The Virtue of Being Sustainable in Tourism
Sustainable tourism is important for both businesses and the environment. Photos courtesy of unsplash.com/NOWJAKARTA Tourism is, without doubt, the fastest growing form of leisure in the twenty-first century, and Indonesia is one of the world’s most exotic destinations. However, what happens when the movement has become ‘too fast’? Negative effects on the environment are inherent
‘Please Take Back Your Trash from Indonesia!’
Nina addressed her concerns regarding waste issue to the President of USA, Donald Trump, sent on July 2019. Photos courtesy of Devianti Faridz and Aeshnina Azzahra/NOWJAKARTA Aeshnina Azzahra (Nina), a 12-year-old from Gresik, East Java implored leaders of developed countries to halt plastic waste import to Indonesia by sending letters and rallying supporters online and offline.
Tackling the Sustainability Challenges in Construction: International Standard Just Updated
Amazon Headquarters. Photo courtesy of aboutamazon.com/NOWJAKARTA The construction sector has a huge role to play in making our world sustainable, not only because it represents a large part of our physical environment, but because it is an industry that impacts all areas of society. ISO’s International Standard for sustainability in this sector has just been
Starbucks to Gradually Replace Its Plastic Straw with Paper
Starbucks Indonesia has committed to eliminating the usage of single-use plastic straws with paper straws at its stores across the country. Photo courtesy of Starbucks Indonesia/NOW!JAKARTA Starting in February, the biggest coffee chain in the country, Starbucks Indonesia will be gradually replacing its plastic staw with papers to eliminate the potential usage of over 30 million
Say Yes to Less: Managing Plastic Waste in Business
Say Yes to Less is a programme dedicated to address the issue of food and plastic waste and find potential solutions within culinary businesses with excellent waste management policy. Photos by Alfonsius Aditya/NOWJAKARTA Our planet is dying, and one of the most pressing environmental problems is plastic pollution. How much plastic waste do we actually
Green Style of Hilton Bandung
Hilton Bandung has been awarded Indonesia Leading 5 star Hotel – Bandung and Indonesia Leading Meeting & Conference Bandung by Indonesia Travel and Tourism Awards. Photos courtesy of Hilton Bandung/NOWJAKARTA Hilton Bandung has implemented an ambitious and comprehensive waste and energy reduction program, a great exemplary for hospitality industry players in West Java. Environmental sustainability is an everyday
National Waste Awareness Day: Have We Been Responsible for Our Waste?
Bantargebang Landfill that has been a home to Jakartans' residual waste for many years now is in the verge of overcapacity. Photo courtesy of Waste4Change/NOWJAKARTA On 21 February 2005, after three days of heavy rain, about 2.04 million cubic meters of waste in Leuwigajah landfill, Bandung, started sliding down the valley and buried two villages, killing
Most Valued Business (MVB) Indonesia — The Year in Review
Alistair Speirs (Chairman of MVB), Ridwan Kamil (Governor of West Java), H.E. Marina Berg (Ambassador of Sweden) at ‘Smart Cities for All: The Foundation of Sustainable Business’ seminar. Photos by Raditya Fadilla/NOWJAKARTA This was the fourth year of MVB’s development and was by far the busiest and most successful, with a total of ten events,
Say Yes to Less Goes to Bandung
Alistair Speirs introducing Say Yes To Less programme to Bandung. Photos by Alfonsius Aditya/NOWJAKARTA After conducting successful workshops in Jakarta and Bali which gathered more than 100 brands that are willing to commit and implement more sustainable practices including waste segregation and using eco-friendly appliances, Say Yes To Less spread its wings to West Java! Fully supported
A Less Waste Year-End Celebration
Let's be wise with our waste even in the moment of celebration. Photos courtesy of Waste4Change/NOWJAKARTA Did you know that Jakartans generate 327 tonnes of waste (CNNIndonesia.com) during the 2019 new year celebration? This is equivalent to waste generated from 476,000 houses, most of which ended up in the landfill. Don’t you think this time
Sustainable Goods from I Want to Smell The Perfume
Solving waste issue and at the same time producing high quality items is what I Want to Smell The Perfume does. Photos courtesy of I Want to Smell The Perfume/NOWJAKARTA Jakarta. A buzzing city with its frenzied morning rush hours and bustling nightlife. A place where everything is going and growing rapidly including municipal and
ARTOTEL and WWF Indonesia Build Partnership to Run Environmental Campaign
Debuting with the exhibit by Mulyakarya, the rebranded ARTOTEL Earth invites communities to participate in the ecology movement and environmental preservation. Photo courtesy of ARTOTEL Group/NOW!JAKARTA Progressive Indonesian hospitality brand, ARTOTEL has rebranded its social responsibility programme with the introduction of ARTOTEL Earth. Started in 2016 under the name ARTOTEL for Hope, the new programme is carried
MVB on Sustainability for Key Economic Sectors
MVB Indonesia closed this year's programmes with an annual conference themed Sustainability for Key Economic Sectors. Photos by Raditya Fadilla/NOWJAKARTA MVB Indonesia took its annual conference to new heights in a packed one-day session which covered much of Indonesia’s major economic sectors with expert speakers attacking the problems and proposing solutions. MVB Chairman Alistair Speirs
