Astra Cycling Tour 2020, A Call to Pedal for the Environment

JAKARTA: Astra Cycling Team, Astra Group’s cycling community, held a media and community gathering today (26/2) to announce its plan to organize the third Astra Cycling Tour on April 5, 2020. This year’s cycling tour, slated to take place in Astra Biz Center BSD, South Tangerang, will highlight the theme Kayuh Semangat Kurangi Plastik (Pedal to Reduce Plastic).

Present at the gathering were Head of Corporate Communications Astra Boy Kelana Soebroto, Chief Operation Officer Auto2000 Ivan Sadik, Chief Operating Officer Asuransi Astra Hendry Yoga, and Chairperson of Astra Cycling Tour 2020 Committee Nur, Astra Cycling Team members, and journalists, bloggers, as well as Jakarta’s cycling communities.

The environmental theme that the 2020 cycling tour brought was aligned with the Semangat Kurangi Plastik (Reduce Plastic Movement) that was launched last February 20, 2020 on Astra’s 63^rd anniversary. The movement stems from the concerns of Astra employees about the environmental impacts of disposable plastic.

Through the Reduce Plastic Movement, Astra aims to encourage both Astra employees and the public to be more aware of environmental sustainability and about the dangers of plastic wastes. This movement also intends to educate them on ways to effectively process plastic waste and invites Astra Group and Astra foundations to reduce plastic wastes. More than that, the movement is also a call to create a waste-derived economic cycle.

For that reason, other than promoting a healthy lifestyle, the Astra Cycling Team was also committed to reduce their use of single use plastics, for example by eliminating plastic packaging for the tour’s participants’ racepacks.

Thousands Participated

The first Astra Cycling Tour was held in April 2018 with 2,600 cyclists. In 2019, Astra Cycling Team returned with an independence-day edition of the tour, Gowes Merdeka. Collaborating with the Indonesian military and police force, the tour took place in August 2019 with 6,500 cyclists. This year, Astra Cycling Tour 2020 targeted to have 7,000 cyclists from Jakarta, Tangerang, and the surrounding areas. The 2020 tour offered two categories of 30k and 60k.

The spirits that Astra Cycling Team showed was in line with Astra’s mission of prosper with the nation.

For further information, please contact:

Boy Kelana Soebroto

Head of Corporate Communications

PT Astra International Tbk

Ph. 021-508-43-888

About Astra:

PT Astra International Tbk was established in 1957 in Jakarta as a general trading company under the name Astra International Inc. In 1990, for the purpose of the company’s initial public offering (IPO), the name of the company changed to PT Astra International Tbk, followed by listing its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange under the ticker code ASII.

Astra has developed its business by implementing a business model based on synergies and diversification within seven business segments, consisting of: 1) Automotive, 2) Financial Services, 3) Heavy Equipment, Mining, Construction & Energy, 4) Agribusiness, 5) Infrastructure and Logistics, 6) Information Technology and 7) Property.

Astra conducts business operations in all parts of Indonesia under the management of more than 235 subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates companies, and was supported by more than 216,000 employees, as of March 2020.

As one of the largest national business groups today, Astra has built a strong reputation through offering a range of quality products and services, taking into account the implementation of good corporate governance and environmental governance. Astra always aspires to be the pride of the nation that participates in efforts to improve the welfare of the Indonesian people.

Therefore, Astra's business activities strive to apply a balanced mix in the commercial aspects of business and non-business contributions through 9 foundations and a variety of sustainable social responsibility programmes Astra Untuk Indonesia Sehat, Astra Untuk Indonesia Cerdas, Astra Untuk Indonesia Hijau and Astra Untuk Indonesia Kreatif.

Astra initiated the Semangat Astra Terpadu Untuk (SATU) Indonesia Awards programme, which has entered a decade this year, and has given recognition awards to 305 young Indonesians, consisting of 59 national level recipients and 246 provincial level recipients in the fields of Health, Education, the Environment, Entrepreneurship and Technology, which are integrated with Astra’s wide range of community activities through 87 Kampung Berseri Astra and 645 Desa Sejahtera Astra initiated in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.

For further information, please visit www.astra.co.id & www.satu-indonesia.com, and follow Astra through Instagram (@SATU_Indonesia), Youtube (SATU Indonesia), Facebook (Semangat Astra Terpadu) and Twitter (@SATU_Indonesia).