KAL BUILDS COMPOSTING PLANT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

30 Jun 2023

 

Ketapang, 30 June 2023 - PT Kayung Agro Lestari (KAL), a subsidiary of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJ) in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, has completed the construction of a composting plant on June 2023. This plant is the third in the ANJ Group, after PT Sahabat Mewah dan Makmur (SMM) in East Belitung and PT ANJ Agri Siais (ANJAS) in North Sumatra.

ANJ is committed to being a sustainable palm oil company and a leading ESG risk manager in Indonesia. One of its efforts is to build this composting plant. ANJ is committed to using compost as much as possible and reducing the use of inorganic fertilizers.

 

Composting is a source of natural fertilizer that utilizes solid waste and liquid waste/effluent (POME) from our palm oil processing, making it more environmentally friendly than inorganic fertilizers. GHG emissions from composting are also lower. ANJ targets for each plantation to have its own composting plant by 2030 and to reduce inorganic fertilizer use by 30% compared to 2015

ANJ is committed to using compost as much as possible and reducing the use of inorganic fertilizers. Composting is not only a much cheaper source of natural fertilizer compared to inorganic fertilizers, but also a much more environmentally friendly alternative with lower GHG emissions. In addition, ANJ targets net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

 

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