Year: 2016

Earlier this month, we achieved another important milestone –  our company has received the highest number of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificates in the country. With two of our business units, PT Sinar Kencana … Read More “ISPO Certification – Helping the Indonesian Palm Oil Sector Become More Sustainable”

Environmental protection has become a top global concern. When Indonesia experienced fire and haze in 2015, the national disaster quickly became an international issue. The Indonesian government is fully aware of the importance of dealing … Read More “PT SMART’s PROPER Green Awards shows our commitment to environmental protection and responsibility”

We’ve often pointed out in our blogs that the palm oil industry in Indonesia is actually made up of a large number of smallholder farmers. Any conversation about improving the industry must include making smallholders’ … Read More “Innovation and technology improving palm oil smallholders lives”

In this instalment of Postcards from the Field, Clairie spends her last day visiting a methane capture facility Tired after all the scientific adventures at SMARTRI, we were once again back in the car going … Read More “Postcards from the Field: seeing methane capture in action”

In this instalment of Postcards from the Field, Clairie continues her tour of SMARTRI and learns more about research projects that help boost palm oil productivity  After looking at the CO2 equipment, we went on to the … Read More “Postcards from the Field: SMARTRI tour part 2”

Many farmers believe that preparing land for cultivation without using fire requires a lot of money for heavy machinery. But through GAR’s Home Garden Project, we helped the Nanga Bian sub-village successfully cultivate garden plots … Read More “Helping local communities be more sustainable and self-sufficient while minimising fire – Part 2”