Day: February 18, 2022

Let’s go count waterbirds around us

It was 9:30 a.m. as some students stepped on the muddy ground over the embankment, with some screams accompanied by laughter audible after one of their feet landed on cow dung. “Do not be too loud or else the birds will fly away,” one of the students stated. The weather

Green Taxonomy to empower sustainable financial tools: OJK

Indonesia’s Green Taxonomy will strengthen green and sustainable instrument development, Deputy Commissioner for Financial System Stability of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) said at a G20 Finance Track Side Event here on Friday. “We, together with the help of eight ministries, have finished Indonesia Green Taxonomy edition 1.0 to support

OJK encourages development of green, sustainable finance instruments

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) supports the development of green and sustainable finance instruments in Indonesia, with improvements being observed, OJK’s System Stability Deputy Commissioner Agus Edy Siregar stated. “This development (of green and sustainable finance instruments) has started to improve and to this day, within the G20, the topic of green

BRIN supports biodiversity utilization for green, blue economy at G20

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has encouraged the use of biodiversity to support a green and blue economy at the G20 events held in Indonesia. “Biodiversity utilization is an important factor in supporting the green and blue economy in Indonesia,” Acting Officer for Earth Science Research Organization at

Cooperatives Ministry, PBNU ink MoU on promoting entrepreneurship

The Ministry of Cooperatives, Small, and Medium-Scale Enterprises has signed an agreement with the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) to encourage entrepreneurship at Islamic boarding schools (pesantren). “Pesantren have enormous potential to back the country’s economy through the development of entrepreneurship among their students,” Cooperatives, Small, and Medium-Scale Enterprises Minister

Partnership with OECD to support G20 priority agenda: Indonesian gov’t

Partnership between the government and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) could support the priority agenda of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. He informed that the strengthening of the partnership was one of the main topics he discussed during a virtual meeting