Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
At Mitra Ayu, we always REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE our natural resources.
We believe that Environmental Sustainability is an essential ingredient to doing business responsibly and successfully.
Mitra's Sustainable Future
At Mitra Ayu, our ultimate goal is a Sustainable Future, where one can meet their needs without compromising the ability of others in the future to meet their own needs.
The Mitra Ayu's Sustainable Future is our roadmap to ensure that we meet our targets in the three important areas: Profit, Planet and People. It is in our interest to ensure that our Planet is healthy and that it will continue to provide us with its valuable natural resources for many years to come. We also make sure that our People are safe and continuously improving their skills for a better future. We believe that when we respect and treat our Planet and our People the right way, we will also meet our Profit Goal.
The Environment
Mitra Ayu believes that environmental sustainability is an essential ingredient to doing business responsibly and successfully. We always try to reduce, reuse and recycle our natural resources and to ensure that our product is sourced and manufactured under conditions that show care and respect for the environment. As an innovative company, we embraces green and environmentally friendly technology and continues to invest in a better and a more sustainable way of doing business. We also continuously working together to solve environmental challenges in effort to protect and save our planet.
Mitra Ayu follows the 3R principles – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We recycle most of the solvents that we use in our processing and recycle our waste and turn it into briquette to be used as fuel. We collect rainwater and use it for cooling in our processing. We reduce the use of energy for heating by installing new green technology and invest in green and environmentally friendly technology.
Impact on Local Communities
We care about our neighbor and the local communities where we operate. Mitra Ayu employs mostly local employees and always strive to make a positive impact in our communities. We provide financial support for local community projects and regularly help orphans and widows in our communities. We also participate in many projects to help improve the socio-economics of farmers nearby our plantation in Solok, by providing free seedling, hands on trainings and many others. We work together with local government and schools in Indonesia in effort to reduce risk of tsunami impact and land erosion in several regions in Indonesia.
As a member of SEDEX (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange), Mitra Ayu is committed to upholding the highest standards of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in our operations and supply chain.
SEDEX provides us with a platform to share and access information on ethical and responsible business practices, allowing us to monitor and improve our performance in areas such as labor standards, human rights, and environmental sustainability.
By being a member of SEDEX, we are able to demonstrate our commitment to ESG principles and work towards creating a more sustainable and responsible future for our business and society as a whole.
PROJECTS
1 MILLION TREES PROJECT
Mitra Ayu participates in a joint effort with West Sumatra government to plant 1 million pine trees along the coast of West Sumatra in effort to minimize impact of tsunami disaster and tidal floods.
Vetiver to reduce landslide & erosion
Together with Indonesian government, Mitra Ayu provides know-how and expertise in the benefit of Vetiver plants as well as donating seedlings in effort to reduce landslide and erosion in Indonesia.
Partnering with farmers towards sustainable agriculture
Partnering with local farmers, Mitra Ayu provides seedlings of Patchouli, Vetiver, Citronella, Massoia, Cajeput and many others. In addition, Mitra Ayu also guides and trains farmers on how to grow these plants successfully.
Making Briquette from Waste
We have successfully recycled and repurposed 100% of our solid waste. We recycled our solid waste and turned it into briquette which then used as fuel hence eliminates the need for coal. The ashes are used to neutralize the soil pH in our plantation.
Palm Shells for Fuel
The practice of recycling waste and making briquette is good, but it takes a lot of energy to produce the briquette. We are looking at alternative of using palm shells for fuel to save on
electricity and to reuse our solid waste as organic fertilizer and soil mixture. The ashes from palm shells can also be used to neutralized the soil pH.