palm oil worldwide. The significance of sustainability is a result of a long journey to become the standard. The trip also necessitates overcoming obstacles. He emphasized that to demonstrate to many people that Sustainable Palm Oil is the best for the planet, we collaborate with all parties to promote sustainability. D'Cruz said 20% of global palm oil will be RSPO-certified by November 2022. This number doubled from 2011's 11%. RSPO launched the RSPO Effect Report 2022 at RT2022, aligning its impact framework with the UN's SDGs (SDGs). Respect human rights, involve independent smallholders, safeguard the environment, prevent fires, limit climate change, strengthen certification, and reform markets. RSPO has been decarbonizing since 2015 to reduce emissions. Total emissions reduced equal almost 400k autos driven annually. If the palm oil sector is operated sustainably, it can contribute to net zero emissions, encourage a good life, and help millions of families in underdeveloped nations, said D'Cruz. This annual meeting promotes the growth of CSPO production by small-scale oil palm farmers who work independently. Petani Kelapa Sawit Sejahtera Tambusai (PPSSTS), which is in Rokan Hulu Regency in the province of Riau, is one of them. The Palm Oil Farmers Union helped make this success happen (SPKS). Mardoli Pasaribu, the ICS Manager of PPSSTS, says that this farmer group comprises 102 independent smallholders from 4 nearby villages who own a 345.94-hectare oil palm plantation. Quoting on what Mardoli told InfoSAWIT on Tuesday, November 29 2022, by getting the RSPO certification, hoping that other smallholders will be able to use the RSPO independent smallholder standard and that this certification will help independent smallholders in Rokan Hulu. And they hope that in the future they can become more organized. Mardoli also thanked SPKS for helping the certification process go smoothly with their help. Getting this RSPO certification is another step toward international recognition that independent smallholders can make by getting RSPO certification. Besides that, RSPO also gave Excellence Awards to members who achieved sustainable commitments. The prize was granted at the Round Table RSPO 2022 (RT2022) event in Scaling Up The Sustainable Palm Oil Value Chain Through Collective Action. The RSPO Excellence Awards have three categories: conservation leadership, smallholder impact program, and remarkable performance. The award is granted to RSPO members who have contributed to a sustainable palm oil sector, says RSPO CEO Joseph D'cruz. Joseph remarked that this award is presented to members who have vigorously applied RSPO principles and criteria. Agro-America Tropical Oil Holding Group received the honour. This palm oil company is regarded to have applied RSPO's environmental and social principles and criteria, such as maintaining and increasing high conservation value (HCV) and high carbon stock (HCS) areas and conserving endangered species and habitats. Musim Mas Holdings Pte Ltd won the smallholder impact program. Musim Mas enhanced farmers' knowledge-cultivation capacity, market access, dan boosting their well-being. Also, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri won for outstanding achievement. This palm oil company revolutionized its business by promoting and producing sustainable palm oil, according to the verdict. RSPO also offers shared responsibility awards in other sectors. Citi got banks and investors sector, Fauna & Flora International got environmental NGOs, McDonald's got retail, and the Red Cross got social NGOs (ICRC). Wilmar International Limited won for plantations. D'Cruz hopes this prize will encourage firms and organizations to improve their commitment to sustainability in the palm oil industry. Source: https://www.infosawit.com/2022/11/29/acara-rspo-rt-2022-dibuka-hari-ini/ https://www.infosawit.com/2022/11/29/petani-sawit-swadaya-anggota-ppssts-rokan-hulu-memperoleh-sertifikat-rspo/ https://katadata.co.id/jeany/info/63860eebd50ed/rspo-beri-penghargaan-komitmen-berkelanjutan-di-rt2022 https://katadata.co.id/jeany/info/6388322d0fba2/rspo-klaim-20-cpo-global-bersertifikat-berkelanjutan

During the press conference on Wednesday evening (16/11), Positive news for our nation's energy transition has been delivered by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, declared the funding to improve energy transition in Indonesia that has agreed upon in G20 Forum. He answered that there would be 20 billion USD for Indonesia to be committed to Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). It should be noted that the G20 leaders agreed on 52 points in the Bali Declaration to support the achievement of the global community's goals through enhanced efforts and commitment in numerous areas. In two of the 52 points, the G20 Leaders specifically agreed to speed up and achieve an energy transition that is sustainable, fair, affordable, and inclusive investment. These two points are specifically relevant to the energy sector. With this are the two points of the declarations regarding the energy sectors: The 11th point of the Bali Declaration said that it underscores the urgency to transform and diversify energy systems with speed, resilience, energy security, and market stability by accelerating and ensuring an energy transition that is sustainable, fair, affordable, and inclusive. It reaffirms the commitment to achieving Net Zero Emissions of greenhouse gases by continuing to support developing countries, the demand for especially the most vulnerable ones. The following 12th point states that it reaffirmed the dedication to attaining Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 as well as their efforts to eliminate energy poverty and bridge the energy access gap. Commitment to identifying solutions to bring about the energy market's stability, transparency, and affordability. The efforts will meet the climate targets by boosting energy security and supply chains, diversifying the energy systems, and accelerating the transition. In accordance with the 12th point, concrete action has been proposed for the deployment expansion towards zero and low-emission power generation, including renewable energy, policies to improve energy efficiency, and GHG reduction and removal technologies. Knowing how critical it is to move quickly with the development, application, and implementation of transition policies towards low-emission energy systems, including the rapid expansion of clean power generation, including renewable energy, energy efficiency measures, and the early retirement of coal-fired power, in accordance with circumstances and based on national needs to support a just transition. Source: https://migas.esdm.go.id/post/read/pemimpin-negara-g20-sepakati-deklarasi-bali-ini-poin-penting-kesepakatan-sektor-energi

Being part of the G20 summit, B20 is meant to deliver common views of the international business community. More specifically, its primary purpose is to make recommendations and relevant commitments from business leaders and organizations to address contemporary issues. The upcoming seventeenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20) and The Business 20 (B20) was held in Bali, Indonesia and attended by 3.000 people with 2.000 being world business leaders to discuss this year theme of Advancing Innovative, Inclusive, and Collaborative Growth. The B20 forum asks for equitable access to technical advancements as the globe embraces the era of the digital economy and for inclusive growth that benefits vulnerable groups of the global community. A total of six Task Forces and one Action Council have been established to develop practical policy suggestions on topics deemed urgent on a global scale. APRIL is currently building a solar panel with a capacity of 20 MW until 2025, the main goal of which is to reduce the use of fossil energy. With this development, APRIL's use of renewable energy is expected to reach 90% while supporting joint efforts to reduce carbon emissions. APRIL also launched a nature-based innovation by launching a 1-for-1 commitment at COP 21 in Paris. APRIL is a producer of fiber, pulp, and paper integrated with industrial forest concessions that are managed in a sustainable manner. APRIL Group itself is known as a company that is active in climate mitigation efforts, especially in supporting the government to achieve a net sink by 2030 from the forestry industry. RER protects and maintains the largest intact peat swamp forest ecosystem in Sumatra, including its biodiversity and carbon potential. Beside APRIL's effort to reduce the use to fossil energy, Energy, Sustainability and Climate Task Force (TF ESC-B20) has been successful in establishing Southeast Asia's first green industrial park. The industrial park will house manufacturers of high-tech and precise items and will be powered by soon-to-be-operational hydropower and solar power plants. Several nations, including China and the United Arab Emirates, have expressed interest in investing in the green industrial zone. Energy efficiency is one of the vital decarbonization pillars that will help achieve the net-zero emissions goal. Energy efficiency rose globally by around 13 percent between 2000 and 2017, and if it is not hindered, it will increase by another 12 percent. The most recent projections indicate that the yearly average CO2 reduction would have to increase fivefold to meet the Paris Agreement targets. The event urges business communities to build the foundation for equal and robust access to technological innovations that will unlock the potential of the underserved parts of the population. Shinta Kamdani, Chair of B20 Indonesia, said it would require "the spirit of teamwork" to solve these complex issues. Sources https://industri.kontan.co.id/news/di-b20-bos-rge-soroti-pentingnya-peran-swasta-dalam-mendukung-ekonomi-berkelanjutan https://www.thejakartapost.com/adv/2022/11/14/b20-initiates-the-first-green-industrial-park-in-southeast-asia.html https://jakartaglobe.id/business/b20-forum-warns-no-single-company-country-can-fix-world-problems-alone https://www.metrotvnews.com/play/b3JCyVlx-b20-summit-digelar-hari-ini-di-nusa-dua-bali

Plantable brochure is one of our marketing campaign to increase brand awareness for Peterson Projects and Solutions in order to be prospect's and client's top of mind. The idea behind this marketing campaign is that we want to create our journey as memorable as the tree you are planting. Our brochure contains a very unique seeds called Muntingia Calabura. The presence of trees are really important for our livelihood. The average amount of carbon dioxide that human exhales are around 2.3 pounds a day. This may depend on whether those people are doing heavy exercises or activities. If so, there will be up to eight times as much. If you think that one tree is nothing, according to USDA, in a year, a tree can absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere then be released into oxygen that we breath every seconds. For those who have our brochure, kindly click button below and fill out the form for us to be able to track your plants. And the button to find on how many trees planted can be found below. It can be seen the update on how many trees has been planted according to our form that can be scanned by companies that has received our physical brochure. Steps on how to grow your own plant: 1. Tear out half of the paper. We have printed this brochure with seeds inside. You can keep half of the paper, which is the top side of the paper while soak the bottom part of the paper first. 2. Bury the bottom part inside a soil. It should neither be too deep nor too shallow inside the soil. Bury it enough for it to sprout 3. Don't forget to water the soil to make sure that it is moist. Wait for the plant to sprout and grow. Keep in mind when planting it in a small container as the plant grows bigger, it may need bigger container. Planting it on a plot of land would be great! We are very open for any companies that would love to join our movement. However, due to the limited resources for our flyers, we would love you to fill out a form to request our brochure. The form will take you less than 5 minutes and your data will only be kept for Peterson Projects & Solutions marketing purposes. Please find the request form below this blog post. Please note that this initiative will start after our future announcement.