Asian Agri is part of
the Company incorporated in RGE group belonging to
Sukanto Tanoto.
Asian Agri is a manufacturer
of CPO (Crude Palm Oil), which was established in
1979. Asian Agri has not CPO producing factories but also oil palm
plantations. Currently, it has a
plantation area of
160,000 hectares or
as many 28 oil palm plantations and 19 palm oil mills.
Asian Agri's production capacity has now reached 1 million tons per year.
Nearly all of the Asian Agri workers are from the families that followed the transmigration program. In 1987, the company became a pioneer in helping the government to run the program. Currently, the number of families who have participated in the program and work in Asian Agri is 29,000 families. These families manage 60,000 hectares of oil palm plantation of the total 100,000 hectares owned by the company. The families are spread throughout the plantations in Riau and Jambi. Currently, it has employed approximately 25,000 employees.
Sukanto Tanoto and environmental focus of Asian Agri
Asian Agri is part of the companies in RGE group that only focuses not only on gaining profit, but also on the surrounding environment. This is in accordance with their philosophy of 3P (People, Planet, Profit). The serious commitment of the philosophy is particularly shown from the awards and certificates related to the environment.
Seeing from the number of plantations, palm
oil mills and employee owned by Sukanto
Tanoto, Asian Agri has been
made it one of
Indonesia's largest palm oil companies. This company’s
sensitivity to global issues delivers successes in
getting various awards and certificates
in the environmental field. This reinforces the company to become the leading palm oil producer.
Certification in environment-related aspects
In 2007, Asian Agri obtained ISO 14001 in the environmental aspect for the entire factory. While the Asian Agri Institute of Education in Pelawan, Riau obtained ISO 9001 certificate for quality. In 2012, through PT Inti Indosawit Subur, the company became one of the largest palm oil producers that had been certified with ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). This company’s core of Indosawit has a total production of 126.000MT CPO with the world palm oil price of US $ 20-US $ 30 per ton.
ISCC is the first international certification, which aims to prove the sustainability and efficiency of the company in producing all kinds of products from biomass in relation to the greenhouse effect. Obtaining this certification means that Asian Agri is able to produce CPO based on the EU Renewable Energy Directive Standards. Sukanto Tanoto has proved his commitment for the environment.
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