Five Astra Agro Subsidiaries Received ISPO Certification

Indonesian Sustainability Palm Oil (ISPO) commitee, grant certification for 40 Indonesia Palm Oil Company, five of them were Astra Agro subsidiaries. It shows government commitment in achieving sustainable Palm Oil management.Directorate General of Plantation Ir. Bambang MM said that ISPO is a recognition for good palm oil management from international market. He said it at…

Astra Agro Students wins LPSN 2017

JAKARTA – Astra Agro Lestari Foundation Students are getting achievement in National Education field once again. Astra Agro Lestari Midleschool Team and Astra Makmur Jaya Middleschool Team which located near plantation of Astra Agro Lestari Group Subsidiary outperform other contestant and win Lomba Penelitian Siswa Nasional (National Student Research Contest). At the contest which held…

Indonesia Ready for Trade War in Vegetable Oil Industry

Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA News) – Indonesia will be ready for a trade war, sparked by European countries, with their negative campaign against palm oil, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated. A negative campaign against crude palm oil is merely an unhealthy competition in the vegetable oil business, Lukita stated at the International Palm Oil Conference…

Indonesia to accelerate land certification

One of the reasons hampering the acceleration of the oil palm tree replanting program is the fact that many plots still have unclear legal status, Agrarian and Land Spatial Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil said on Thursday. For that reason, the government aims to distribute five million free land certificates by the end of the year…