Astra & Fostered-Communities Reduce 418 Tonnes of Plastic Waste

Astra & Fostered-Communities Reduce 418 Tonnes of Plastic Waste

JAKARTA: While the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is overtaking global concern, the world has another urgent issue to address: single-use plastic waste, which will harm the environment if not properly handled.

Committed to overcome this issue, Astra and Astra Group companies initiated Semangat Kurangi Plastik (reduce plastic movement) and have implemented the program since the beginning of this year within the Group companies as well as in the communities it fosters.

Astra has successfully reduced 418.1 tonnes of plastic waste through this program. Astra Group itself reduced 58.1 tonnes, while the remaining 360 tonnes were managed by the 70 waste banks it fosters.

The effort of reducing plastic waste starts from simple acts, such as consuming fewer bottles, cups, cutleries, and packagings made of plastic at the workspace carried out across seven of Astra’s business segments.

Where the use of disposable plastic bottles is unavoidable, Astra Group has provided dedicated bins for plastic wastes, which will be transferred to the waste banks it fosters for processing.

Astra Group’s automotive manufacturing facilities apply similar action, where they replace plastic packagings with reusable materials. They even use boxes that must be returned to the manufacturers for future export batches as packaging for exported automotive components.

Astra designed these programs as part of its contribution to maintaining the natural ecosystem and supporting the efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the government’s environmental programs.

Astra’s contribution in encouraging communities to reduce their single-use plastic consumption is in line with Astra’s mission to 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 194.359 employees, as of June 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).