Jakarta, August 2, 2024 – PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTAM; IDX: ANTM; ASX: ATM), member of PT Mineral Industri Indonesia (Persero) (MIND ID) - The State-Owned Enterprise of Mining Industry, announced that the Company received 12 (twelve) awards at the 2024 Environmental and Social Innovation Awards (ENSIA). In the awards held by Sucofindo on July 31, 2024, the Company received two Platinum, seven Gold, and three Silver awards for various environmental and social innovation programs.
ANTAM's Director of Operations and Production, Hartono said:
“ANTAM, as a Company that always implements good mining practices, is committed to consistently optimizing operational performance, particularly in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects. The ENSIA award received by the Company is form of the effectiveness of ANTAM's commitment to various environmental and social innovations carried out across all of the Company's business units in improving ESG practices and initiatives. We believe that the implementation of ESG will benefit the Company, the environment and increase the independence of communities around the operational areas. ANTAM also continues to strive to achieve the best ESG practices in line with the principles of the International Council on Mining and Metal (ICMM) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
ANTAM received two Platinum awards through the Biodiversity Protection Program carried out by Gold Mining Business Unit, namely the Biodiversity Protection program, genetic conservation of endangered palahlar plants in the Mount Halimun Salak National Park area, and the Biodiversity protection program where blackwood grows and develops (diospyros celebrica), an endemic plant of Sulawesi by Kolaka Nickel Mining Business Unit. These two programs have a positive impact on the protection and development of biodiversity around the Company's operational areas.
Meanwhile, seven Gold awards were achieved through environmental and social innovation by the Company. Two Gold awards were achieved through environmental innovation carried out by West Kalimantan Bauxite Mining Business Unit, namely a mine road improvement program using used tires to increase the supply of washed bauxite ore and a program to apply a gravity system to pond sediments on the remaining bauxite washing results to reduce the total suspended solid (TSS) pollutant load.
Kolaka Nickel Mining Business Unit obtained three Gold awards through the 3R environmental innovation program for non-hazardous solid waste, emission reduction, and water efficiency. These three programs help the Company, especially in the Kolaka Nickel Mining Business Unit operational area, to improve good environmental management by reducing the waste produced. ANTAM received two other Gold awards through social innovation, namely the stunting risk prevention program carried out by North Maluku Nickel Mining Business Unit and the maggot cultivation integration program with Smart Waste Bank carried out at The Precious Metal Processing and Refining Business Unit.
ANTAM also won three Silver awards through environmental innovations carried out by Gold Mining Business Unit, including the energy efficiency program, hazardous waste reduction program, and water efficiency program. These programs have succeeded in improving environmental management in the Gold Mining Business Unit operational area. ENSIA 2024 is given to business community who have succeeded in developing environmental innovation and social innovation, as well as local heroes who have successfully driven of social innovation in society.
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